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39 Comments for THE GOLDEN COMPASS

April 27, 2009 at 10:33 PM, gilligankrueger0829 said ...

So, so, so, so boring. Weird concept, boring story, and the only character that was good was the polar bear. >VERY LOW MATINEE AT BEST!

February 08, 2009 at 5:22 AM, A Succubus In Rapture said ...

coom on...FULL PRICE!! i loved it.....and the whole religion thing...i don't know someone told me the farther alone in the books they kill god...or something like that...if someone knows...tell me....

September 28, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Julia said ...

I thought it was a pretty good movie. My friend read the books and she hated the movie but I'm going to start reading the series and see what she's so mad about. I thought it was great. It was set in a parallel universe yet it didn't seem so science fiction-y. I thought the acting was superb. Dakota Blue Richards and Nicole Kidman made this movie! The animals looked CGI but the quality wasn't horrible. I hope there's a sequel. I didn't understand what the big deal over the religion in this movie. I didn't see any references to the Church, I thought the Magisterium was like a dictatorship masquerading as a republic. I think the Church and all those religious fanatics blew it out of proportion so I'm disappointed that there might never be a sequel.

September 07, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Helen Walmsley said ...

I am a really big fan of the His Dark Materials trilogy, but I think unless you've read The Northern Lights you will find it really hard to understand.(I mean Northern Lights as the golden compass is a brass alethiometer or truth reader) All of the religion jibes are seriously meant as anyone who has read The Amber Spylass will know.

August 31, 2008 at 7:21 AM, silverrida said ...

I'm sorry but because I read the book first I hated this movie. They changed a lot of small things which bother me though probably not many others, and some big things like sequence of events. The thing that made me angriest was... *SPOILER IF YOUR READING* ...they didn't kill Roger. I don't even see how they could make the second and third books into movies because that's a very important part. Overall I was very dissapointed, mainly because my expectations were too high but also because the book didn't transfer to movie very well.

August 17, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Zwaf said ...

I didnt know this movie was based on a book at first but I just felt it. The story went a bit too fast and I had the idea they were skipping through it fast just as they did with The Davinci Code (I read that book before I saw the film). I recognised the same going on here. It all went a bit too fast for me and I didnt really got a chance to relaxed. The movie was gorgeous though, well not a good as some but you get the point. Id say Matinee

August 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Cassandra said ...

This is a good companion movie to the book, certainly it did a much better job than Eragon! I'd put this movie into a similar catagory as Dune... read the book and THEN watch the movie, a lot of it that seems pointless now makes complete sense and suddenly you have a pretty good movie on your hands. Without the book as a grounding, it's a mediocre.

July 23, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Janie said ...

The books were so muich better than the movie. I mean you can't even compare the movie to the books.

July 14, 2008 at 11:05 PM, matt jones said ...

lol mothA FUCKA THAT WAS THE BEST BITCHSLAP I CAN NOT STOP LAUGHING!! LOL MAN

June 28, 2008 at 8:11 PM, SHADOWFLA said ...

THE GOLDEN COMPASS is really very great movie good poler bear fight scences ... and i give a ~F U L L P R I C E

June 25, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Larana said ...

Okay movie adaption, but they cut out alot of "good" scenes from it that were in the book, including cutting it short! I want to see Roger die!

February 25, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Mickey B. said ...

When i they said the winner for Best Achievement in Visual Effects was this film, i got really pissed. COMMON people TRANSFORMERS had kick ass effects and they lost to YOGI BEAR cousin. My God. I just wished that when the guy whent to pick up the oscar that statue transformed into a killer robot and take that sucker out on stage.

February 23, 2008 at 6:07 AM, Aaron said ...

the polar bear fight was the only good thing about this movie. the rest just sucked. this was my pick for the worst movie of 2007.

January 30, 2008 at 3:39 AM, conundrum said ...

There is supposed to be a second one they are actuall three The Golden Compass,The Subtle Knife, and the third book, The Amber Spyglass. The Subtle Knife is supposed to come out in 2009

January 11, 2008 at 11:46 PM, sundance said ...

WTF... They do NOT kill God. They kill an angel POSING as God. That's NOT a loophole. That's a rogue angel, acting the fool, trying to play God. It's not the same. I don't understand what the problem is w/ppl that just don't get it! I'll say this 1,000,000 times.... THEY DO NOT KILL GOD. They kill someone (an angel) TRYING to be God. It's not the same thing. I'm digressing, but why do Catholics think that their religion is above reproach? Man is imperfect, hence so is religion, inherently, since it's of man. God, on the other hand, is Perfect.

January 04, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Joseph said ...

Whats up

December 26, 2007 at 4:43 PM, sundance said ...

OK for all you people who think that this movie and the book are anti-religion, think again. You might want to actually READ the book or SEE the movie. Christians who think this story is anti-religion are the same as good, wholesome, honest Queen-/Princess-like women who think rappers that say "ho" and "bitch" are talking about them...if you're a ho, then yes, that verse was for you, bitch. If not, then I wasn't talking to you. Bottom line. The story, in a nutshell, is about taking down a megalomaniacal church, one that thinks it's above reproach. If your Church is like this, then yes, bitch, I'm talking to you. If not (and I believe that 70% of them aren't), then keep it moving.

December 19, 2007 at 8:45 PM, JESUS FREAK said ...

JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE HATES THIS FILM. GOD LOVES PULLMAN THINK THAT GOD REALLY WANTS PHILIP PULLMAN TO LOVE HIM TO! I HAVE TO STUDY THIS BOOK IN SCOOL AND FOUND IT VERY CHALLANGING TO STUDY IT FROM A CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW BUT GOOD HELPED ME THROUGH IT. JUST REMEMBER PULLMAN THAT IF YOU ARE READING THIS GOD LOVES YOU AND HE WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Delete Comment

December 19, 2007 at 5:37 PM, Nicole said ...

This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It was boring, had plenty of holes and no ending :(

December 16, 2007 at 7:18 PM, Kenny said ...

Polar bears, Cowboys, little kids, and police officers? Sounds like a Half Life 2 mod to me :p.

December 15, 2007 at 5:17 AM, grah said ...

this movie was shit in a barrel. two hours just to get a third of the way through the story. absolute shit.

December 12, 2007 at 9:21 PM, oliver salter said ...

I liked this movie.

December 08, 2007 at 11:15 PM, Hans said ...

couldnt care less about this movie

December 08, 2007 at 8:35 PM, Strucci said ...

The first time I heard of this movie (I vagueley remember people around me liking it when i was in elementary/middle school) was on snopes, in the article that talked about the books basically being athiest propaganda and being made to combat Narnia. I mean, not that I'm that religious at all, not to sound paranoid, not to sound easily offended (Hot FUzz is my favorite movie!), and not to act like I hate movies with any kind of theme, but when it's a movie made from a book written to make sure kids never grow up to be religious and to eradicate any love for any kind of God in youth... that's a little hateful, isn't it? A little manipulative. I don't know, I just don't see myself seeing it.

December 08, 2007 at 5:18 PM, Micah Ingram said ...

I didn't mean to sound unkind but I still do stand by what I said.

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Synopsis: A young girl embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her best friend and fight the forces of darkness in director Chris Weitz's adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman's best-selling fantasy trilogy. Screen newcomer Dakota Blue Richards stars as young heroine Lyra Belacqua, Casino Royale star Daniel Craig appears as Lyra's ruth... Continue Reading

Starring: Eva Green, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Daniel Craig

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