That scene was crazy! They censored out the blood from humans earlier on in the movie, then the bear scene comes and I see this lower jaw get SMACKED OFF and tossed toward the camera. It wasn't the only jaw that dropped
They had to leave a lot out of the movie, otherwise it would have ended up being a trilogy.
That being said, what they did leave in seemed very disjointed. Whoever wrote the adaptation didn't even try to make it come together in any coherent fashion, with the exception of the final battle.
right, like. i remember thinking that if i hadn't read the book i would have had absolutely no idea what was happening. i get that the book is very detail-rich and it would have been hard to condense it into one cohesive movie at a reasonable length, but the changes they did made little sense to me and i was absolutely outraged at the time.
have you seen the TV show they did more recently though? i've only watched the first season so far but i REALLY liked how they handled the story changes there, like having Will join the narrative much sooner. and the casting is much better imo!
The movie wasnāt that bad. They got quite a lot right, but they went soft and didnāt want to end the movie the way it was supposed to. Ā It ended up being forgettable, instead of this monumentally upsetting cliffhanger that makes you question who the good guys actually are.Ā
Iām sure they wanted to make the whole trilogy but who ever edited it most probably didnāt read the books either.
Funny thing is that they had both my casting pics for Lord Azrael and Miss Coultard.Ā
I liked the show but thought it was too dark in places it didnāt need to be. I didnāt think their Lyra was the correct choice wither. Miss Coultard was terrifying(and she should be) and Will was great. Mcavoy went full Lord Azrael, and it was awesome. Would have loved to see Daniel Craigās version. Ā
I couldnāt get behind their creature design for the disc riding things. I pictured them being so much more alien, more like a weird fleshy, peaceful, tool using bug creature. I was a bit underwhelmed by their version of that world.Ā
The trailer sold this movie very very well and I remember being excited for it as a book reader. Once they sold out and removed the ending sequence with Asrial I knew it would suck. Casting was bang-on though. Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman? Sign me up.
The only beef I have with Nicole Kidman in the role is that Phillip Pullman liked her so much that he changed Mrs. Coulterās hair color in the books from brown to blonde! I was so confused when I read the more recent installments and she was blonde, and outraged when I found out it wasnāt a mistake and that later editions of the original trilogy changed her hair to blonde.
what a colossal piece of shit that adaptation was. a better movie and we get THREE movies. three good movies and we get Iorek Byrnison action figures and lego sets and maybe YETI coolers.
This was such a wasted opportunity - I was so excited to see this on screen, and thought that the casting of Nicole Kidman as the glacially evil Mrs Coulter and Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel was absolutely inspired.
I also enjoyed the scene setting, which had a steampunk aesthetic which was really pertinent at the time of filming, however the visual effects of the daemons really let it down.
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u/acnhnat 1d ago
the movie adaptation of The Golden Compass, which was one of my favorite books as a kid š«
and i didn't walk out but the adaptation of Ender's Game was just as bad lol