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The Golden Compass

Blu-Ray - 2008 Blu-ray Fantasy Golden 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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Blu-ray Disc.
Based on the book "Northern lights" by Philip Pullman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Disc 1: Audio commentary by writer/director Chris Weitz ; Disc 2: Origins: inside the award-winning novel and its journey to the screen; behind-the-scenes: an in-depth look at the production and casting, including finding Lyra Belacqua, the costumes, the music, the production design, the launch; Lyra's world: go deep into an amazing world of armored bears, daemons and the alethiometer.
New Line Home Entertainment: 2000002439 (on container: 1000038168).
Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Freddie Highmore, Kathy Bates, Kristin Scott Thomas, Daniel Craig.
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds.
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; DTS-HD 7.1 master surround, 1080p High Definition (Special features: DTS 5.1 surround, DTS 2.0 stereo., 1080p, 1080i High Definition).
This Blu-ray disc will not play in standard DVD players.
Contents: Northern lights.

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Bluray submitted by lec.dank on July 26, 2013, 10:25pm Book was better

Read the book submitted by ADunn on June 21, 2016, 5:25am Book is almost always better, but this film had promise. However, things got out of order and then it ended on a cliffhanger . . . before the books actual ending. It's a shame the movie trilogy will never get finished though. Heard they might be making a tv series, wait for that.

Confused? submitted by wgregory on July 3, 2016, 12:19pm I honestly watched this movie twice and didn't fully understand what was going on with the plot. Something important had to be missing from the movie. Guess I will have to read the books to identify what it was.

Disappointing submitted by zmclaugh on July 27, 2018, 7:52pm There was so much controversy surrounding the making of this movie that it ended up becoming a confusing, watered-down version of what it should have been. Not recommended.