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masterpug53 posted...

CarrieChan posted...

I heard it wasn't so good or else they would have continued making movies of the following books.

As someone who never read the books, it was...alright. Had some nice acting and set-pieces, but ultimately felt like a mishmash of fantasy tropes without much context. My biggest problem was that at times the progression of the adventure was more important than actual character progression, almost to parody levels: for instance, Gandalf-Bear finally defeats his longtime rival in single combat, and is immediately like: 'great, that's over, now we must makes for the Cliffs of Xadgaroveadgndr!'

I only saw it once in theaters though, so my memory might be hazy. I am intrigued to see what they can do with this story in an ongoing television series.

That's literally what happened. And it was bouncy. Nothing tied to the next. Plus, it was an hour n a half long movie that couldn't even cover the first 3 chapters..... The only effort I saw put into that movie was the cast, and it was great selection (beside Kidman, IMHO) I was so proud to see Sam Elliott in there, a wonderful surprise; Craig Daniel was an excellent Lord Asriel and the girl who played Lyra- she was Lyra. She was perfect .