Review of The Golden Compass (2007) by Erin D — 06 May 2012

The story of Lyra Belaqua is an incredible adventure narrated in the book trilogy "His dark materials", written by Philip Pullman, who shows his amazing imagination and originality in this lovely fantasy tale.

The idea of making a film based on the successful book might seem to be an excellent decission.

With an incredible cast (Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, etc), nice visual effects and all a blockbuster needs, the film should have been a complete success. However, that was exactly the problem with this film. They made it, just to beat records in the box-office, (and probably to imitate the success of Harry Potter). They didn't realize that, this story needs to be told in a different beautiful way.

Maybe the story is itself too complex and magic, for being more than a book, it happens most of the time.

But still, although it could have captivated the audience, it probably bored the audience.

Anyway I find it enjoyable.