They changed the storyline too much. I loved the series and i am almost finished with The Amber Spyglass but the movie was not nearly as good as the books
i love the books they r amazing and Did they stop making movies because of the evil church thing? Coz i thought that was interresting.( then again i don't like they way religious people act sometimes and am not religious myself.)
@Gamesrock096 The whole book is filled with underlying messages about religion that are completely false. If you don't believe me, read it again and pay close attention to the characters' words and feelings toward religion. You'll see what I mean.
@Mizora15 Well I will admit the churches evilness is a little bit exagerated but Philip Pullman was only writing a story. And I wouldn't say it is all completely false. Now the reason people like the books-They are amazingly well written with beautiful descriptions and very deep believeable characters, the books are very original, and honestly the books are just amazing.
I just read the last 2 books in the series, LOVED IT!!! it was such a fantasic paice i couldn't put it down! the movies rarely do the books justice...
haven't the directers read the book? its called the altheometer!!!!!!! sure the title of the book was said the golden compass,but in the story eveyrone called it the altheometer!
@18Znug18 They call it both in the movie :P They prolly just call it the Golden Compass in the film just to show why the movie is called that. Thats why i prefer the name The Northern Lights.
You know, many people complained that this book series was anti-christian and that they didn't want their children to read it?! Why does this sound so familiar? Oh right, this is like Harry Potter all over again! Parents, you do know that your kid's gonna read them sometime in his or her life because it is the main source to their reading skills? I'm a Christian and I've read all the Harry Potter books and not once have I learned magic. So why is TGC any different from that?!
@EmilyMikuChan Well, the Golden Compass isn't as bad as the sequels. But the author of this said that he wrote it because he wanted to teach kids to be athiest, and I'm not making it up here. In Harry Potter, they have the messages of love and friendship and stuff, but in the sequels to The Golden Compass they kill God (i'm being serious, they literally killed God) and he made the Church be the main antagonist. I loved the books, but it IS anti christian and religion. That's the difference.
@Silme037 Hmm. Well I never read the books :P But after what you told me, I think I have a clear idea as to what the plot is about. I didn't think the author was serious about the athiest part O.o
@Silme037 Dude, no. Misinterpretation all across the board. Pullman was a massive Narnia fan, but Susan's fate in The Last Battle (which was misogynistic bullshit) angered him so much that he set out to create the anti-Narnia. The foil to Aslan. He himself is atheist, but the books are more decisively anti-institution than anti-theist. There IS a difference between atheism and anti-theism. And there's no link at all to HP, aside from Rowling being inspired by Narnia as well.
@SuperHeroMania mtv.com/news/articles/1573211/his-dark-materials-writer-starts-fantasybook-beef.jhtml - this interview explains it. Narnia requires the characters to maintain their innocence, and the good ones worthy of God's love die before they reach the age of understanding. Susan, however, grows up, becomes a woman, understands sin and is turned away from God. In HDM, power comes through understanding and experience. Lyra IS sin, and sin is knowledge. It's just a foil.
What kind of bothers me, is, the fact that they never showed the parts like where Lyra brings the compass to Asriel, and when her mother (Coulter) is saying "come, Lyra" that kind of stuff. It othered me and I wish they put that in the movie.
I loved 'His dark Material' - they are without a doubt my favorite books. I was so looking forward to the film adaption, but was so disappointed. The casting was all wrong, Nicole Kidman did not portray Mrs Coulter well or look remotely as described in the book. The actess playng Lara, wasn't bad, but looked older than though & her acting was rather stiff. Watchng the movie, bored me to tears. You just really didn't give a crap about the charactors.
@stephaniewitch Pullman said that he liked how Kidman looked better than how he himself portrayed Mrs. Coulter. Dakota Blue Richards was only nine when she played her and Lyra was supposed to be twelve.
Filming began on September 4, 2006, her birthday is 11 April 1994 making her 12 years old not 9. Even with her being the correct age, i still think she looked too old, but thats my personal opinion. With regards Ms Coulter, i think Philip Pullman got the description right first time round, he was hardly going to diss such a huge star for his film whatever he though. I think Nicole Kidman also looked too old to portray Ms Coulter, again my personal opinion.
@stephaniewitch Philip Pullman specifically said Nicole Kidman is the person he thinks should play Mrs. Coulter (even tho he didn't have any authority in the casting choice). So I'm wondering: who did you imagine to play Mrs. Coulter?
Kidman just didn't do it for me in the film, Looks or presence. She lacked that spark of enhancing allure that allowed Ms Coulter to be seductively wicked - and i am actually a Kidman fan! But you can't get it right everytime, and this was one of them, IMO. When reading the books i envisioned (looks wise) a cross between Rachel Weisz - who ironically has just married Daniel Craig - Lord Asriel (Who btw i thought was the best bit of casting) and younger Monica bellucci.
@stephaniewitch Ah i see. Yea i kinda agree with you that Kidman lacked the seductive power. She's too old imo to play that role anymore XD. She might have been able to pull it off if she was like...10 years younger. But I think she did play the coldness of Mrs. Coulter very well, like how when she gets mad, you feel chilled and know this is not the woman you want to cross. I felt that.
@stephaniewitch your so right but its suck that i didnt even get to finish 'his dark materials' best book i ever read but i had to give it back to the library!Its so interesting but they couldve made the movie better...
