Wednesday 19 December 2007
Not as good as the book....
I was SOOO looking forward to The Golden Compass last week,only to be hugely let down by the film and the worst bit was I had recommended it to some other people before actually seeing it and now I feel really bad. Maybe it's better if you haven't read Northern Lights,but I would imagine it would be more confusing. Anyway,I was not impressed by the casting of Nicole Kidman as Mrs Coulter and the film skipped over so many of the plot essentials. So,I had to re-read the book,just to restore my faith in the story as one of the best books I've ever read. And now I realize that Lyra was probably about the only thing the filmmakers got right. Ah well,maybe the sequel will be better,but I'm not holding my breath!
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I am so glad you recommended Northern Lights to me Morag as it is definitely one of the best books I've ever read too. I saw the film after reading the book and I did enjoy it but I was prepared for the Hollywoodisation of it as I had read the reviews already. I know it's meant to be a family film but I think they tamed it down too much. All that flying off into the sunset. I was going, no, that's not how it ends! A tad different from the book.
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