The Golden Compass

That’s too bad. I love the books (and not only as “children’s” books – I just think they are a fine read) and was really looking forward to the film. I’ll probably still go and see it, but the fault is sadly predictable. You can’t fit a 400 page book into a movie-length treatment without lopping out big bits of storyline, which is probably why the most successful adaptations have always either been done from short books or have taken liberties with plot.

*Minor spoiler alert for those who have read the book*

I understand they stopped the story short of the end of the book. I don’t understand how they can do that without changing the presentation of many of the characters and the meaning of many events. Guess I’ll have to go and see it and find out.

I haven’t seen it yet (in puerto rico, US films are distributed one or two weeks after their US release), but my test of any film, book, or work of art is: is the work so bad that it should not have been made in the first place (since those resources used in making it could have been to some other use). Admittedly, my test is a quite liberal and forgoving one, but I should disclose that I don’t have a TV – that’s why I love going to the movies, art museums, bookstores, etc.

the book was amazing, the rest of the trilogy even more so. problem is that the best part is the depth of the story and charaters and the creation of a whole new world w/ its own history and culture. to present this in a hollywood film would be almost impossible. honestly it would have to be bigger scale than Peter Jackson’s LotR. and that kind of budget and time will never exist for any book lesser known than Tolkien.

chewxy:
1: i didn’t say blasphemy was bad or blind faith was good, i said that if shirly wants to be more shocked she should finish the trilogy
2: (spoiler alert) i don’t think its the Dust thats the issue, its god being a puppet/ cover of a malevolent angel…

^^ nice blog!! thanks a lot! ^^

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