The Golden Compass

2007 "There are worlds beyond our own. The compass will show the way."
6.1| 1h53m| PG-13| en
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After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

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Nonureva Really Surprised!
Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
bogdanic81 And nobody finds unusual that movie is unfinished???Excelent movie, but whats the point of not doing second part.
Mihai Toma In a world where parallel universes coexisted, bounded by dust, a young girl and her daemon travel north to discover the faith of children kidnapped by a secret and mysterious organization. Along the way, she makes new friends but also enemies which try, at all cost, to get her Golden Compass, a device which tells the truth to anyone who can read it.We're presented a fantastic world, full of interesting creatures and characters, who play their decisive part in the outcome of the final battle which is to come. Although it leaves room for a sequel, its finale is a bit lame and unconvincing. The story itself is nothing groundbreaking but good overall, unfortunately failing to keep my attention throughout its entire length. I was also disappointed by the fact that Daniel Craig, although present on the poster, appears for brief and rare moments, having no implication in the outcome of the movie while Nicole Kidman's character isn't as determined to complete its job as I hoped.It turned out to be an average movie although its cast and plot suggested it can be much more than that.
divyanka This movie is serious and sad, but also mysterious and adventurous. The story is interesting and keeps the audience waiting to see what happens next. The idea of the 'demon', who is actually part of the human, is very interesting. However, it is not made clear why they are called 'demons', as they do not have any negative qualities. The story seems to represent a futuristic world, like in the 'Hunger Games', in which there is a cruel 'authority' that wants to control everyone. It is very disappointing to have a cliffhanger at the end that offers no solution to what happens next. If the movie was intended to be continued, it should have been a long time ago. Other than that, the colours were pretty dull because most of the scenes and events, but the acting was good and the little girl had a courageous and determined personality.*7/10*
aharmas I originally saw this film seven years ago, and I liked it, but there was something that bothered me about it, as if they had left stuff behind. What can one expect since it is almost impossible to include everything from the novel? So I decided to read it and found out they had done a decent job. Maybe I was just a bit disappointed that we didn't get enough, and eventually I was really upset when the rest of the trilogy wasn't going to be made.The first of the books is indeed a great introduction to the world of daemons, dust, and the golden compass. What's that mysterious object? Why does it only reveal the truth to a chosen few? What is that prophecy? We surely can just say that everything is an allegory for society and religion, though there are allusions to patterns, and we can say that the compass is not just an indicator of human choices and symbols, like a set of playing cards has ties to the Tarot and its mysticism.What we have is an adventure that is pretty exciting, and it benefits immensely from having very likable leads. Kidman is wonderful as the evil Coulter, and Elliot lends much integrity to his flying cowboy. I really liked Eva Green as the witch Sarafina. It is a bit frustrating because there are so many characters and not enough time devoted to them.The book, like the movie, doesn't give you enough to explain what is happening. It is an introduction of settings, situations, and characters, some with fascinating backgrounds that are given enough time to fit in a trailer but not in a film of this caliber. What we get is one of the most beautiful displays of art direction and CGI, with the promise that things will become really exciting if we are willing to wait. There's no closure to this chapter. We are left waiting, and sadly enough, that's what happened to the people who saw the movie. Yes, you can go and read the last two installments, but it would have nice to see the entire production, but even if they went back, the wonderful cast wouldn't be able to be a part of the film. It would have to start all over, and that would really be a pity.