Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:43:26, Julia said...

I thought it was a pretty good movie. My friend read the books and she hated the movie but I'm going to start reading the series and see what she's so mad about. I thought it was great. It was set in a parallel universe yet it didn't seem so science fiction-y. I thought the acting was superb. Dakota Blue Richards and Nicole Kidman made this movie! The animals looked CGI but the quality wasn't horrible. I hope there's a sequel. I didn't understand what the big deal over the religion in this movie. I didn't see any references to the Church, I thought the Magisterium was like a dictatorship masquerading as a republic. I think the Church and all those religious fanatics blew it out of proportion so I'm disappointed that there might never be a sequel.

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:21:23, silverrida said...

I'm sorry but because I read the book first I hated this movie. They changed a lot of small things which bother me though probably not many others, and some big things like sequence of events. The thing that made me angriest was... *SPOILER IF YOUR READING* ...they didn't kill Roger. I don't even see how they could make the second and third books into movies because that's a very important part. Overall I was very dissapointed, mainly because my expectations were too high but also because the book didn't transfer to movie very well.

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:56, Cassandra said...

This is a good companion movie to the book, certainly it did a much better job than Eragon! I'd put this movie into a similar catagory as Dune... read the book and THEN watch the movie, a lot of it that seems pointless now makes complete sense and suddenly you have a pretty good movie on your hands. Without the book as a grounding, it's a mediocre.

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:05:01, matt jones said...

lol mothA FUCKA THAT WAS THE BEST BITCHSLAP I CAN NOT STOP LAUGHING!! LOL MAN

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:18:52, Larana said...

Okay movie adaption, but they cut out alot of "good" scenes from it that were in the book, including cutting it short! I want to see Roger die!

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:07:35, Aaron said...

the polar bear fight was the only good thing about this movie. the rest just sucked. this was my pick for the worst movie of 2007.

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:46:08, sundance said...

WTF... They do NOT kill God. They kill an angel POSING as God. That's NOT a loophole. That's a rogue angel, acting the fool, trying to play God. It's not the same. I don't understand what the problem is w/ppl that just don't get it! I'll say this 1,000,000 times.... THEY DO NOT KILL GOD. They kill someone (an angel) TRYING to be God. It's not the same thing. I'm digressing, but why do Catholics think that their religion is above reproach? Man is imperfect, hence so is religion, inherently, since it's of man. God, on the other hand, is Perfect.

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 23:47:54, DJ Kent Aron said...

I HATE THIS MOVIE! And i'll tell you why. The biggest problem is that it doesn't end. It gives the promise of a sequel that will probably never come because the first movie is just not that good. And that bugs me. Picture Lord of the Rings but dumb, with no planning for the rest of the franchise, and you have to potentially wait two or even 3 years for the next film. That's bad planning and poor film making. When you have an epic trilogy that involves kids, GET TO WORK! Also it is anit-god, in that the third book involves them going to heaven and KILLING GOD! I don't think there's much more anti-god sentiment than that. Even if they say "oh he's not really god, it's an angel posing as god" well then that's your only loop hole, but still allows you to kill god, who they depict as frail and weak. I don't care though, i want to see a movie where a 12 year old girl, and james bond go to heaven and kill god.

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:45:22, JESUS FREAK said...

JESUS LOVES YOU AND HE HATES THIS FILM. GOD LOVES PULLMAN THINK THAT GOD REALLY WANTS PHILIP PULLMAN TO LOVE HIM TO! I HAVE TO STUDY THIS BOOK IN SCOOL AND FOUND IT VERY CHALLANGING TO STUDY IT FROM A CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW BUT GOOD HELPED ME THROUGH IT. JUST REMEMBER PULLMAN THAT IF YOU ARE READING THIS GOD LOVES YOU AND HE WANTS TO BE YOUR FRIEND. Delete Comment

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:18:44, Kenny said...

Polar bears, Cowboys, little kids, and police officers? Sounds like a Half Life 2 mod to me :p.

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:21:35, oliver salter said...

I liked this movie.

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 20:35:42, Strucci said...

The first time I heard of this movie (I vagueley remember people around me liking it when i was in elementary/middle school) was on snopes, in the article that talked about the books basically being athiest propaganda and being made to combat Narnia. I mean, not that I'm that religious at all, not to sound paranoid, not to sound easily offended (Hot FUzz is my favorite movie!), and not to act like I hate movies with any kind of theme, but when it's a movie made from a book written to make sure kids never grow up to be religious and to eradicate any love for any kind of God in youth... that's a little hateful, isn't it? A little manipulative. I don't know, I just don't see myself seeing it.

Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:14:50, The MexXxicutioner said...

Personally, this movie looked like some 'ole bullshit from the first time I saw the preview. I know it's based on a book but this looks like a half-assed LOTR. And isn't Robert DeNiro in this? What the hell was he thinking? Sorry, I don't get out to the movies as often as I used to, but there's no way I'd even watch this when it hits DirecTV.