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The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass (2007)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliot
Director: Chris Weitz

This is a very, very good children's fantasy about "The Magisterium," an organization dedicated to ridding the world and universe of free will. The "sands" that percolate from other worlds into the consciousness of the inhabitants of our world threaten the existing, invested order of things and will undermine the authority of the establishment. Our... (See the whole review)

(Added by Sam Erica on 1/20, 6:55pm)

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Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 7:00pm

Oh, no. I just saw that this has been reviewed before.

http://rebirthofreason.com/Forum/Movies/0158.shtml

Sorry.

Sam

(Edited by Sam Erica on 1/20, 7:01pm)

(Edited by Sam Erica on 1/20, 7:02pm)

Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 10:43pm

No problem, Sam. I happened to have read the book before watching the movie again (and again) on DVD. In that original thread, Bob Kolker said that the book is better than the movie. In point of fact, I am not sure how I or anyone could understand the movie without having read the book. The movie is fine, all in all. As noted, the book is better.