Golden Compass movie!

[journeymom]

The Golden Compass

The movie is out in December! Of 2007! It produced by New Line Cinema, the same folks who did LotR. Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig (James Bond) are in it. It looks good!

Apparently I've been pronouncing Lyra incorrectly; it's L eye rah, not L ear ah.

This movie should be great fun.

[junamoss]

I am excited to see it!

[UnschoolnMa]

Oh man Ds is so freaking excited about it!!

[BookGoddess]

I'm super excited about it. I'm sure it will deviate from the books in many ways but I'm still going to see it.

[UnschoolnMa]

Originally Posted by BookGoddess

I'm super excited about it. I'm sure it will deviate from the books in many ways but I'm still going to see it.

That's a concern Ds mentioned too, but I suppose it happens with all book to movie transitions. I haven't read the books, but I will watch the movie. Ds will see to that.

[LindaCl]

The website started off with an expository about soul and "corporeal" body in Lyra's world to explain what daemons are! Another click explains alethiometer. Not a promising sign in my mind. Nicole Kidman describes her character's, Mrs. Coulter, complicated malevolence--for heaven's sake! It isn't at all clear in the story initially what Mrs. Coulter is about. Let the film tell the story! I'm especially annoyed about the "Daemon 101" lecture. For heaven's sake, why can't they let the viewer experience for themselves the mysteries of Lyra's world and what "it all means"?

Film promotions should lure viewers with compelling imagery, not provide them with a Cliff Notes crib sheet!

That said, I can't wait to see the film. It's been in the works forever, it seems like.

[***Heather***]

Originally Posted by journeymom

The Golden Compass

The movie is out in December! Of 2007! It produced by New Line Cinema, the same folks who did LotR. Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig (James Bond) are in it. It looks good!

Apparently I've been pronouncing Lyra incorrectly; it's L eye rah, not L ear ah.

This movie should be great fun.

Well, I've been pronouncing alethiometer wrong. But I guess it's like kilometer, you can say it either way.