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By: Review - The Golden Compass « Book Addiction

Review - The Golden Compass « Book Addiction — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:06:57 +0000

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By: J.S. Peyton

J.S. Peyton — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:02:13 +0000

Cliff, see my post above. It was a huge disappointment, but maybe your sons will feel differently.

Imani, I think I’m going to start doing a bit more research into this chidlrens/YA fantasy thing. I had no idea.

Calum, I bought my copy of THE SUBTLE KNIFE right after I saw the movie (I saw a few other people from the movie getting the book too. It’s nice to see the movie inspiring people to go out and read the much better source material). I haven’t dug into it yet thought. I’m waiting for the bad taste of The Golden Compass film to dissipate, lest it ruin my reading experience.

By: Calum

Calum — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:31:50 +0000

I also really liked The Golden Compass, but if you thought it was shocking and powerful, just wait until you get through the rest of the trilogy. After finishing The Amber Spyglass I couldn't believe they were even trying to adapt them for a movie, which makes your review of the film kind of unsurprising but no less disappointing. Knew they were going to screw it up.

By: imani

imani — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:36:57 +0000

Children’s lit and YA is where it is for me as far as fantasy goes. Lots of powerful stuff lurking among those Dora the Explorer cutouts. Looking forward to what you have to say about the film since I have very little interest in seeing it.

By: Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:11:16 +0000

My teenage sons LOVED the Pullman series and can’t wait for the movie to come out (next week, methinks). They hope the film makers don’t wreck it like they did “Eragon” (and that’s almost a verbatim quote)…