The Golden Compass

2007 • 113 хвілін

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In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world -- and all those beyond -- is threatened by the secret plans of Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). With the help of Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig) and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds. MPAA Rating: PG-13 Rated PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence. "TM & (c) MMVII New Line Cinema Productions, Inc. All Rights

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A man hates Christians and decides to write a book to give an allegory expressing his hatred and facism which gets turned into a "movie" which was one of the most epically bashed films of all time. Critics almost universally destroyed this waste of anyone's time looking for something that might entertain. 2 hours of static would garner more love. Pretentious and boring x100. Bleh.

I was all about "James Bond Goes to Narnia," like I told my wife many times when it was released (in jest of course; while Daniel Craig does get into a fight in this movie, he is most certainly not playing James Bond here and in fact is a bit of a minor if important character). I hadn't read the book and was glad for that; I knew of some of the controversies surrounding the stories and was excited to see what they did with the film version. Visually it is stunning; like Jules Verne brought to life. Story and pacing-wise it just stinks the big one. Tension in the film is pretty much non-existent and it's hard to even like the main character much. I hate to say that it seems like they had a lot of potential going for this movie but wanted to do a quick cash-in on the Narnia/Harry Potter craze, but it seems like they had a lot of potential going for this movie but wanted to do a quick cash-in on the Narnia/Harry Potter craze. Disappointing.

I thought this was a good movie. I haven't read the book yet, but I did think it was an entertaining movie. There are precious few adventure movies with girls in the lead and I enjoyed this one. Is it perfect, no. But I watched this with my teenage daughter, and since we're both fantasy genre fans we were hoping for a sequel and were disappointed one wasn't made. I'd suggest just enjoy the movie for what it is and stop comparing it to Harry Potter, or LOTR and enjoy seeing a girl lead the action.