The Golden Compass - Snoresville
December 29, 2007
Well, it turns out that the much-ballyhooed Golden Compass is a crashing bore. I finally got around to seeing it last night. There were three other people in the theater. Several things struck me.
1. Yes, the movie's production quality was better than the Narnia film, and at points on par with Peter Jackson's LOTR, but movie's appeal suffered from not having a larger fan base that already knew the story from the books. Consequently, the uninitiated have to be instructed in the vagueries of Pullman's imaginary world, and as a result the momentum is glacial.
1. Yes, the movie's production quality was better than the Narnia film, and at points on par with Peter Jackson's LOTR, but movie's appeal suffered from not having a larger fan base that already knew the story from the books. Consequently, the uninitiated have to be instructed in the vagueries of Pullman's imaginary world, and as a result the momentum is glacial.
