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The Golden Compass

croxiscroxis I am the walrus
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[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman"]Philip Pullman[/URL] wrote, what I considered, an excellent trilogy of books called [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials"]His Dark Materials[/URL][/I] the fist book being the Golden Compass. New Line Cinema is creating the movie adaptations.

Trailer is here:

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Enjoy your geekasm

Comments

  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    No, the first book being [i]Northern Lights[/i]. Silly Americans and their need to change book titles... :p


    On a different note, this could potentially be a highly entertaining film, but the fact that it's had something like three different directors and writers at different stages of the project isn't a good sign...
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials:_The_Golden_Compass[/URL]

    Two directors, one being the script writer
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The directors and writers being the same person was included in my statement. :)
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Oh. I fail at reading comprehension.
  • AlaricAlaric Damn kids! Get off my island!
    book1 good
    book2 ok
    book3 ho-hum
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    Fun thing about having keys to a class room with a projector and nice sound system? I can watch movie trailers really loud after school hours.
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    I really enjoyed the trilogy when I read through it a few years back... but I am usually sorely disappointed by movie renditions of books. So I'm wary, but could be interesting
  • wiseguywiseguy Playa
    [QUOTE=croxis;161034]Fun thing about having keys to a class room with a projector and nice sound system? I can watch movie trailers really loud after school hours.[/QUOTE]
    oh this is something we (read: I) enjoyed immensly at uni.. a key for all lecture halls with projectors and a head of department that was a movie fan :)

    had book 1 sent to me at the library, let's see what/how this story is...
  • sataicallistasataicallista High Priestess of Squeee!
    You know, I've never heard of the books before...but the movie looks amazing!
  • DaxDax Redshirt
    *squeels* OH! OH! this is going to be *so* awesome
    I read these books for a class once and they are amazing- this is going to be wicked!
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    Judging from the silence that followed in this thread, I'm assuming the movie did not really meet your expectations.

    I haven't read the books and I thought the movie was merely ok. Nothing of the scale of the LoTR films, and I seriously doubt whoever made this first one will get the opportunity to make any sequels.

    My main complaint is that the movie doesn't really know which its target audience is. It's a bit too violent in some spots to be a true kiddie movie and there's too much Dakota Blue Richards and not enough Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig to be interesting for adults. The actors did their best but in the end they never had a chance.

    I doubt the movie made its money back, so I guess that's going to be the first and, for a while, the last Pullman adaptation.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    I was thinking of giving the books a try, My wife, who is an Avid reader, especially of Fantasy, detested the books, she equated reading them with trying to walk through molasssas uphill in january.

    I may give them a read before the movie comes out on DVD though.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    meh, I'll stick to Wheel of Time.
    (And writing my own book...muahaha)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I decided I didn't want to see it dubbed into Japanese. I might go rent the DVD when it comes out.
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    The movie manages to get most of the important scenes from the book but rushes through them. If you want to get the most of the story, read the book it's far superior and goes into much more depth.

    Worf
  • bobobobo (A monkey)
    Saw the movie two weeks ago. Much too much information to cover in one movie. I don't see how anyone who hadn't read the book could follow the story line/ I especially didn't like where they ended it; it was obvious pandering to provide a happy ending.

    After reading the books, I don't understand the charm. Pullman tries to get rid of a Christian theology, but he winds up by replacing it with confusing alternative. Instead of heaven, we get "happiness at being atoms", and not only atoms, but atoms that can find each other across dimensions.

    Bottom line, I think he was writing a manifesto in children's book form. Those don't make for good reading, in my book (pun intended).
  • ChaosedChaosed Ranger
    That settles it. Tecnomage books first.

    I did have my questions answered by my husband about The Golden Compass. That helped lots.
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