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All rights reserved.The Golden Compass (DVD)
| Description This star-packed fantasy adventure follow the exploits of a 12-year-old girl as she attempts to find a kidnapped friend in a world filled with speaking animals, witches, wizards, and more. |
Reviews  The Northern Lights come to lifeReview created: 13/06/08 by:  Phillip Pullman's incredible book "The Northern Lights" has finally been transformed into a spectacular film boasting some incredible special effects. The film follows the story of Lyra, a young girl with a strong attitude and a fearless nature as she takes on the evil Magistirium and their plans. Become absorbed in the wonderful world Pullman creates where people co-exist with their very own Dæmons - an animal form of their soul that lives by their side sharing their emotions and thoughts. The film is very well made, with the characters well portrayed (especially the wonderful Sam Elliot as Lee Scoresby and Iam McKellen as the deep, heartfelt voice of Iorek Byrnison) with good pacing to keep audiences engaged, interested and entertained. My only negative comments with this film is that, like most books converted into movies, a lot has been cut out or altered - I would highly recommend reading the book after watching the film to learn the full story. Overall, the film is a genuinely good fantasy film that the whole family will enjoy time and time again! ~ Eleanor Coldridge-Holmes Review ID: 10000000007577213 Was this review helpful? Report this review  The Golden CompassReview created: 08/06/08 by: The film was excellent and the quality of the blue ray was brillant. The film is suitable for any age, my family loved it. Review ID: 10000000007484904 Was this review helpful? Report this review  The Golden Compass? More like The Golden CompASSReview created: 01/06/08 by: In 2000 Phillip Pullman gave us the final installment of his trilogy of books, His Dark Materials. So fantastic was this book, it was given The Whitbread Book Of The Year 2001. Literature fans everywhere rejoiced. His Dark Materials is hailed as one the greatest trilogy of books ever written, on a par with Lord Of The Rings. Several years on it was announced that the trilogy was to be made into a trilogy of films. Literature fans everywhere start to worry. The trailer for this film showed us "The Ring" from Lord Of The Rings morphing into an althiometer (Golden Compass). Literature fans everywhere cease to worry, safe in the knowledge that the films were being made by New Line Cinema, makers of The Lord Of The Rings. Sadly unlike The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, the film version of The Golden Compass is just a load of ass. Key plot points are left out. The order of events are changed so the story no longer flows properly. Characters are introduced at such a rate that you don't know who they are or care about them. Once the film finally looks set to finally pace itself and you do start to care about the characters the film trips over it's own feet and abruptly stops. Three quarters of the way through the story. The family audience that film was marketed to leaves confused as to what it's just seen. Literature fans everywhere leave the cinema alternating between screaming in anger and crying tears of sadness at how what should have been one of cinema's finest moments has been reduced to. Why the film stops where it does has never really been explained and makes very little sense, especially seeing as in all three trailers for the film clips from the ending of the story (as per the book) appear and look truly stunning. I bought this DVD hoping for some deleted scenes in the extras or maybe even to find that the original ending had been replaced. Sadly this is not the case, the extras are just documentaries and the three trailers. On a positive note: the film seems (to be at least) a little less confusing on your home tv than it did on the big screen and the you do get the glimpses of the true ending of the film in the trailers to scream in frustration at. My advice: Until a Director's Cut of the film is produced , do yourself a favour : Leave the universes of His Dark Materials to your "Minds Eye Cinema" and get yourself the truly wonderful BBC Radio Theatre version of His Dark Materials or the books. Review ID: 10000000007345724 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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