I think a lot of this stems from the fact that many of the best Fantasy stories are English (or European) in origin – if not by author then in the basis of the setting. The Golden Compass cast great – I love all these recent movies that have been casting English actors as English people, rather than casting Americans with dodgy accents (I’ll gloss over Nicole Kidman for now 🙂 ). Thankfully The Golden Compass is more Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter than, well, any of the Bourne movies for example. Of course edits and abbreviations are necessary for pretty much all book to film translations. From my own memory I am sure the time in Bolvangar took place over several days (weeks? months?) where in the film it’s squashed into about ten minutes. A quick discussion with my friends afterwards (who have re-read the books recently) tells me that basically they took the story and abbreviated things considerably. I read the book some time ago so remember the story in broad sweeps but don’t remember the specifics – thankfully the film was laid out in a similar fashion. I mentioned the trailer before, and though tit looked great, but wasn’t sure what to expect of the movie itself.
I went to see The Golden Compass last week – the film of the book with the same name (although sometimes called Northern Lights). JanuBen 13 Comments on The Golden Compass The Golden Compass
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