Comments on: The Golden Compass Movie Review http://www.gavinelliott.co.uk/2007/12/the-golden-compass-movie-review/ The Journal of Gavin Elliott Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Telford http://www.gavinelliott.co.uk/2007/12/the-golden-compass-movie-review/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Richard Telford Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:06:08 +0000 http://www.gavinelliott.co.uk/index.php/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass-movie-review/#comment-43 Interesting. After seeing many Marmite-like 'love it or hate it' reviews of this film I can only come to the conclusion that critics are in two camps. Those that have read the book/s and those that haven't. I fall into first category and as such totally hated the film. It lacks the intriguing depth of the book 'The Northern Lights' and I felt the film version of the story was disjointed and bland. The best bit for me was when it ended and I could leave the cinema. (I wouldn't mind spanking Nicole Kidman's monkey though) Interesting. After seeing many Marmite-like ‘love it or hate it’ reviews of this film I can only come to the conclusion that critics are in two camps. Those that have read the book/s and those that haven’t. I fall into first category and as such totally hated the film. It lacks the intriguing depth of the book ‘The Northern Lights’ and I felt the film version of the story was disjointed and bland. The best bit for me was when it ended and I could leave the cinema.

(I wouldn’t mind spanking Nicole Kidman’s monkey though)

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