Chris and I saw The Golden Compass last night. We were curious to see what all the hubbub has been about, so we went to see it. Here are my thoughts on the movie:
- The video affects were really good. All of the animation added in was really seamless.
- It's really not a great story. There doesn't seem to be much to it.
- I thought I would go "Wow, that is cool!" at least a few times during the movie, but I never said that to myself.
- There wasn't anything about it that reeked of atheism. I spent the whole movie trying to dissect everything and figure out if there was a hidden meaning (I really wish there hadn't been a big deal about the movie...I think I might have enjoyed it more. But I just couldn't stop trying to analyze everything in my head.).
- It really was a decent movie, but I just didn't think it was great. I thought I would be more impressed by the story and just the movie in general.
So, honestly, I wouldn't recommend seeing it. Part of me wondered if the movie people created all of the fuss just so more people would go see it. If there had not been such a big fuss, I don't think many people would have gone to see it at all.
And I'm sorry if you're thinking I'm a horrible person for seeing it. It probably won't be the last time I'll disappoint you! :)