@stephaniewitch I haven't seen the movie or read the book but movies often change the story Jurassic Park was based on Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle the guy who wrote the Original Tarzan of the Apes, the Planet of the Apes and Back to the Future based on the Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The movie Spiderman seemed like a spoof of the comic book character as their was so many redicoulus changes.
i thought the movie was good, and though I found out later how much they cut from the ending I read that they were originally planning on including it in the beginning of the sequel, so it was going to be covered anyways. It just really sucks that it didn't make a enough money for the sequel, I loved that series :(
@Silme037 Exactly!!! I saw it and I was like, "What the heck is this?!" I expected a little more action and a longer screening time in the Eragon movie because the book is as thick as a Harry Potter book!! But sadly, we get 92 minutes of a meaningless plot, bad acting, and the worst Eragon EVER!!! If I directed that movie, I would get a younger boy to be Eragon, I would make sure the acting is good, and I would make sure that the movie is more than 130 minutes long!!!
@Optronyx Well.. I think I kinda agree with u, it's just that everyone imagines the action in books by himself, and the imagination of the film makers might be wayyyyy too far from the idea you think was in the book. Take it easy ;)
I love this film and think that it's one of the most overlooked and underrated Fantasy films since 2000 (along with Stardust and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Visual effects were decent. Nicole Kidman was stunning and very beautiful villainess. Dakota Blue Richards and Daniel Craig were great too. Hope they'll make a sequel
Why did everyone think this movie was horrible? There was so much religious disputes over this film which made me mad. This is just a movie and everyone in this world takes things too literally. It is just a film, and a good one too, i really loved this movie and i really wished they continued the series!!
Such a pity that this movie doesn't get the recognition it deserves, because it deserves much more. Because of badmouthing and boycotting from the theists, this movie got downgraded for no good reason. If you think this movie is bad just because of the references, which are very weak compared to the books, take a look at Narnia. I don't hear atheists complaining and whining that they have to stop filming that one!
Have you read the Bible? I have...more than once. I even took a class on the Bible before graduating. I studied it in absolute detail. Just read Psalms 24 and 25 if you want to get an idea of the Bible. Human beings are meant to be slaves...all of humanity is meant to blindly submit to an invisible entity and denounce everything else. That is the sort of thing that religion does to people...for that reason, a lot of religious people avoided watching this film.
@KuroiiTenshii ; it's not just about that too. i found the film incredibly dull. i think it has a lot to do with how the studio demanded some significant changes made on the film. i think it would have been awesome if only the director had his way with it instead.
@MsHarrypotterlover41 I assume it's because the movie wasn't recieved particularly well. They also kind of destroyed the plot. The book actually ends about two or three chapters later than the movie, so quite a bit still needed to happen to make the sequel make sense. I guess they could just add that to the beginning of the sequel, but who knows.
@PartAwesome The intention was that the ending of Golden Compass would be moved to the beginning of the Subtle Knife. The scenes were all filmed and done. Some of these scenes are present in the trailer.
@ChristoEtEcclesiae Yes, they could have been more blatant. When they were about to cut Lyra from her daemon, a guy could've whipped out a bible and started quoting: if the eye offends, pluck it out, if the hand offends, chop it off - and cutting daemons is just the next obvious step.
The problem was in toning down the message for xian sensibilities.
I am currently reading the book. It totally awesome! But it seems like this movie has crapped one book... again. It seems to play with all the meaningless moments and adding some stupid figths. Should I watch this movie? Does it have any good moments of the book?
@JARHuygebaert i would want my daemon to be a black bear... but instead i have a daemon named sady thats a yellow lab/german shepherd puppy... oh well beggers can't be choosers... besides, shes not so bad.
@pepemanshon Unfortunately I don't think so. The first one wasn't a huge success in the US, despite it making twice its budget worldwide. And many people are against this movie due to its religious themes from the book. It's a real shame because the novels are terrific and now I won't get to see the second on the big screen :(
@victhom19 that's too bad, considering the fact I did like it a lot :(
and how come movies like Scary Movie, Spider Man, Transformers, etc. always attract lots of attention, and the good ones actually doesn't - it always made me wonder...
@pepemanshon Yeah tell me about it. I guess people nowadays like things which are simply just for entertainment and doesn't involve too much thinking. I've seen so many good films that my friends probably haven't even heard of and then so much trash makes so much money : (
this was a OK movie, the book was FREAKING AWESOME! some things in the trailer is changed from the movie, like the missed the gobblers, and in the movie and lyra says "pan, its her! shes running the gobblers!"( instead of the magesterim.)
WHERE IS THE ENDING IN THE MOVE! THEY WOULD OF GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE $! its in the trailer...
plus, it should be okay for them to publish the other movies. FREE COUNTRY! WE CAN GO AGENST GOD IF WE WANT TO!
I took a daemon test, i am a red fox named lutheus.
I love this movie^^ I love the story, I WANT A DAEMON! does someone know if they are going to make the second and third movie? it ended with a cliffhanger, they HAVE to make the other two!
i dont understand why they left it at a cliff hanger coz dan craig gets caught by those guys then at the end the girl finds out hes her dad and then it just ends so why didnt they make a second 1 ?
was it because the first film done bad or is that how it wnded in the book ?
In the book, it goes against God - and people would have complained. And this movie was extremely money demanding. And it didn't do well in cinemas. Read the books, if you want to continue the story.
I love this movie they did a really good adaptation of the book except for the way they ruined the ending, wouldnt put it in whatever. it spoiled the film a bit for me.
