The Golden Compass [2007]

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Starring: ~ Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig Dakota Blue Richards Ben Walker Freddie Highmore
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Studio: Entertainment in Video

Region: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Format: PAL,

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Sales Rank: 76

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Customer Reviews:

rubbish (10 November 2008)
This movie is an unimaginative, disjointed, incomprehensible waste of time. Very poorly edited, it's a real botched version of Pullman's story which is itself far, far less 'special' than most Amazon reviewers would have you believe. If my child was entertained by this dross, I'd be concerned! I'm just glad I didn't pay to see it.

Fantastic (01 November 2008)
Well I thought this film had a fantastic story line and full of energy. Can not wait for the follow up!

Pretty good version of the book (24 October 2008)
I had read the books, and was not sure if I was looking forward to this..... would it be a Lord of the Rings or one of the many failures. I was happy to say that it was a very good adaptation without seeming to miss out anything major. One thing I would say is that it gave away too many secrets in the opening you dont find out till book 2, and then it finished at a different place to book 1 which I found rather strange. Still cant figure out why they changed the name from Golden lights though..... All in all, it would have been 5 stars apart from those small issues, but well worth a purchase!

dissapointment. (24 October 2008)
I read 'His Dark Materials' a couple of years before the film hit our screens, it is one of my favorite novels of all time and was literaly a life changing experience reading it, when I first heard about a movie adaptation I was very excited...and I waited in anticipation for this for what seemed like ages, I was expecting a 12 or 12a rating for this movie and I was a little shocked when I saw it has a 'PG' rating......this was what first put doubts in my head. Then I saw the running time, after the 'epic' Lord of the Rings I was expecting at least a 200 min film for the Golden Compass.....on release I went to the Cinema not expecting much for these reasons alone, what can I say? 'Average' is the word that springs to mind, it wasn't terrible, just average.. which considering it's based on one of the greatest books ever written is a shame. After watching it really does feel like you've only seen the beggining of the film, if you want a similar experience pick up any DVD watch the first 20 mins and eject it, that's what it feels like...why not make the film longer and tell a bit more of the story?

As an adult I never felt like I was reading a children's book, the same can't be said for this film, it's a children's film and make no mistake about it. Very dissapointing, very average.....and I'm also a little angry that they've turned something as wonderful as 'His Dark Materials' into DVD bargain bin fodder.

I really think it's going to take one of the big Japanese animation companies to pick this up and do a screen version that does the books justice. After watching 'Spirited Away' all I can say is Hayao Miyazaki help us please!!! I dare anyone to say that wouldn't be amazing.....

A bronze compass (19 October 2008)
Mah. I have not read the original book and so I dont make a confront with it. In my opionion from good books sometimes a good director make a better film, but not always. And, in this case, maybe so. A good cast, little underemployed, a good scenario, made of a "central bad power" (the Magisterium) and it's enemies, with the struggle between good guys (a delicious Dakota, a powerfull white bear and so on) and bad guys (with the Kidman perfect for the role). But the plot is a little confused and the film is only the first chapter of a more complex story. Only sometimes the new episodes maybe better than first, but in this case ?