The Golden Compass

A very underrated adaptation.

Wish they had made the rest of the series

Extremely underrated fantasy flick. The most interesting part however is that it ends three chapters before the book ends. They clearly did this to make it a more positive experience for the average moviegoer but if you ever want to be surprised as shit, read the book til the end. It's insane what happens after Lyra and her friend get away from the facility

Never read the books but makes me want to. Nicole Kidman was awesome and I love the effects.

Based on the award winning novel, The Golden Compass is an exciting and epic fantasy adventure. When a number of children are kidnapped by a mysterious group called the Gobblers, a young girl named Lyra embarks on a quest to find one of her missing friends and uncover the Gobblers’ fiendish plot. The film has a great cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, and Dakota Blue Richards; who does an excellent job at portraying the lead character of Lyra. There are some script issues, but overall the story is fairly well told. And, the special effects are quite good and create a unique magical world. While it’s not without its flaws, The Golden Compass is an entertaining film that’s full of thrills.

While, yes, this movie took some shortcuts with adapting the novel, such as [spoiler]combining a few (novel) characters into a single (movie) one[/spoiler], and [spoiler]eliminating the not-too-subtle (novel) dissing of the Catholic church[/spoiler], and [spoiler]rearranging a bit of the timeline with regard to the timing of the Panserbjorne-king encounter[/spoiler], the rest of the movie kept very much to the novel's plot outline. I thought that Nicole Kidman knocked it out of the park in her role.

I watched the movie first, then read the novel, then watched the movie again. Having watched the movie the first time without having read the novel, I will say that I was utterly confused about what dust was and what The Magesterium was, neither of which the movie did a good job explaining. Having then read the novel, I didn't understand why Pan and Lyra couldn't have exposited on these two elements. As such, I recommend a read-and-watch pairing as the novel helps to contextualize the movie.

Original locations and good mixing of scenes. The choice of the actors was crucial. Discours and expressions are natural. Estetical of the orses is ripetitive.

As I haven't read the books, this film slightly confused me, however I still found it enchanting and tried my best to keep up with the storyline.

I just comment on the movie and not how it compares to the book.

I have seen it twice now and I must say both times I didn't think I wasted my time. Yes, the story jumps a bit and maybe half an hour more to get seeper into things might have helped. Still, I had no problem following. The references are pretty easy to understand I'd say. And the world design is great. The CGI look adequate for the time.

Their is a plethora of big names in this movie,some just giving their voices. But the focus clearly lies on the little girl. Since this was her first big production I'd say she did pretty good. I would've liked to see the rest of the movies but since this was a financial bust they were axed.

Another case of a movie not living up to its source material. But which movie really does ?

Though the film was good they compressed to much into the film, loosing vital plot information. My suggestion would of been to have done a trilogy of some sort. I can see why this disappointed those who read the book. The Tv series does so much more for the book than film. The studio squandered an opportunity