December 5, 2007
THE GOLDEN COMPASS Review
Posted by Zack under Uncategorized | Tags: Dakota Blue Richards, Golden Compass, His Dark Materials, Iorek Byrnison, Philip Pullman |The Golden Compass is a safe adaptation
People of the book
BY ZACK SMITH
  Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards) with Iorek, the armored polar bear, in The Golden Compass Photo courtesy of New Line Cinema |
The Golden Compass is likely to be controversial, and not just due to the well-publicized boycott by the Catholic League. This adaptation of Philip Pullman’s 1995 novel, the first in his trilogy His Dark Materials, is well-acted and features gorgeous set design yet often holds back on the story’s darker elements, including the heartbreaking cliffhanger. For all its considerable achievements, writer/director Chris Weitz and his collaborators play it safe, not just with the religious aspects but with the story as a whole. The neutering of Pullman’s most pointed atheistic and anticlerical themes raises the possibility that the book’s most fervent fans may be the ones who get angry.
Full review here.
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