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[Self-loathing] Why did I (and so many others) skip The Golden Compass in theaters?!
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon
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5/14 11:50pm
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[Self-loathing] Why did I (and so many others) skip The Golden Compass in theaters?!
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I just rented and watched The Golden Compass, and the fact that I really enjoyed the movie left me thoroughly depressed. I really would like to see the rest of this story make it into movie form now, but I understand that this is unlikely due to the film's poor box office. Now I'm wishing I had gone to see it in theaters, both to have supported the franchise and because there are certain sequences I'd imagine to be even better on the big screen.
I know it was no LotR, but it was a fine film with a positive message to boot, and it saddens me that it gets no sequels while a piece of trash like the last Narnia movie does.
Arrgh!
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Jaina_and_Jag
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5/14 11:59pm
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It was their own fault people didn't go to the theater to watch it. They should have advertised better. It looked like a crappy movie in the previews and often, that means that it's a crappy movie. Heck, half the time when the previews look good it's still a crappy movie.
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Princess_Tina
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5/15 12:00am
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I thought the previews looked quite promising, watched it in the theater on opening day, and had a great time. 
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Lord_Vivec
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Narnia >> Golden Compass 
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Jaina_and_Jag
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Lord_Vivec posted:
Narnia >> Golden Compass
QFT.
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Jedi_Keiran_Halcyon
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5/15 12:24am
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Jaina_and_Jag posted:
Lord_Vivec posted:
Narnia >> Golden Compass
QFT.
In book form, perhaps. I haven't read any of the books in either series.
But that LWW movie was atrocious. The cheap-ass cartoon from the 70s is better. I get teary-eyed when cartoon Aslan 'dies', but the live-action version left me cold.
Some points:
Movie Iorek >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> movie Aslan (and I LOVE Liam Neeson!)
Movie Lyra was amazing, a spectacular performance by a young actor. All four kids in LWW were pretty terrible actors.
Nicole Kidman vs. Tilda Swinton is a tie.
But yeah, Golden Compass >>>>>> The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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Miana Kenobi
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5/15 12:31am
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[Self-loathing] Why did I (and so many others) skip The Golden Compass in theaters?!
Because it wasn't that good? They demolished the book, for one, and it just didn't make a very good movie on screen. It was entertaining, but once was good enough for me.
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WormieSaber
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5/15 3:27am
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I have been wanting to see this movie. I am surprised that a toyline was developed for this film, via my latest trip to ToysRUS.
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Angel_Jedi_Master
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5/15 4:22am
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I saw it in theaters, and I enjoyed it while I watched it (and gave it a good review in my school's newspaper), but I don't actively aspire to see it again.
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RebelScum77
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5/15 6:04am
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Read the books, might be a blessing if they don't make movies from the last two, they're nearly unfilmable, but totally amazing.
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