What is this movie about? It's about a world of daemons, dusks, witches, gypsies and Ice bears. A world where little Lyra is suddenly thrust into the role of the "saving the world" when she is given a 'idunnohowtospellmeter' aka "Golden Compass". What the compass does is instead of pointing north....it, well..points to the ultimate truth! Wah!
The promotional campaign that went on before this trilogy was that it was New Line Cinema's second majestic offering after the highly orgasmic LOTR series. They really shouldn't have done that. LOTR was a production which was in a league of its own. They might as well hired Peter Jackson again to do the Compass trilogy right?
So with a mentality of expecting it to be something like the LOTR, i went to watch Golden Compass and i felt cheated. I felt lead on. I felt that it played with my feelings. It's like being in a club and you start grinding a hot looking lass with killer tits, endless legs, sexed up hair and...wait a sec, an Adam's apple? What the? Yes. That's my analogy for the Golden Compass. It had the potential to be so, so much more. Except when you start to think it might be a really great movie, you get disappointed.
Character development were overlooked, action scenes were below par, and every damn time Daniel Graig appeared on screen i was half expecting him to say, "name's bond...James Bond". The sense you get from writer-director Chris Weitz was that he was late for a date when he directed this movie. He rushed through every bloody scene, hastily moving through conveniences which made you think perhaps one of the writers might have probably told him, "hey Chris, you have to make this movie, a tad more gripping at least." To which his reply might have been..."ah? Where got time??I late already." Of course, albeit without the tinge of singlish.
But of course, the movie wasn't all that bad. Look out for the ice bears, those awfully fierce looking armored bears with the one indebted to Lyra being voiced by Ian McKellen himself. It really is fucking cool to have a armored bear as your bodyguard. All i have is my pet cat Tom Tom.
The most arrogant cat I've ever known.Oh well, here are random pictures from the movie folks.
"Excuse me sir, are you James Bond?" Lyra seems to be asking.
The "idunnohowtospellmeter" aka Golden Compass. Okay so, which way is north?
Eva Green as the witch. I think she's my favorite character because i like the color of her robe. And no that's not a bloody broomstick you moron, it's a bow. Oh Oh can you see a hint of cleavage? Bobos.
That is a fucking huge bear. Over 15 feet (Over 4 metres tall). Imagine if you had that as you pet and it ate your homework, and your parents. That was a random thought.
A close up of it. I want that in my room. My room will be coolest in the galaxy. Tom Tom will shit in his pants (if he'd were wearing one)When the bear first came on screen, i thought it looked rather familiar. Grinding my memory as much as i could, i finally knew where i saw the bear from. Folks, this was where Director Chris Weitz got the perfect bear to play Ionek(name of the bear). I mean, where do you get a bear with experience? Acting experience mind you. Oh and yes, some of the usual suspects did go for the audition.
Was it Winnie the pooh? Director Chris admitted that Winnie was the first bear that came into mind. "Winnie's acting credentials are stupendous!" But alas, Chris had to pass him over? Why? He was too nice. Besides, reports are surfacing that he's a closeted Honey-abuser. Tsk tsk. He loved his honey. No, really, he REALLY, loved his honey.
Yogi bear is another cult figure in the bear acting circle. His comedy is still being run on Cartoon Network. But my sources have indicated that he didn't mind playing Ionek, only if the armor came with a tie and fedora hat. Your lost, Yogi.So who did Chris decide to go with?
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