Rather than saying, “I wonder if the Magisterium is supposed to represent the modern Catholic church?,” sit on the edge of your seat and say “Wow! Two polar bears beating the shale out of each other. Cool!”

New Line Cinema has released the first five minutes of Chris Weitz’ new film for your viewing pleasure.

Simply put, this is as good-looking of a film as you’ll find this year or any other for that matter and it is accompanied by a music score by Alexandre Desplat (2006′s The Queen) that is more than suitable for the genre.

The Catholic League has set out to boycott the upcoming fantasy adventure The Golden Compass, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. But as the filmmaker explains, that shouldn’t hurt too bad.