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The Golden Compass [Blu-ray] [2007] | ![The Golden Compass [Blu-ray] [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51I4Sv3%2BIAL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Actors: Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Ben Walker, Daniel Craig, Clare Higgins
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £29.99
Buy New: £11.97
You Save: £18.02 (60%)
New (13) Used (3) from £9.79
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 2165
Format: Box Set, Pal
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 109
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 5.4 x 0.7
EAN: 5017239150838
ASIN: B0013MYNYS
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New.
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Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Ben Walker, Daniel Craig, Clare Higgins
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 Great Movie February 19, 2008
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
Not being a fan of this genre of entertainment, I didn't know what to expect, but I actually sat for the 1hour and 45 minutes absolutely enchanted by it.
The cast is a real who's who of the Anglo movie scene (everyone is in it) and the young star, Dakota Blue Richards is someone to watch out for in the future.
The critics in USA panned the movie on release, so by my experience, it had to be good!
Make sure you buy it on DVD when it is released in Europe, it's well worth it.
Outstanding May 17, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
One of the best story lines and well produced films I have had the pleasure to watch. A perfect marriage of stunning effects and Natural acting from the
cast made this a joy to watch. The book must be an amazing read (assuming this production was from a book originally). Looking forward to the sequel.
 A passable adaptation of an excellent book June 5, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is certainly a beautiful looking movie, and looks wonderful on blu-ray, no doubts there. However as an adaptation of Philip Pullman's excellent novel it falls rather short. Much of the commentary of the terrible evils of religion and their attacks on freedom, science, and knowledge, and specifically the catholic church have been removed or dulled hugely, changing the story from a multi faceted and complex tale into a simple adventure yarn.
Also, and this is particularly agregious, the final chapter was completely omitted, robbing the story of any closure at all, and given how this performed in the US box office, thanks to religious nut cases running a smear campaign against it I doubt the two sequels will ever get made.
My advice - read the books instead.
Nice film shame about the price April 22, 2008
16 out of 21 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this film at the cinema. True it misses lots of volume that the book contains and it was neutered in terms of refences to organised religion. Nevertheless it is reasonable for what it is-entertainment.
Now HDDVD is on it's deathbed, Sony can push up prices of BluRay discs and expand region coding. This film even at 25% off is just a ridiculous price, particularly since the same film is $27.49 on Amazon.com. It would be cheaper to import it, even allowing for postage, but those nice Sony people have region coded this release. Region coding is supposed to exist to allow different release dates in different territories but in this case(and many other cases) it just allows Sony to sell this disc for less money to US buyers (where the film was not popular)whilst still allowing them to milk UK buyers.
A quality HD transfer, shame about the movie June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The high definition transfer to this Blu-ray disc is excellent: rich saturated colours and awesome levels of detail. Sound quality is equally good and although I don't have the ability to play the uncompressed DTS HD soundtrack the dynamic rangeis apparent even in standard stereo. In this respect it's one of the best Blu-ray discs I've seen so far.
That was the good news (and reason for the 3 stars); if only the conversion of book to movie had been even remotely as good. The special effects are very good and Lyra's Oxford is well realised; Mrs Coulter is also subtly played by the excellent Nicole Kidman and...unfortunately that's about as far as I can go with compliments.
The strengths of the book(s) are Philip Pullman's expert story-telling, allied to a complex - but accessible - plot and wonderful characters.
Of course condensing everything from the book to a 2 hour film would be impossible but what we are presented with is a series of action sequences linked by ham-fisted exposition. For example, the episode with Billy Costa (who has merged characters with Tony Macarios), once found separated from his Ratter, should emphasise the relationship between human and daemon and build the requisite tension to what is happening at Bolvangar but the opportunity is wasted. Then there is the pointless re-naming of Iofur Raknison to 'Ragnar' (one can just imagine the Focus Group brainstorming a generic scandinavian name: "Ooh I know, how about Ernest Borgnine's name in The Vikings!") and the weakening of Iorek Byrnison (why not rename him too: Erik the Ice Bear, anyone?) by having him (1) expelled from Svalbard as a coward and (2) almost killed and only just saved by Lee Scoresby. Iorek's character is supposed to be the practically indestructible rock that underpins Lyra's (and, later, Will's) resolve for what follows. Those are just 2 examples of many.
The removal of the true ending of the book from the film and the general watering down of the religious undertone sums up what many fans of the book feared would happen: Hollywood has chickened out (again). The bar for intelligent fantasy book transfers to film has been raised by Peter Jackson, and this movie falls woefully short of that level.
The BBC Cover to Cover talking book, read by Philip Pullman with a cast providing the dialogue, is vastly superior to the BBC Radio dramatisation (I've got both) but even the latter is better than the film. If you haven't read the books, I encourage you to do so - the film is passable in a Dark Crystal/Hawk the Slayer action-fantasy genre but the books have so much more depth.
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