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Member Name: pigiron

Product:	The Golden Compass (DVD)
Date:	06/05/09 (34 review reads)
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Advantages: looks pretty !!!

Disadvantages: see headline

I can to the Golden Compass unaware it was from a series of books.
With no back ground knowledge i watch the film - with its overly complicated plot. As i was watching it all i could think was it was a poor relation to the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter films.
Sure it looked good and the CGI was first rate, but to be honest, you should expect that from any blockbuster these days.
Nicole Kidman as ever looked great but she seemed to be used as a clothes horse changing from one over the top outfit to the next all the way through the film.
The young girls mockney accent came and went through out the film and, frankly, was irritating.
Overall, the film seemed too full of it's own importance, and perhaps if i had read the books i may have been kinder to it, but it really did seem like they were jumping on the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter bandwaggon

Summary: time spent watching this you will never get back !