The Golden Compass (DVD) Reviews

The Golden Compass (DVD) Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Director: Chris Weitz / Actors: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig If you have never heard of the Golden Compass, it is adapted from the book. The book is part of a trilogy written by the fantastic Phillip Pullman (there are also a couple of mini book spin-offs ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room I haven't read any of the "His Dark Materials" novels, although I was aware of them, and in particular the powerful religious allegory therein that had caused so much controversy when the film (and novel) were first released, but I was very much a newcomer going into ...  Read the complete review

Plot: Based on the first book in the 'Dark Materials' Trilogy by Phillip Pullman, 'Northern Lights', this is a story about a young gril named Lyra, living in a parallel universe to our own, and thrust unexpectedly into the middle of a scientific-religious war. When her young friend Roger is captured by a mysterious gang of child-snatchers called ...  Read the complete review

Since this product already has 35 reviews on it, I don't see the need to go into detail about the plot, the actors etc. I'm just going to give you my opinion. Ok, well maybe I'll tell you the basics. It's based on the book "Northern Lights" By Philip Pullman and the main character is a little girl called Lyra, who lives in ...  Read the complete review

Having watched this film this weekend I have decided to review it how it came across to me. Sometimes when I watch a film I look into the background afterwards to see what I missed etc. To be honest I'm not going to waste my time with this one! Not to be too unfair there are some ok points to this film but straight away I think it would be so ...  Read the complete review

The Golden Compass is about a world where people have demons that go with them everywhere, a child's demon changes depending on the mood of the child. This is the first one in a couple of movies and this is the start of adventure where Lyra who is played by Dakota Blue Richards comes across the golden compass, her friend gets taken, this movie is ...  Read the complete review

A fantastically thrilling film, "The Golden Compass" with the prowling and flapping and slithering and fluttering. The animals, most of which are called daemons and are manifestations of the human soul, hover at the side of their people and near the story's edge, where their coos and barks mix with the surrounding clatter and clangs. ...  Read the complete review

The Golden Compass was released in 2007 and the theme like so many films over the last few years was mystical/magical/fantasy. The Cast~~~~~~~~~~~ Nicole Kidman - Mrs Coulter Daniel Craig - Lord Asriel Dakota Blue Richards - Lyra Belacqua With others such as: Christopher Lee, Ben Walker, Sam Elliott and ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

The Golden Compass is based on the book Northern Lights by Philip Pullman , the first in a triology called His Dark Materials. I read all three books quite a few years ago so I was very interested to see how the story would be depicted on screen. It is a good adaptation but when you consider that the film is only 113 minutes long and the book has ...  Read the complete review

In a bid to lose myself in a fantasy style film on a Sunday night I decided to give the Golden Compass a go. Released in December 2007 this film was based on Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' books. There was a huge amount of hype and publicity surrounding the release of this film but did it live up to it's hype? In my opinion ...  Read the complete review

Director: Chris Weitz Screenplay: Chris Weitz Novel: Philip Pullman Genre: Family - Adventure - Thriller - Fantasy Country: USA/UK Certification: PG Language: English Released: 28th April, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Dakota Blue Richards (Lyra Belacqua) Freddie Highmore (Pantalaimon - voice) ...  Read the complete review

After wanting to see this film for quite a few weeks as it stars Daniel Craig I finally got around to watching a few nights ago! The film is centred around a girl called Lyra who is living with her Uncle Asriel (played by Daniel Craig) in a type of boarding school. Lyra along with all the other humans in the film have demons who walk ...  Read the complete review

I had heard this movie was based on a best selling set of novels 'His Dark Materials' but had not read them myself. As such, I was able to view the film without that horrible feeling of dread you get when you are scared that someone has butchered a favourite of yours. I knew from reading online reviews and the opinions of others that ...  Read the complete review

So this is an adaptation of the incredibly popular Phillip Pullman novel from the 'His Dark Materials' series, however for the big screen they appear to have entirely removed the religious subtext which really was part of the narrative of the whole journey to turn this into a family adventure. Unfortunately by doing this they have taken ...  Read the complete review

Director: Chris Weitz Actors: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Sam Elliot, Freddy Highmore, Eva Green Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Kathy Bates etc Genre: Family/Adventure/Fantasy Classification: PG RRP: £13.98 Amazon: £7.98 What's it about? ****************** Lyra Belaqua, ...  Read the complete review

I watched this for the first time last night, and only because someone had bought it for my children. I'd spent a long time avoiding buying it because I do not like Nicole Kidman one bit. ~What is the Film About~ The film is based on a book called the Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. It revolves around a girl called Lyra ...  Read the complete review

I first read the book when i was about 14, I loved it, the whole His Dark Materials trilogy, and ever since then i thought it would make a fantastic movie. After the disapointment of the Harry Potter movies, however, i was rather less hopeful when i went into the cinema that it would be up to the same standard as the books. With such ...  Read the complete review

I am one of those people who read the book first and then watched the film. I think this was a mistake with this film. The book is excellent and to be fair the film is very good too but I found the disparity between the two a little too much for me to fully enjoy the film. The Golden Compass is based on the first book of Phillip ...  Read the complete review

Lyra is about to go on a magical journey into far off lands. Aided by a mystical "Golden Compass" she searches for her missing friend Robert who has been kidnapped and taken to the North. All the while she is being chased by Mrs Coulter, an evil agent of the Magisterium. This ruling body want to perform life changing experiments on ...  Read the complete review