I wish theyd made the other His Dark Materials books into films, they didnt because of some religious pathetic crap complaints!!! :( mrs coulter scares me. awesome trailer
@marishkaspirit no offense, but if you think this film is like narnia you must be reeally stupid. read the damn books and then youll see how original it is!
@GablesHorse hey you dont have to call me stupid! you really need to offence someone??i wanted to read the books but i couldnt find them i guess they are not realised yet in my country...but i wish to find the books....i saw the movie and i loved it! the only thing i didnt like it was the polar bear...lets face it that looks like narnia! i like the daemon concept but the polar bear is..to much! i also like the rest of the characters
@jonathanchuah hello!! this is a stupid, lame, and embarassing movie!! there will be no sequel for the movie b/c it was a flop and its atheist themes are the reason for no sequel!!
@alderangirl You can hate the movie all you want but to call it "stupid, lame, and embarassing" ... it's based on your own opinion and it doen't really mean other people think the same way. I'm sure the makers of the movie worked really hard on it too. ........ not meaning to sound like a bitch or anything, it's just what I think and you're free to voice out your opinions on the movie... =D
@alderangirl you obviously know nothing about this book if you think the first one was athiest, it was going against the old catholic church. But that's beside the point, for that's not the reason at all there isn't going to be a sequel. There's so many books, and it's a top seller. If the fact that it's "athiest" and church hating was the only reason, then i'd be looking forward to the third one coming out right now because that was hardly an issue.
@alderangirl Actually the movie didnt perform badly in revenue. The reason for not making a sequel is because the studio didnt want to risk financially for a sequel, specially in this economy.
this movies is supose to be for kids right well when the two bears for 1v1 fight to the death the bear that was supose to be the king clawed off the kings jaw grabbed the kings neck with his teeth and snapped it in half pretty messed up they are supose to be coming out with the second one called The Subtle Knife cant wait
this movies is supose to be for kids right well when the two bears for 1v1 fight to the death the bear that was supose to be the king clawed off the kings jaw grabbed the kings neck with his teeth and snapped it in half pretty messed up they are supose to be coming out with the second one called The Subtle Knife cant wait
I thought Mrs Coulter had dark hair? Or am I mistaken? Hmm and I've never seen this film, but do they call it the golden compass all the time? Cuz it's the alethiometer really lol
Chris said before he wasnt happy with the ending at all and said he wanted to release an extended cut DVD and beside the point that the origonal movie is 113 mins the extended cut could've made 150 mins they to out half hour of finished footage and probably the proper ending is in there
Wow the ending was really laid off I mean even if its to dark for children I mean this whole movie isnt a movie I would take a child too cause maybe the story is creative and all but brutal dark and everything I mean the bear gets his jaw cut off and so many fighting shooting dont get why the end got off I heard theres gonna be a number 2 so how are they gonna do it cause they cant do it with out it the only thing they can do is put the ending of book 1 in the beginning of the book 2 movie
The reason there are scenes in the trailer but not in the movie was because the studio stepped in and didnt like the idea of SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS a child dieing, so they cut the ending out. Chris weiz wanted the ending in
I don't understand why they fked up the ending so much. They even had the scene filmed where Asriel goes to the next world with Mrs Coulter. And yet they cut it out...
@BlademasterFox365 yeah, why bother filming the scene if ur not gonna put in in the movie for people to enjoy, talk about selfish! they included some of it in the trailer at least. i wonder if philip pullman was pissed off about it too, i would be, the ending is so important
@NerdyALy11 yeah same. its strange i used to pretend i had like an imaginary animal friend, but its not. Its not really an animal spirit like it says in the trailer either they got that wrong its your soul! =D
tin latrevo aftin tin tenia...!!
Chara123pats 6 days ago
They changed the storyline too much. I loved the series and i am almost finished with The Amber Spyglass but the movie was not nearly as good as the books
ImmaGonnaBeatYoAss 1 week ago
This should have been the Volibear Champion Sneak Peek.
TenshiroNova 1 week ago
Philip Pullman is a sinfully proud, God-hating, militant atheist.
windy123450 2 weeks ago
My friend said this about atheism is this true?
vaultboy4561 2 weeks ago
@vaultboy4561 Read the books first :)
Yuri92001 1 week ago
Why is it that all epic movies like this one are British?
scarletrose10 4 weeks ago
@scarletrose10 Americans can't write :)
JARHuygebaert 3 weeks ago
@JARHuygebaert
Nice answer. Luckily, that doesn't effect me. I'm not American. :)
I just look white 'cuz of my skin even though I'm Pakistani. Don't you love British people? XD
scarletrose10 3 weeks ago
@scarletrose10 Not only the movies, the books too. Narnia, Harry Potter, Neil Gaiman's stories, and sooo much more
BettyBoop85797 2 weeks ago
Well the movie make enough money, only in USA the result wasn't good.
But the catholic church scrub the making of subtle knife the second movie, because they thinking that these movies are bad influence.
New line cinema don't be stupid make a second movie, people has the right to choose not the church.
eugene957 4 weeks ago
i love the books they r amazing and Did they stop making movies because of the evil church thing? Coz i thought that was interresting.( then again i don't like they way religious people act sometimes and am not religious myself.)
MissSmurfySnoopy1 4 weeks ago
@MissSmurfySnoopy1 the film didn't make enough money, that's why.
Silme037 4 weeks ago
hello VOLIBEAR LOL
kopifighter 1 month ago
That is because it is supposedly anti religious
nickvela1992 1 month ago
i was never allowed to watch this movie.... lol
an my friends moms friend took her children to this when it was in theater an they left during the movie. thats how fucked up it is.
