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katiaSo I saw The Golden Compass Northern Lights last night...
and I liked it.
There were many good things about it, the casting was spot on, people have been complaining about Nicole Kidman and she is a bit cartooney at times, but she is great overall, cold, beautiful and evil. Great clothes. And the golden monkey was pure evil, I don't know if it was CGI or whatever but it looked really good and it was absolutely terrifying as it should have been.
Lyra was amazing, absolutely loved her, her cockiness and her accent and her bravery and loyalty, just really good. One young actress who can actually act, I am pretty amazed, because really if she had sucked the whole film would have sucked, but she didn't. And visually she really fits my image of Lyra. One of my most favourite fictional heroines ever.
Eva Green was hot. There should have been more Eva Green :(
Loved everyone else too, the Church people, the Gypsians, the Texan. Really great.
The Bears, well there is a bit of an issue with the bears, as though I think they looked good and sounded pretty impressive, I found the fight a bit dull, but that's not really the problem. The problem was that the whole audience was clearly shipping Lyra with all the bears and kept bursting into laughter all the fucking time! I guess they couldn't help it, I mean I couldn't help it sometimes, the dialogue was a bit clunky at times, and there was a lot of love between Yorek and the Lyra but the whole constant laughing was annoying and distracting. It all began with "You want to ride me?" and up to the final scene between Lyra and Roger, "You, me and Yorek" it never really stopped. It was like every single line was sexual innuendo and I couldn't help laughing either, seriously it was like seeing Harry Potter with fandomers, but the whole theatre was like that. And obviously some things about dust and growing up are intentional, but all the people I went with hadn't read the books (!!!) and just thought it was hilarious.
But apart from that and the very Disney ending, (they better kill Roger and the start of the Subtle Knife!! Though I understand why they didn't in this one, it would have been a bit of a shock for the kids it was clearly marketed for) the magic of the book was very much there. It did open with the shot of the Rad Cam which they spend the whole night fIlming last summer before the PPE exams and of which I have photos on Facebook, which was an incredible opening shot and there followed many other wonderful Oxford scenery, most of it in Queens, and of course quite a bit in Christ Church and other places I recognised but couldn't identify, possibly Merton. There was much squeeing in the cinema. Something else which I really enjoyed was that when people were killed their deamons burst into dust, which was visually awesome as there was a lott of death. Loved the way they did the deamons very real and very cute.
In a sentence I haven't read the book in years so I don't exactly remeber what they missed, but what was included felt very true to the book and I enjoyed it immensely. Now I want to reread the book.
There were many good things about it, the casting was spot on, people have been complaining about Nicole Kidman and she is a bit cartooney at times, but she is great overall, cold, beautiful and evil. Great clothes. And the golden monkey was pure evil, I don't know if it was CGI or whatever but it looked really good and it was absolutely terrifying as it should have been.
Lyra was amazing, absolutely loved her, her cockiness and her accent and her bravery and loyalty, just really good. One young actress who can actually act, I am pretty amazed, because really if she had sucked the whole film would have sucked, but she didn't. And visually she really fits my image of Lyra. One of my most favourite fictional heroines ever.
Eva Green was hot. There should have been more Eva Green :(
Loved everyone else too, the Church people, the Gypsians, the Texan. Really great.
The Bears, well there is a bit of an issue with the bears, as though I think they looked good and sounded pretty impressive, I found the fight a bit dull, but that's not really the problem. The problem was that the whole audience was clearly shipping Lyra with all the bears and kept bursting into laughter all the fucking time! I guess they couldn't help it, I mean I couldn't help it sometimes, the dialogue was a bit clunky at times, and there was a lot of love between Yorek and the Lyra but the whole constant laughing was annoying and distracting. It all began with "You want to ride me?" and up to the final scene between Lyra and Roger, "You, me and Yorek" it never really stopped. It was like every single line was sexual innuendo and I couldn't help laughing either, seriously it was like seeing Harry Potter with fandomers, but the whole theatre was like that. And obviously some things about dust and growing up are intentional, but all the people I went with hadn't read the books (!!!) and just thought it was hilarious.
But apart from that and the very Disney ending, (they better kill Roger and the start of the Subtle Knife!! Though I understand why they didn't in this one, it would have been a bit of a shock for the kids it was clearly marketed for) the magic of the book was very much there. It did open with the shot of the Rad Cam which they spend the whole night fIlming last summer before the PPE exams and of which I have photos on Facebook, which was an incredible opening shot and there followed many other wonderful Oxford scenery, most of it in Queens, and of course quite a bit in Christ Church and other places I recognised but couldn't identify, possibly Merton. There was much squeeing in the cinema. Something else which I really enjoyed was that when people were killed their deamons burst into dust, which was visually awesome as there was a lott of death. Loved the way they did the deamons very real and very cute.
In a sentence I haven't read the book in years so I don't exactly remeber what they missed, but what was included felt very true to the book and I enjoyed it immensely. Now I want to reread the book.
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Date: 2007-12-07 02:58 pm (UTC)the very Disney ending
Oh dear. If there's one thing I hate, it's the "Disney Ending" phenomenon. What did they do? *worries*
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Date: 2007-12-07 03:13 pm (UTC)Anyway, Kay! Could you please drop your address off at my post here: http://starcrossedgirl.livejournal.com/263193.html ? Greg and I would really want to send you a Christmas Card - unless of course you don't like receiving them as a rule or something, in which case, ignore this. ;) *loves*