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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:24 am
by Cold Bishop
Blasphemy... even if the song is terrible, the fact that Kate Bush's name is attached to it automatically raises it to at least "decent".
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:48 pm
by tavernier
Cold Bishop wrote:Blasphemy... even if the song is terrible, the fact that Kate Bush's name is attached to it automatically raises it to at least "decent".
I love Kate, but it's still crap.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 4:17 pm
by Kinsayder
She would have made a good Serafina Pekkala. If she'd been 30 years younger. And a few stone lighter. And if she could act.
On second thoughts, forget it.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:45 pm
by Barmy
Profundity incarnate.
Where are our lives
If there is no dream
Where is our home
We don’t know how
There will be a way
Out of this storm
We will find home
And her soul walks beside her
An army stands behind her
Lyra, Lyra
And her face full of grace
Two worlds collide around her
The truth lies deep inside her
Lyra, Lyra
And the stars look down upon her
This darkness settles on her
Lyra, Lyra
Who’s to know what’s in the future
We hope we will be with her
We have all our love to give her
O Lyra, Lyra
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 5:49 pm
by tavernier
That pretty much sums up the movie, thanks! Now I don't have to sit through it.
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:31 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Composer Nico Muhly takes Alexandre Desplat and the score to the film
down a couple of notches.
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:14 pm
by Antoine Doinel
Kristin Thompson seems to think sequels are a
possibility now that New Line has been acquired by Warner. She's basing this on the film's overseas success and the fact that the script for the
The Subtle Knife is already done. One thing she doesn't discuss is the prohibitive cost of getting the original cast back together.
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:26 pm
by Fletch F. Fletch
Antoine Doinel wrote:Finally saw this tonight and thought it was a decent, serviceable fantasy but nothing more. Having not read the trilogy (but gotten the gist of it from the endless film vs. book debates) I think it's safe to say the general theme was carried over to the film, though not expressed explicitly. I don't think enjoyment of the film suffers for it though. I will say the big problem with the film is that the CGI bears and Sam Elliot are about a thousand times more interesting than the rest of the cast. It was only during the big polar bear fight that the audience sat up and even gasped at its pretty awesome conclusion. But otherwise, as Barmy mentioned, it's a lot of plot points but little else. And yeah, a lot of the CGI, particularly the polar-bear-and-child-running-across-the-frozen-wasteland are really poorly rendered. However, I do think the final third of the film works a lot better than the rest of it.
If anything, the film is worth admission just to see Nicole Kidman in at least a half dozen fabulous outfits.
Yeah, she looked pretty snazzy in this film.
I dunno, I really enjoyed this film having finally caught it on video. I guess after reading all of the negative reviews my expectations were lowered considerably so I was expecting a trainwreck of a film and actually enjoyed it quite a bit. The visuals were striking and contributed to a very atmospheric world that I found fascinating to watch. I didn't really have a problem with any of the CGI. To me, it actually looked pretty decently rendered. I haven't read any of the books either but felt that the film held together fairly coherently but I agree that someone like Terry Gilliam would've been excellent to direct (maybe they can rope him in to do one of the sequels) or maybe someone like Guillermo Del Toro?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:40 pm
by Antoine Doinel
A sequel is looking
less and less likely.
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:35 pm
by manicsounds
A terribly bland movie. The making of disc was much more enjoyable that the film itself. Probably because the makers didn't realize that what they were making was going to be a critical flop.
But during the whole film, I kept thinking, "What if Hayao Miyazaki had a chance with this film?" A girl's adventure, talking shapeshifting animals, Sam Elliot on a flying boat? It couldve been something.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:44 pm
by Antoine Doinel
In case there was any doubt, the sequels are officially
on hold.
Re: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 4:46 pm
by colinr0380
Re: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:07 pm
by Persona
Re: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:23 pm
by Roscoe
No polar bears?
Re: His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Chris Weitz, 2007)
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 7:51 am
by Lost Highway
Roscoe wrote: Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:23 pm
No polar bears?
No CGI at all, the teaser is entirely made up of live action footage. This isn’t coming out till the end of the year, so the effects work is far from finished.