MeggyNicole 1 month ago
COUNT DOOKU! :D
durpcreep 1 month ago
there are many scenes that were!!!! took out of the movie!! its a shame!!!!!! =/!!!
TheNarnia24 1 month ago
Boring like fuck. My mom fell asleep halfway :P
InsomniaD3 1 month ago
I don't know why people like these books. Filled to the brim of unfair prejudice.
Mizora15 1 month ago
@Mizora15 What do you mean?
Gamesrock096 1 month ago
@Gamesrock096 The whole book is filled with underlying messages about religion that are completely false. If you don't believe me, read it again and pay close attention to the characters' words and feelings toward religion. You'll see what I mean.
Mizora15 1 month ago
@Mizora15 Well I will admit the churches evilness is a little bit exagerated but Philip Pullman was only writing a story. And I wouldn't say it is all completely false. Now the reason people like the books-They are amazingly well written with beautiful descriptions and very deep believeable characters, the books are very original, and honestly the books are just amazing.
Gamesrock096 1 month ago
awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
princesszola1 1 month ago
Mnooogo dobar film, ko ga nije gledao mora da pogleda :DDDD moj savet :D
Lyrics1080HD 2 months ago
I just read the last 2 books in the series, LOVED IT!!! it was such a fantasic paice i couldn't put it down! the movies rarely do the books justice...
Trevorious2010 3 months ago
They really should have treat this film as more adult, rather than more for pre-teens.
rosellegreywood 3 months ago
This movie looks really lame to me!! =P Don't care for it!!
starlight101angel 4 months ago
don't forget christopher lee!
CocoaBeanGumGirl 4 months ago
haven't the directers read the book? its called the altheometer!!!!!!! sure the title of the book was said the golden compass,but in the story eveyrone called it the altheometer!
18Znug18 5 months ago
@18Znug18 They call it both in the movie :P They prolly just call it the Golden Compass in the film just to show why the movie is called that. Thats why i prefer the name The Northern Lights.
brooksboy78 4 months ago
i pictured her monkey daemon like the monkey in kung fu panda lol
Narutofan99991 5 months ago
I love the accent!!!!
aderollerolls 5 months ago
why the hell didn't they show us the end with the portal? Apparently this scene was filmed!
callahaine100 7 months ago
love this trailer
KonViicTNation 7 months ago
You have no idea whats in stake
dim432 8 months ago
Not as bad as the Eragon adaption
SuperHeroMania 8 months ago
You know, many people complained that this book series was anti-christian and that they didn't want their children to read it?! Why does this sound so familiar? Oh right, this is like Harry Potter all over again! Parents, you do know that your kid's gonna read them sometime in his or her life because it is the main source to their reading skills? I'm a Christian and I've read all the Harry Potter books and not once have I learned magic. So why is TGC any different from that?!
EmilyMikuChan 8 months ago
@EmilyMikuChan Well, the Golden Compass isn't as bad as the sequels. But the author of this said that he wrote it because he wanted to teach kids to be athiest, and I'm not making it up here. In Harry Potter, they have the messages of love and friendship and stuff, but in the sequels to The Golden Compass they kill God (i'm being serious, they literally killed God) and he made the Church be the main antagonist. I loved the books, but it IS anti christian and religion. That's the difference.
Silme037 8 months ago
@Silme037 Hmm. Well I never read the books :P But after what you told me, I think I have a clear idea as to what the plot is about. I didn't think the author was serious about the athiest part O.o
EmilyMikuChan 8 months ago
@Silme037 Dude, no. Misinterpretation all across the board. Pullman was a massive Narnia fan, but Susan's fate in The Last Battle (which was misogynistic bullshit) angered him so much that he set out to create the anti-Narnia. The foil to Aslan. He himself is atheist, but the books are more decisively anti-institution than anti-theist. There IS a difference between atheism and anti-theism. And there's no link at all to HP, aside from Rowling being inspired by Narnia as well.
LolaArmyBrat 8 months ago
@LolaArmyBrat Is this true?
SuperHeroMania 8 months ago
@SuperHeroMania mtv.com/news/articles/1573211/his-dark-materials-writer-starts-fantasybook-beef.jhtml - this interview explains it. Narnia requires the characters to maintain their innocence, and the good ones worthy of God's love die before they reach the age of understanding. Susan, however, grows up, becomes a woman, understands sin and is turned away from God. In HDM, power comes through understanding and experience. Lyra IS sin, and sin is knowledge. It's just a foil.
LolaArmyBrat 8 months ago
What kind of bothers me, is, the fact that they never showed the parts like where Lyra brings the compass to Asriel, and when her mother (Coulter) is saying "come, Lyra" that kind of stuff. It othered me and I wish they put that in the movie.
HPTH120395 8 months ago
@HPTH120395 they're was too much stuff they canceled out
SuperHeroMania 8 months ago
wow this is a really stupid movie. i hate this movie
lenton456 8 months ago
@lenton456 hmmm soo thats why you are here watching the trailer....that explain everything.
TheLaurinha2012 8 months ago
I KNEW that i know the actress! Shes awesome! But i like Franky much more. i have to watch this movie again..
Tearsonmyumbrella 9 months ago
I loved this movie!
I was angry that everyone made such a big deal about it.
