His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass - Ice Bears

[erzan]

''so dirty, so smelly and so rough. She falls in love with him''

Yes don't they all. :P

[latifalesmana]

the movie sucks but the book rocks

[ThatFoolishBoy]

what happened to the rest of the movies?

I know that there were two other books i read them both loved them sorta sad to see that it didn't go anywhere

[can2004yon]

happy birthday dakota!!!!!!!!!

[RedheadDane]

Just imagine how surprised I got when I read the English version and saw that the bears were actually called "Panserbjørne!" ☺ Pretty much also explained why, at first, Lyra didn't know they were bears...

But... come on... how hard can it be to pronounce "panserbjørn"? ;-)

[wotsamahojit]

yeh film does get complicated unless you read the book and if they make another film (witch i dunno if they will or wont)it would get very very complicated

[pinpote9]

n now they going to make number 2

[cutechick64]

thats "sense" not since but i agree the movie doesn't explain much

[BookWorm5510]

the movie was pretty good but there was 3 things that were bad. #1. Lyra couldnt act and always looked like she was trying not to laugh during the whole movie. #2. it doesn't make since to people who have never read the book. the movie doesn't explain that much. and #3 they should of followed the book instead of changing and re-arranging everything. like how iorek is king B4 lyra saves the kids. it should be the other way around like in the book- it makes more since.

[dominickearney]

The author Phillip Pullman was considering calling the trilogy "The Golden Compasses" as in a pair of compasses, the drawing instrument NOT the navigational instrument. However, the American publishers mistakenly thought "compasses" referred to the Alethiometers, and eventually insisted that the first book be called "The Golden Compass", rather than the "Northern Lights", as it is called in Britain. So there.

[morky14]

did you make that up? cause i read on the old official site that it was because the original name was "The Golden Compass Says..." and that what he sent to american publishers, and while he was waiting he changed the name for the british release. then months later, the americans contacted him telling him they would publish the book,and, when Pullman explained the name changed, said that the cover artwork was already slated to publicly appear the next month, and was too late to change the title.

[dominickearney]

No, I got it from Wikipedia. So it might not be true.

[sowseen]

compared to the book this movie is really bad

[daemonfreak87]

Iorek Byrnison is so firce he knows how to fight i saw this movie the day before it came out:)

[guyblin]

"only in europe every where else its the golden compass "

Seeing as the author is british and hence european, that kind of makes Northern Lights the real name, huh? It was changed to The Golden Compass to make it more obviously understandable and palatable for americans.

[Sorachandler]

Actually it had nothing to do w./ america specifically

[morky14]

actually it did

[hellomrcatface]

Phillip Pullman did actually consider the golden compass as the original name for the book.

[Thilthe]

It is cool that they talk so much about Norway (I' m norwegian) but only one off them who are suppose to speak norwegian really speak norwegian:-P

[Sherdi123]

it's actually called the northern lights the first book

[Sorachandler]

only in europe every where else its the golden compass

[guyblin]

Seeing as the author is british and hence european, that kind of makes Northern Lights the real name, huh? It was changed to The Golden Compass to make it more obviously understandable and palatable for americans.

[neilmanda]

In Australia its also called Northern Lights

[Cadiuro]

So it is in dutch

[RedheadDane]

The English version I have is called the Golden Compass! So... maybe it's an American edition...

(At first I thought Northern Lights was the title of the series!)

[Luka1180]

@Cadiuro No its Scandanavian: that means Danish/Swedish/Norwegian. That is three different languages which uses almost the same words and Svalbard in His Dark Materials lies north of Norway where they speaks Norwegian. Its kinda a part of it and near Earth's largest island: Greenland, which is covered by much ice in the winter.

[foxfire234]

i love the armored ice bears, especially iorek byrnison! his roar is beautiful and his voice is authoritative.

[SuperHeroMania]

@foxfire234 Agreed, Gandalf's voice is perfect

[kurD4Eever]

I Loved Lorek Byrnison's Voice

And I was Scared Of It.

but i loved the film

[ellegule]

i love the fact they has so much about norway in it.. svalbard :}

im norwegian and it was really cool...

[xDeadxVampirex]

They're cute :]

[beltingtokra]

is it true they changed the name of Iofur to something else? i hope not - it's like if they changed the name of Harry in potter if they did!

[ZygrantKing]

Yeah

Ragnus Starlusson

to aviod the confusion for the non-book readers might have between Iorek and Iofur

[gethellopanda]

wow that suks

i read the book i like iofur bettr

one thing is that every1 in my class says they kill god in this movie......is that true?????

[FuckOffGatica]

>_>

[whatever524]

Idiot they should read the book more carefully they didn't actually kill god.

[tilligurl]

I know, a friend of minef said that, and he wont watch the movie now. It didn't ever happen though.

[kubush]

They dont kill god in this part. I think it is a 3 part trilogy and it happens in the 3rd part. But I heard that they dont actually kill him but help him get free from his bodily form (release his soul) or something like that. Not sure though.

[frolegend]

Wow. You're a moron. Watch the flippin' movie.

[Spiritedaway182]

movie doesn't go into as much depth as the book does

[Alvaistheman]

Yea your right about that, it is in the book and they film is amazing. All the graphics made feel real to me and the lorek Banderson is amazing i would love to have a bear like that.

[tilligurl]

Me too. I love Iorek! I feel like I am in the movie, and then when its over I am thrown back to reality.

[CanineSportsFanatic]

same i looooooooved the movie, it was so cool and when it was over I was like damn!!!! my friend said that she just wanted to wait there untill the next movie came out lol!!!! I LOVE THE GOLDEN COMPASS!!!!

[tilligurl]

Hey, I didn't know you had seen it! I was going to ask you but anyway. I will talk to you on AIM soon!

[CanineSportsFanatic]

cool ok ttly

[omglolno]

I heard that they do the fight scene exactly like the novel, which means jaws being ripped off and hearts being eaten. Apparently the fight scene is the reason it is PG-13.

[hippocampuszosterae]

no heart eating. but TOTALLY some jaw-ripping!

[deathlord929]

YEA!!!

[tilligurl]

TOTALLY! The best part!

[BlackCerberus]

yeah...that part made me crap my pants in the theatre o.o; I loved it <3

[toocka45]

Ok well in the book when Iorek (in the brown armor) is fighting Iofur (In the silver armor). Iorek manages to leap at Iofur and get a clean swipe at him managing to swipe off his whole entire lower jaw. I mean, the whole thing, leaving his tounge just dangling there. And then manages to kill him and eat his heart.

[dreamerbeth]

i want an armoured bear

[PrincessSunlynn]

oooooooooomg!!!

GOOSEBUMPS!

[seamanspencer]

I love Iorek

[LizetM]

Oh, amazing. I can't wait. :D