Review of The Golden Compass (2007) by Calyre Z — 08 Jun 2011

"À la croisée des mondes - La boussole d'or".

This review of The Golden Compass (2007) was written by Calyre Z on 08 Jun 2011.

The Golden Compass has generally received mixed reviews.

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Apparently, these books are quite anti-Christian, but I may end up watching this and/or reading them to see for myself…

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I like stuff like that. But if it is fine grained. There's some big mistakes that ruin the story and the movements…

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New Line cinema publicized The Golden Compass as the new epic journey following the famous and very successful Lord of the Rings trilogy…

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By Ximena C (6) on 20 Nov 2015

A poor lead character, bland story telling and bad performances make even the impressive visuals hard to bear…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 29 Nov 2017

Whatever complex or interesting ideas might have been found in the source material have been watered down, skimmed over, mashed into nonsense…

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Weitzman hits all the book's plot points without ginning up any of its corresponding emotion…

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