It may not be the best adaption, but I loved the bears <3
xmrsadampascal 9 months ago
this little girl is called april in the dustbin baby. the sadest film
EllaJ07651 9 months ago
I loved 'His dark Material' - they are without a doubt my favorite books. I was so looking forward to the film adaption, but was so disappointed. The casting was all wrong, Nicole Kidman did not portray Mrs Coulter well or look remotely as described in the book. The actess playng Lara, wasn't bad, but looked older than though & her acting was rather stiff. Watchng the movie, bored me to tears. You just really didn't give a crap about the charactors.
stephaniewitch 9 months ago 22
@stephaniewitch Ikr? I love these books, but the movie didn't turn out how I wanted.
iqbal6425 8 months ago
@stephaniewitch Pullman said that he liked how Kidman looked better than how he himself portrayed Mrs. Coulter. Dakota Blue Richards was only nine when she played her and Lyra was supposed to be twelve.
AkasukiKain4545 6 months ago
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stephaniewitch 6 months ago
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stephaniewitch 6 months ago
@AkasukiKain4545
Filming began on September 4, 2006, her birthday is 11 April 1994 making her 12 years old not 9. Even with her being the correct age, i still think she looked too old, but thats my personal opinion. With regards Ms Coulter, i think Philip Pullman got the description right first time round, he was hardly going to diss such a huge star for his film whatever he though. I think Nicole Kidman also looked too old to portray Ms Coulter, again my personal opinion.
stephaniewitch 6 months ago 2
@stephaniewitch Philip Pullman specifically said Nicole Kidman is the person he thinks should play Mrs. Coulter (even tho he didn't have any authority in the casting choice). So I'm wondering: who did you imagine to play Mrs. Coulter?
Casshyr 5 months ago
@Casshyr
Kidman just didn't do it for me in the film, Looks or presence. She lacked that spark of enhancing allure that allowed Ms Coulter to be seductively wicked - and i am actually a Kidman fan! But you can't get it right everytime, and this was one of them, IMO. When reading the books i envisioned (looks wise) a cross between Rachel Weisz - who ironically has just married Daniel Craig - Lord Asriel (Who btw i thought was the best bit of casting) and younger Monica bellucci.
stephaniewitch 5 months ago
@stephaniewitch Ah i see. Yea i kinda agree with you that Kidman lacked the seductive power. She's too old imo to play that role anymore XD. She might have been able to pull it off if she was like...10 years younger. But I think she did play the coldness of Mrs. Coulter very well, like how when she gets mad, you feel chilled and know this is not the woman you want to cross. I felt that.
Casshyr 5 months ago
@Casshyr
Yeah, she definitely had that stern headmistress thing down to a Tee, i wouldn't wanna peeve her off! :-)
stephaniewitch 5 months ago
@stephaniewitch your so right but its suck that i didnt even get to finish 'his dark materials' best book i ever read but i had to give it back to the library!Its so interesting but they couldve made the movie better...
EpiczPicklez 4 months ago
@stephaniewitch I haven't seen the movie or read the book but movies often change the story Jurassic Park was based on Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle the guy who wrote the Original Tarzan of the Apes, the Planet of the Apes and Back to the Future based on the Time Machine by H.G. Wells, The movie Spiderman seemed like a spoof of the comic book character as their was so many redicoulus changes.
hydrolito 1 month ago
@stephaniewitch True, the effects and environment was good but the bad acting shadowed them all, huge disappointment from me
TigerClaws12894 1 week ago
i thought the movie was good, and though I found out later how much they cut from the ending I read that they were originally planning on including it in the beginning of the sequel, so it was going to be covered anyways. It just really sucks that it didn't make a enough money for the sequel, I loved that series :(
Silme037 9 months ago
They won't be able to use her if they magically got round to doing the sequels, she's way too old now!
kj7129 9 months ago
Great trailer for the worst adaptation ever.
ByMonitorLight 10 months ago
@ByMonitorLight i have to disagree. The worst adaptation from book to movie I have ever seen is Eragon. Such an insult to the book...
Silme037 9 months ago
@Silme037 Exactly!!! I saw it and I was like, "What the heck is this?!" I expected a little more action and a longer screening time in the Eragon movie because the book is as thick as a Harry Potter book!! But sadly, we get 92 minutes of a meaningless plot, bad acting, and the worst Eragon EVER!!! If I directed that movie, I would get a younger boy to be Eragon, I would make sure the acting is good, and I would make sure that the movie is more than 130 minutes long!!!
EmilyMikuChan 8 months ago
rewatch this because of Franky
nhilun1108 10 months ago 7
Its Franky from Skins!
SupersoniicShine 10 months ago 2
So, how many of the films have come out so far?
11hellboy 10 months ago
@11hellboy one. They didn't make enough money for sequels :(
Silme037 9 months ago
@11hellboy They only did one. They were planning on doing a sequel, but they never got around to it for some odd reason.
EmilyMikuChan 8 months ago
If you thought the film was good.. you HAVE TO read the book. It's incredible. Especially th second one.
AmberandSara95 10 months ago
@AmberandSara95 Oh yes, I loved the books! They're just.. AMAZING! :)) I haven't ssaw the films yet, but I'm realy looking forward to. ^^
Peinanditachi 10 months ago
@Peinanditachi Just don't get your hopes up! The ending of the film is odd :)
AmberandSara95 10 months ago
It's sad, the movie didn't do the book any justice, and the book was amazing.
pugpugpugpuc 10 months ago
this movie was really boring and incredibly stupid!!
MsPlanetbollywood 11 months ago
@MsPlanetbollywood Then why would you watch it, dumbass?
