Comments on: The Golden Compass http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/ A blog with delusions of grandeur. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: matt http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-31941 matt Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:49:55 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-31941 I've read the first two in the Sally Lockhart trilogy, and rather enjoyed them! I’ve read the first two in the Sally Lockhart trilogy, and rather enjoyed them!

]]> By: melissa http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-31836 melissa Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:30:53 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-31836 I skimmed your post because I haven't seen the film yet, but wanted to say hi. I had high hopes for this project, and I'm sad that so many sources are reporting it's not a good one. I *love* His Dark Materials and was excited at the thought of a movie ... bummer! But it would be so hard to live up to what's in my head. I'll probably see it and come back to read this again. :) Have you read the Sally Lockhart trilogy? I skimmed your post because I haven’t seen the film yet, but wanted to say hi. I had high hopes for this project, and I’m sad that so many sources are reporting it’s not a good one. I *love* His Dark Materials and was excited at the thought of a movie … bummer! But it would be so hard to live up to what’s in my head. I’ll probably see it and come back to read this again. :) Have you read the Sally Lockhart trilogy?

]]> By: Rachel http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-28900 Rachel Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:47:56 +0000 http://www.unlikelywords.com/2007/12/09/the-golden-compass/#comment-28900 While I enjoyed the experience of watching the movie quite a bit more than you did, I concede all your points, particularly the failure to effectively demonstrate the human-daemon relationship. When Lyra and Pan go into the guillotine thing, instead of the two of them talking to each other and desperately trying to reach each other, Lyra is freaking out and trying to escape. Now, I'm not saying that trying to escape isn't a perfectly worthwhile thing to do, but it speaks volumes about the relationship that in the book they're more focused on each other than anything else. Anyway, you already summed everything up well -- I'm just adding more of the same complaints. In a way, the movie made me love the book more, because its failure (and perhaps there would be no way to succeed) to bring to life the complexity of the ideas in Pullman's books further drives home their brilliance for me. While I enjoyed the experience of watching the movie quite a bit more than you did, I concede all your points, particularly the failure to effectively demonstrate the human-daemon relationship. When Lyra and Pan go into the guillotine thing, instead of the two of them talking to each other and desperately trying to reach each other, Lyra is freaking out and trying to escape. Now, I’m not saying that trying to escape isn’t a perfectly worthwhile thing to do, but it speaks volumes about the relationship that in the book they’re more focused on each other than anything else. Anyway, you already summed everything up well — I’m just adding more of the same complaints.

In a way, the movie made me love the book more, because its failure (and perhaps there would be no way to succeed) to bring to life the complexity of the ideas in Pullman’s books further drives home their brilliance for me.

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