Went and saw The Golden Compass last night. I just started reading the book, but I am only 9 pages in so I pretty much had nothing to go on when I went in. Upon arrival, Jackie and I were approached by a goth-y dude who gave us props for not caving in to the Catholic Church's protests over the film. I almost told him that I didn't really listen to the Pope since I'm not Catholic...and he's way creepy looking to boot.
I enjoyed the film, even though I thought it started out rather slow. I know they needed to set up a lot and explain a lot for those of us that haven't read the book, but I'm not 12 so I think they could have picked up the pace a bit. The film looks really good and the young girl who plays the lead does a solid job. I thought Daniel Craig was sadly underused. I'm not sure why he is in so much of the promo material as he is barely in the movie. Hopefully he'll have a bigger part in the film of the second book (assuming it gets made).
I loved the idea of having a daemon--it's your soul that has it's own form that walks with you outside your body. Lyra's daemon was voiced by that cute kid from Finding Neverland. Freddy High something. I want to say Highmore, but it could be Hightower and I'm too lazy to check. I was somewhat surprised that I was more concerned about him and the Ice Bear than any of the human characters. There were several tense moments for me in regards to the Bear that helps Lyra.
This movie lays the ground work for the other two books/films and does a good job of being entertaining in its own right. It might be a bit intense for kids under the age of 12 though. The fighting with the Ice Bears is pretty harsh and the way that you can harm a daemon and the person it belongs to will suffer the same pain is rather oogy as well. It could be unsettling to small kids.
As a bonus, we got to see the trailer for the next Chronicle of Narnia flick and it looks freakin' amazing. I'm hoping to get to I Am Legend this weekend...in addition to finishing up my Christmas shopping. I have never been this far behind before. Eeek!!
As an FYI, the quote at the top of the page is from the Bob and Tom show. I heard it a couple of weeks ago and it just stuck with me.
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Well, I was going to vote for basset hound, but the poll wasn't cooperating.
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