Peinanditachi 10 months ago
@Peinanditachi hey don't call me dumbass! u luv golden compass? i was trying to understand this movie and why u luv it when its really dumb!!
MsPlanetbollywood 10 months ago
The film wasn't good at all. Limply directed and without any of the thought and heart of the books.
Read, people. It's good for the brain.
Optronyx 11 months ago
@Optronyx Well.. I think I kinda agree with u, it's just that everyone imagines the action in books by himself, and the imagination of the film makers might be wayyyyy too far from the idea you think was in the book. Take it easy ;)
Peinanditachi 10 months ago
what is the song in the beginning of the trailer??
valleygrl411 1 year ago
I love this film and think that it's one of the most overlooked and underrated Fantasy films since 2000 (along with Stardust and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Visual effects were decent. Nicole Kidman was stunning and very beautiful villainess. Dakota Blue Richards and Daniel Craig were great too. Hope they'll make a sequel
Magnolia296 1 year ago
I loved the talking animals
MeLittleAbbey 1 year ago
Why did everyone think this movie was horrible? There was so much religious disputes over this film which made me mad. This is just a movie and everyone in this world takes things too literally. It is just a film, and a good one too, i really loved this movie and i really wished they continued the series!!
XSplinterrX 1 year ago
Such a pity that this movie doesn't get the recognition it deserves, because it deserves much more. Because of badmouthing and boycotting from the theists, this movie got downgraded for no good reason. If you think this movie is bad just because of the references, which are very weak compared to the books, take a look at Narnia. I don't hear atheists complaining and whining that they have to stop filming that one!
KuroiiTenshii 1 year ago
@KuroiiTenshii
Have you read the Bible? I have...more than once. I even took a class on the Bible before graduating. I studied it in absolute detail. Just read Psalms 24 and 25 if you want to get an idea of the Bible. Human beings are meant to be slaves...all of humanity is meant to blindly submit to an invisible entity and denounce everything else. That is the sort of thing that religion does to people...for that reason, a lot of religious people avoided watching this film.
andyrooney12 11 months ago
@KuroiiTenshii narnia is boring....
mokonarules 10 months ago
@KuroiiTenshii ; it's not just about that too. i found the film incredibly dull. i think it has a lot to do with how the studio demanded some significant changes made on the film. i think it would have been awesome if only the director had his way with it instead.
WILLOWproductions 10 months ago
It's quite sad that they won't be making a sequel to this movie... :(
thenancer 1 year ago
@thenancer why aren't they making a sequel to the movie?
MsHarrypotterlover41 11 months ago
@MsHarrypotterlover41 I assume it's because the movie wasn't recieved particularly well. They also kind of destroyed the plot. The book actually ends about two or three chapters later than the movie, so quite a bit still needed to happen to make the sequel make sense. I guess they could just add that to the beginning of the sequel, but who knows.
PartAwesome 11 months ago
@PartAwesome The intention was that the ending of Golden Compass would be moved to the beginning of the Subtle Knife. The scenes were all filmed and done. Some of these scenes are present in the trailer.
geekfreackz 11 months ago
This movie looks so incredibly stupid!! =P Complete waste of time!!
starlight101angel 1 year ago
Only the effects was nice..
The rest was just utterly disgusting
griefingdemon137 1 year ago
Magisterium my ***! Could they be more blatant in their message? No wonder this movie was a failure!
ChristoEtEcclesiae 1 year ago
@ChristoEtEcclesiae Yes, they could have been more blatant. When they were about to cut Lyra from her daemon, a guy could've whipped out a bible and started quoting: if the eye offends, pluck it out, if the hand offends, chop it off - and cutting daemons is just the next obvious step.
The problem was in toning down the message for xian sensibilities.
Eldritchfan 1 year ago
THEY better make a movie out of the 2nd book!!!
Theo2kitty 1 year ago
I finished reading the Northern Lights - Which is the everywhere else version of this book, Great book :)
Reading the Subtle Knive now :D
TheEvilDuckey1 1 year ago
I am currently reading the book. It totally awesome! But it seems like this movie has crapped one book... again. It seems to play with all the meaningless moments and adding some stupid figths. Should I watch this movie? Does it have any good moments of the book?
Finnfox66 1 year ago
I watched this movie long time ago and all I can say is. It's great! Deffinatly recommended!
Mechansus 1 year ago
@Mechansus your the Golden Compass not Dog House @#$@#$@$@#$ this is why Golden Compass @#$@#$@#$@#$
itspeaks037 1 year ago
@itspeaks037 Alright.... That was perhaps the most no-scene comment I've ever readed. xD Thanks for giving me a good laugh.
Mechansus 1 year ago
I hate when they make good trailers for crappy movies. In this case, there's no exception. This trailer is really well-made.
