- directed by Chris Weitz
To attempt to summarize this film is beyond my abilities. :P It's a children's fantasy film based on the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Northern Lights.
The story concerns Lyra, an orphan living in a fantastical parallel universe in which a dogmatic dictatorship called the Magisterium threatens to dominate the world. When Lyra's friend is kidnapped, she travels to the far North in an attempt to rescue him and rejoin her uncle. (Synopsis excerpted from Wikipedia.org)
Oh gee, I don't like to be negative. Let me first say that I enjoyed myself watching this film... or at least I was entertained. But as far as fantasy films go, this certainly isn't the best. It's no where near the best. But I have to imagine this sort of movie suffers in translation, or rather, adaptation. This material is probably better suited in written form. I often had the feeling that I wasn't following things well enough, or that I was missing the significance of certain events. Overall the story felt rushed and sloppy in its telling. But the material was interesting, it was just the execution that was lacking. And much of the films visuals were spectacular given the amount of which CGI was used. But really, I wasn't hooked by any one thing. It was a very mediocre experience. Taking into consideration the wealth of fantasy films out there that get things right, I feel you'd be better off passing this one up.
5/10 Worth seeing if you're a fantasy film junkie, otherwise you might find the experience slightly torturous and greatly disappointing.
DS333, meh.
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