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The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition) by Chris Weitz
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DVD detailsActor: Daniel Craig, Jim Carter, John Bett, Kathy Bates, Tom Courtenay Director: Chris Weitz Brand: Warner Brothers Cinematographer: Henry Braham Composer: Alexandre Desplat DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Icelandic (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 2.35:1 Running Time: 113 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-04-29 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: New Line Home Video Product features: - In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, a young girl sets out on a quest to save her friend. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating:?PG-13 Age:?794043120114 UPC:?794043120114 Manufacturer No:?1000037811
DVD Reviews of The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)DVD Review: Golden Compass Summary: 3 StarsIt is very entertaining and worth the watch. The only disappointment, is the ending. It really leaves on hanging and making them try to figure it out. It is a good watch and special effects are great.
DVD Review: "Worth buying for my collection" Summary: 3 StarsIts not a great film but in the line of good... Special effects are good too... Its a nice film...
DVD Review: The Golden Compass Summary: 5 StarsA darker, deeper fantasy epic movie. This movie has a fluid combination of joyful triumphs. A golden celebration of childhood fantasies. Very entertaining movie.
DVD Review: Good But Feels A Little Uneven Summary: 4 StarsBefore I start this review, I would like to comment on the "religious" factors of this film. I am a Catholic and loved this! There was nothing atheist about it. The way I viewed the Magisterium was a Communist government. Even if it was a jab at the church, it was probably referencing back to old times when the people of the church did want to control everything (Uber-Christians should really learn their history). And, judging by how some people reacted to these "atheist" tones, they must be working for the Magisterium, trying to say what's best for others when they should just mind their own business and let people decide for themselves.
Now to the movie. Dakota Blue Richards is a very good actress and one of the very few child actors who aren't annoying. She seems undaunted for her first film and I really hope they film the next two installments as I would like to see her improve and hone her talent. Daniel Craig, Eva Green (reuniting from Casino Royale but have no scenes together), Sam Elliot and Nicole Kidman (can't believe I'm saying something good about her) are all excellent in their supporting roles. Though I will admit that Craig floats in and out of the picture like that Prudence character from Across the Universe (though not as much as her, at least Craig's character is important to the plot) and Kidman's revelation that she is Richards' mother seems a little out of left field though Mrs. Coulter could be lying. Christopher Lee has very good billing in the end credits for having one line of dialog in a very small scene. I wish the explanation of dust had gone into a little more detail instead of the Magesterium just talking about it like its a drug or whatever. Action scenes are spectacular, especially the final battle in the north. Music is also very good and, if they ever film the next two, I certainly hope they use the same composer. A fine film that I hope to be the next successful book-to-film translation like Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter/James Bond.
DVD Review: NOT a family movie Summary: 1 StarsI bought this since it was listed in the kids and family section. Its clearly not for young kids.
Description of The Golden Compass (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North a young girl sets out on a quest to save her friend.System Requirements:Running Time: 113 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?794043120114 Manufacturer No:?1000037811 A fantasy epic with more than a passing resemblance to the Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia film franchises, The Golden Compass takes place in an alternate universe where each human's soul is embodied in a companion animal called a daemon. Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards), an orphan who's lived most of her life among the scholars at Oxford, is intrigued when her uncle, Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig), announces his plans to travel north to investigate the source of some mysterious particles called Dust. Lyra has little hope of following her uncle until a mysterious woman named Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman, at her most icily beautiful) asks Lyra to travel north as her personal assistant. All is not as it seems, however, and the disappearance of Lyra's friend Roger (Ben Walker) sets her on a dizzying adventure. She does have an alethiometer, or golden compass, that can help her see the truth, and a number of companions, including her shape-shifting daemon, Pantalaimion (voiced by Freddie Highmore of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), polar-bear warrior Iorek Byrnison (voiced by Ian McKellen), Texas aeronaut Lee Scoresby (Sam Elliott), and witch queen Serafina Pekkala (Craig's Casino Royale co-star, Eva Green). Even before its release, The Golden Compass was the subject of controversy over its perceived anti-religious themes. While it does involve an oppressive institution called the Magisterium, it's not overtly religious, particularly to a young viewer. The movie's PG-13 rating should be taken seriously, however. Suitable for an older audience than Narnia (though younger than The Lord of the Rings), it deals with complex concepts, violence (though largely bloodless) and implied death, children and animals in peril, and an unrelentingly ominous and unsettling mood. Despite a few changes and rearrangements, the overall plot of the movie is remarkably faithful to its source material, the first installment of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy. It doesn't finish the book, however, and--much like The Fellowship of the Ring did--leaves the viewer hanging in anticipation of the next film, The Subtle Knife, due in 2009. So even though The Golden Compass is impressive--especially with its spot-on cast and terrific visual effects--we probably won't know its full emotional impact until the story is complete. --David Horiuchi
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