Arman88 1 year ago
I think my daemon would be a lion, or otherwise a otter
JARHuygebaert 1 year ago
@JARHuygebaert i would want my daemon to be a black bear... but instead i have a daemon named sady thats a yellow lab/german shepherd puppy... oh well beggers can't be choosers... besides, shes not so bad.
theD1n0ng 1 year ago
At :42.. you can hear a tone similar to one heard in the movie Poseidon, as the film opens.
scaremengaviation 1 year ago
loool trailer spams the whole freakin movie
ZuueQuartet 1 year ago
so is there a second movie coming or what? cause this one was... quite unfinished
pepemanshon 1 year ago
@pepemanshon Unfortunately I don't think so. The first one wasn't a huge success in the US, despite it making twice its budget worldwide. And many people are against this movie due to its religious themes from the book. It's a real shame because the novels are terrific and now I won't get to see the second on the big screen :(
victhom19 1 year ago
@victhom19 that's too bad, considering the fact I did like it a lot :(
and how come movies like Scary Movie, Spider Man, Transformers, etc. always attract lots of attention, and the good ones actually doesn't - it always made me wonder...
pepemanshon 1 year ago
@pepemanshon Yeah tell me about it. I guess people nowadays like things which are simply just for entertainment and doesn't involve too much thinking. I've seen so many good films that my friends probably haven't even heard of and then so much trash makes so much money : (
victhom19 1 year ago
I cried when the third book ended.. And im a boy and im 12 so i love these... Vill And Lira were the best =(
nava98th 1 year ago
this was a OK movie, the book was FREAKING AWESOME! some things in the trailer is changed from the movie, like the missed the gobblers, and in the movie and lyra says "pan, its her! shes running the gobblers!"( instead of the magesterim.)
WHERE IS THE ENDING IN THE MOVE! THEY WOULD OF GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE $! its in the trailer...
plus, it should be okay for them to publish the other movies. FREE COUNTRY! WE CAN GO AGENST GOD IF WE WANT TO!
I took a daemon test, i am a red fox named lutheus.
aniandina 1 year ago
what scene did they leave out, the ending ? im lost. been a long time since ive seen this
mizshorty527 1 year ago
this is nothing like the actual movie!!!! What the heck?
dixi9100 1 year ago
and transformers lost the award for best special effects to this why?
MRauTObt 1 year ago
when Nicole whispers, "I'll find you, Lyra" into the night... wow, chills x)
and i LOVE the armoured bears...
wish they had included that ending D:
zanirra 1 year ago
I love this movie^^ I love the story, I WANT A DAEMON! does someone know if they are going to make the second and third movie? it ended with a cliffhanger, they HAVE to make the other two!
10animallover10 1 year ago
haha the first song's also in lady in the water, which came first?
LATiNAMAMi369 1 year ago
Very pretty, but forget the movie. Read the book, read the book, READ THE BOOK!
jimjimmyjames59 1 year ago
one of the best book series ive ever read. they left out soo much in the movie though T^T
goofypandaperson7 1 year ago
i dont understand why they left it at a cliff hanger coz dan craig gets caught by those guys then at the end the girl finds out hes her dad and then it just ends so why didnt they make a second 1 ?
was it because the first film done bad or is that how it wnded in the book ?
aeroxwolfx 1 year ago
@aeroxwolfx No, it's because the Catholic Church intervened and sadi they didn't want another made because it contradicted their beleifs, apparently.
sugarysweetsade 1 year ago
@aeroxwolfx I think it was because of all the controversy and they ran out of money
dixi9100 1 year ago
In the book, it goes against God - and people would have complained. And this movie was extremely money demanding. And it didn't do well in cinemas. Read the books, if you want to continue the story.
Shaestel 1 year ago
bad book bad movie
AnnoyedAndrew 1 year ago
I love this movie they did a really good adaptation of the book except for the way they ruined the ending, wouldnt put it in whatever. it spoiled the film a bit for me.
I wish theyd made the other His Dark Materials books into films, they didnt because of some religious pathetic crap complaints!!! :( mrs coulter scares me. awesome trailer
GablesHorse 1 year ago
they should have included the real ending. it would have ended with a great bam! :(
zanirra 1 year ago
yay for sam elliot, daemons, and the paservyorne
sorry for the bad spelling
Grdankl 1 year ago
Will there be a sequel?
AleifrLeifrson 1 year ago
bad film
AnnoyedAndrew 1 year ago
@AnnoyedAndrew this is not a bad film if u think its bad get a life!!!
read more intelligent books like this one!
GablesHorse 1 year ago
this looks like narnia...very much! i wish for something more original.....
marishkaspirit 1 year ago
@marishkaspirit no offense, but if you think this film is like narnia you must be reeally stupid. read the damn books and then youll see how original it is!
GablesHorse 1 year ago
@GablesHorse hey you dont have to call me stupid! you really need to offence someone??i wanted to read the books but i couldnt find them i guess they are not realised yet in my country...but i wish to find the books....i saw the movie and i loved it! the only thing i didnt like it was the polar bear...lets face it that looks like narnia! i like the daemon concept but the polar bear is..to much! i also like the rest of the characters
marishkaspirit 1 year ago
Where are the other two films??? I want to see them!!!
Niiiiinossss 1 year ago
@Niiiiinossss they wouldnt make them because of some priest shits complaining.
GablesHorse 1 year ago
daniel craig is the coolest!
thepersianlion 1 year ago
When He Says " ... where every human is joined with an animal spirit who is as close to them as their own heart .." THIS GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS !!
I LOVE ANIMALS MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD !
AmJustJessie 1 year ago
@AmJustJessie daniel craig is hot
GablesHorse 1 year ago
yesh, i remember this movie....the movie was great but the ending was like...'Blah' LOL
fAnGiRl4Life005 1 year ago
i have seen this, but can only rememer the awesome icebear
MrMortjon 1 year ago
Song at the beginning is from lady in the water
1bobo1 1 year ago
...like the ice bear fight 2:50
Bonna96 1 year ago
They cut out the ending because the running time was too long. That was probably the lousiest excuse ever.
SirSebastianWang 1 year ago
will there be a sequel?
