Catapulted into the heart of a desperate struggle, Lyra is forced to seek aid from witches, gyptians, and formidable armoured bears, to help her save her friends from these evil experiments. Children are also being kidnapped left, right and centre, and Lyra's best friend, Roger, is among them. But there are those who fear the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. One day Lyra hears hushed talk of an extraordinary particle which is rumoured to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. The story is the same: it follows the exploits of a young orphan girl, Lyra, who lives among scholars at Oxford's Jordan College, in a world parallel to our own, in which every human is joined to a physical manifestation of their soul (daemon). It grieves me to say that the film misses the point concentrating instead, on the fantasy, the action and the giant talking polar bears (panserbjorne). The books are gritty, rugged and at times violent, and the stories' themes are philosophical and even spiritual in a way. I had fallen in love with the books a while back not due to the fantastical elements, but due to the way it introduced this fantastical parallel universe to the reader in a slow, subtle, familiar way and made it feel real and tangible.
As a huge fan of Philip Pullman's epic trilogy, I had been eagerly anticipating this film adaptation for at least a year. The Golden Compass? Well, it doesn't quite have the same impact, does it? The use of the American name of the book for the film really didn't bother me at first, but as early warning signs come, it doesn't get much more obvious than this we should have guessed from the off that this was going to be a very different beast to the book. What a poignant, mysterious title for a book.
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights, the original name for the book, in the UK.
Why didn t they make a golden compass 2 movie#
Overall I enjoyed the world that was created in this movie and the characters. Dakota Blue Richards is a confident young actress and she carries off Lyra well. Daniel Craig only has about 15 minutes but he makes the best of it. (I am almost sure that the rest were promised a lengthier role in the sequels). Gorgeous, glamorous and deceitful, could not picture anyone else for the part of Mrs. It's got quite a stellar cast but only Nicole Kidman gets enough screen time to be noticed. It is not the best movie of its kind but I thought it was not so bad either. I would have liked to see the second movie but unfortunately, there is a rumour that it may not happen which is quite a pity because I thought 'The Golden Compass' was going somewhere. The ending was sort of continuous, requiring a sequel. The pace picks up but it may seem a little too rushed. I am among those who have not read the book and I found it to be initially confusing and boring but the film picks up after Lyra is taken into Mrs.
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