Video: Watch the First 5 Minutes of The Golden Compass

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on December 3, 2007

Chris Weitz’ The Golden Compass — the highly anticipated adaptation from Philip Pullman’s controversial “His Dark Materials” trilogy — has been a much talked about film leading up to its release week, which is in fact this week. And while the film is getting some solid reviews (read our own Nate Deen’s positive review here), you still may have some trouble deciding whether to spend your money to see it. To simplify the equation, New Line Cinema has released the first five minutes of the film for your viewing pleasure. You can see the clip below, or view it in HD over at Yahoo.


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  • Jason
    This movie rocks- saw it at a prescreening.
  • Looks boring. Sorry, but it's true.
  • Jay
    Polar Bears.
    Wearing Armor.
    Who Fight.
  • Stronzo
    It's a book about a girl who kills god, and supposedly they've taken out all the references to religion. How sad.

    I'll still go and see it. :)
  • icenineiv
    Stronzo, that's quite wrong.
  • AKP
    I hate how they spell everything out at the beginning. But, I guess they have to about the daemons.
  • naomi
    @ AKP: yeah, I'm really disappointed about spelling out everything in the beginning as well. Obviously they needed to explain dæmons, but explaining the althiometer right off? Bah. Also there are 6 if I remember correctly; Fra Pavel has one and the Magestariam has one at the same time Lyra does, so that's at least three in existence...

    One last grip. Does Lord Asriel really have an American accent? Also I imagined him as more of a skinny/bony guy (maybe Alan Rickman or something...) not with chubby cheeks and a likeable look about him... he needs to be frightening and commanding! (although I could be wrong, Daniel Craig was pretty tough as Bond).

    Ahh I guess that's what I get for being a Golden Compass fangirl. I'm sort of upset about the absence of a lot of the church-stuff. I was 8 when the first book came out and eagerly read each of them on their release, rereading them through the 3rd's release. I didn't reread them again until this summer and was quite frankly floored (and impressed... and my thoughts were quite provoked) at the tons of religious blasphemy throughout. I think that makes the story engaging for both children and adults. As a kid I really just wanted to be Lyra... I never gave any thought to the broader text of Pullman's work.
  • Tena
    If you google around a bit on this subject you will find that the author of this series is a strong Atheist whose goal was to combat the Christian undertones of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. As a result, the later books in this series supposedly have somewhat relaxed moral standards including pre-marital sex amongst other things. Christians and/or those with strong feelings on the subject would be wise to further investigate before getting hooked to this series.
  • Mike
    I can see already where some things go wrong in translation from the books, but as a film - and hopefully, a proper trilogy for the full story - it should be enjoyable. Missing a little something though... that little bit of extra childish magic that the Harry Potter's seem to carry.

    @ Naomi:
    I always imagined Lord Asriel to be like Terence Stamp; commanding, educated, mean-tempered with a chance to be a father figure. Or Alan Rickman, but he's a bit typecast for this film, what with the Potter franchise.
  • Jeff
    #3 - That will guarantee ticket sales

    #8 - God forbid that Christian movie-goers get hooked on this series and end up reading Pullman's books.

    #7 - This movie looks like it might be good, but I'll be interested to see if the themes of the book are preserved. Remember, Peter Jackson's LoTR ommitted a lot of stuff, and changed some story elements, but overall, everyone still praises it as a faithful adaptation, and a great trilogy of films.

    Hopefully we'll see the same with this movie.
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