DHansen17 1 year ago
that's cool... very nice, I love this movie, because I watched.....
this is like Narnia...thank you for the high quality trailer. I put it on my site.
movies5star 1 year ago
awsome movie
nightrockers3319 1 year ago
this movie is really a great.
but i really wish that its has its sequel :(
subaliq89 1 year ago
this movie is my favorite!!!! but why part 2 so slow??? are they not enough funds to make the part 2 movie??
jonathanchuah 1 year ago
@jonathanchuah hello!! this is a stupid, lame, and embarassing movie!! there will be no sequel for the movie b/c it was a flop and its atheist themes are the reason for no sequel!!
alderangirl 1 year ago
@alderangirl You can hate the movie all you want but to call it "stupid, lame, and embarassing" ... it's based on your own opinion and it doen't really mean other people think the same way. I'm sure the makers of the movie worked really hard on it too. ........ not meaning to sound like a bitch or anything, it's just what I think and you're free to voice out your opinions on the movie... =D
clairvoyance753 1 year ago
@alderangirl you obviously know nothing about this book if you think the first one was athiest, it was going against the old catholic church. But that's beside the point, for that's not the reason at all there isn't going to be a sequel. There's so many books, and it's a top seller. If the fact that it's "athiest" and church hating was the only reason, then i'd be looking forward to the third one coming out right now because that was hardly an issue.
Silme037 1 year ago
@alderangirl Actually the movie didnt perform badly in revenue. The reason for not making a sequel is because the studio didnt want to risk financially for a sequel, specially in this economy.
AndresApolo 1 year ago
They give away far too much of the plot in the trailer. I'm glad I didn't watch this before I saw the film!
It's a very good film though, I'd like to read the book it's based on.
wwwdotcomedy 1 year ago 7
lol
matthew22556 1 year ago
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this movies is supose to be for kids right well when the two bears for 1v1 fight to the death the bear that was supose to be the king clawed off the kings jaw grabbed the kings neck with his teeth and snapped it in half pretty messed up they are supose to be coming out with the second one called The Subtle Knife cant wait
matthew22556 1 year ago
this movies is supose to be for kids right well when the two bears for 1v1 fight to the death the bear that was supose to be the king clawed off the kings jaw grabbed the kings neck with his teeth and snapped it in half pretty messed up they are supose to be coming out with the second one called The Subtle Knife cant wait
matthew22556 1 year ago
this book was made as an opposition to C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia.
While The Chronicles of Narnia portrays Christian themes. His Dark Materials trilogy portrays atheist themes.
faninnarnia 1 year ago
I thought Mrs Coulter had dark hair? Or am I mistaken? Hmm and I've never seen this film, but do they call it the golden compass all the time? Cuz it's the alethiometer really lol
7thWombat 1 year ago
Yeah she does have dark hair in the books, "a beautiful young lady whose dark hair falls shining delicately."
And I have no idea why they called the move that, pretty stupid!
gracie146 1 year ago
Is there "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber SpyGlass" movies?
I love this movie. I'm still working on Book 1, but I can't wait to read the other 2. I wish I could have a daemon. =D
SharperImage08 1 year ago
NIcole Kidman was really hot in this movie! : )
clamzcoolio 1 year ago
Chris said before he wasnt happy with the ending at all and said he wanted to release an extended cut DVD and beside the point that the origonal movie is 113 mins the extended cut could've made 150 mins they to out half hour of finished footage and probably the proper ending is in there
SirTimothyMarton 1 year ago
Wow the ending was really laid off I mean even if its to dark for children I mean this whole movie isnt a movie I would take a child too cause maybe the story is creative and all but brutal dark and everything I mean the bear gets his jaw cut off and so many fighting shooting dont get why the end got off I heard theres gonna be a number 2 so how are they gonna do it cause they cant do it with out it the only thing they can do is put the ending of book 1 in the beginning of the book 2 movie
SirTimothyMarton 1 year ago
ATTENTION:
The reason there are scenes in the trailer but not in the movie was because the studio stepped in and didnt like the idea of SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS a child dieing, so they cut the ending out. Chris weiz wanted the ending in
Lovinggirlhood 1 year ago
I love it when Lyra says "I'm not yours! I'll never be yours!"
tatufreak08 2 years ago 2
I do too! The last thirty seconds of the whole video is so intense. It's great (:
allissarose727 2 years ago
I thought this movie was ok. Good not great.
Chris Weitz, the director, said the studio stepped in and changed the movie up and it greatly disappointed him
AnnaBarton10 2 years ago
I don't understand why they fked up the ending so much. They even had the scene filmed where Asriel goes to the next world with Mrs Coulter. And yet they cut it out...
BlademasterFox365 2 years ago 33
@BlademasterFox365 blabla better cliffhanger they said... fuck up is what they did to the end.
mxpredator 1 year ago
@BlademasterFox365 yeah, why bother filming the scene if ur not gonna put in in the movie for people to enjoy, talk about selfish! they included some of it in the trailer at least. i wonder if philip pullman was pissed off about it too, i would be, the ending is so important
GablesHorse 1 year ago
I want a daemon. That would be so cool. :D
NerdyALy11 2 years ago 71
@NerdyALy11 yeah same. its strange i used to pretend i had like an imaginary animal friend, but its not. Its not really an animal spirit like it says in the trailer either they got that wrong its your soul! =D
GablesHorse 1 year ago
@NerdyALy11 it sucks.. my daemon is an ant!
2300mathias 1 year ago
yurik is amazing! i want an ice bear <3333
Maiseyyy 2 years ago 3