Search / 7 posts tagged golden compass movie review

  Yes everyone is so excited for Nicole Kidman right now with the birth of her baby girl so as a fun tribute I decided to rent “Golden Compass”.  I’m not really sure what I was expecting but I am pretty sure that I didn’t get it.

While my enthusiasm for the book The Golden Compass  by Philip Pullman was not as high as Raych’s, I did enjoy the book.   Her review (click here) reminded me to check on just what I did think of it (my review here) and realized that I had not yet written a followup to seeing the flick starring

interestingly enough, when I rented this movie, I was expecting some really bashing messages due to the publicity from religious groups on how the book's author (from which the movie is based) was an atheist and the trilogy itself had anti-Christian themes. But fearing not that this was anything but movie magic, I trudged on.

Twice the Viewing Pleasure May 5, 2008 by kmont Iron Man Kicks Off the Summer Hits This past weekend I got he chance to do something I only do about four times a year tops. Go to the movies. Whoa, I know, that’s amazing, right?

DVD: The Golden Compass On DVD: April 29, 2008 Runtime: 113 minutes In Theaters: December 7, 2007 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence Gecko Rating: Want to escape into another world? Then see this DVD, based on the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.

DVD: The Golden Compass On DVD: April 29, 2008 Runtime: 113 minutes In Theaters: December 7, 2007 MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence Gecko Rating: Want to escape into another world? Then see this DVD, based on the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.

Here is what I wrote to a friend this morning about The Golden Compass movie that another friend and I watched yesterday afternoon: The movie was somewhat interesting but actually rather disappointing. "Thin" is the term I applied.