The Golden Calamity
January 4, 2008 book, movie 8 CommentsFew months ago, I ranted about how good was The Golden Compass book. Now I will rant otherwise for the movie. Do not watch the movie, I repeat, do not watch the movie. Two reasons:
- If you haven’t read the book, you won’t be able to follow the story, the pace was just too fast.
- If you have read the book, you will be dying of sorrow inside the cinema, read my spoiler rants.
I was expecting something like a three hour movie, yet it was 1.5 hours. This coming from a thick fantasy book with rich stories of a world vastly different from ours with extensive history context ~ big mistake. Totally huge mistake, there was not enough scene for any character developments, not even for describing the world sufficiently. Such a waste!
My rants will contain spoilers, so if you still want to watch it, don’t read on. The Golden Calamity gets only 42% on the tomatometer.
