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Well the time has finally come, the day is here. Bit of a weird day for a release date, but today The Golden Compass goes on general release.
I have pretty high hopes for it for several reasons. I shall now list them.
Phillip Pullman is happy with the finished product. At the Premiere in London and in several interviews he has said he is happy with how it has turned out and is really pleased with what Weitz has done with it. So if the authors happy, thats a good sign.
Reviews have been pretty good, only problems i have heard are that it lacks heart and the cruelty to children is pretty hardcore. I for one love a bit of children cruelty, look at Roald Dahl, the man THRIVED on it and it never did him any harm. Hurrah!
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Ian McKellen. Oh yes.
The only issue i have with it is the removal of most of the anti-religious issues, which is understandable, but it makes me wonder that if New Line decide to go ahead with the rest of the trilogy, how is this going to affect the story in the final film? Hmmmm. I guess we shall have to wait and see how GC does at the box office first....
I for one am seeing it tonight and i cant bloody wait. Huzzah!
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