The "Lord of the Rings", and "Harry Potter". These two movies are what "The Golden Compass" reminded me of. The Golden Compass is a fantasy adventure movie which does stand on its own with these two other movies. It features an array of decent actors, who both have ups and downs in the film.
The downside to the film is largely the beginning. It introduces the movie's concept of dust, something that is normal in everyday life for us, is in the film, a dimensional material. Therefore, the beginning is very confusing, and the story does not develop until well into twenty minutes of the film.
After the rocky start, the film is quite well done. The CG is exceptional, such as the polar bear fight. Another thing that drew me into the plot was the introduction of new characters along the way. The movie begins with the protagonist by herself, but as the story continues, she begins to incorporate new allies into her group. The introduction of characters made me want to keep watching.
There are decent fight scenes, a main one being the Polar Bear fight. The finishing blow was nicely executed. However, the ending fight scene of the movie left me disappointed. There was no organization, nothing that really drew me into the fight. With a brawl of over a hundred people, lacking variety of attacks and CG makes it dull and quite irritating.
Finally, if you like a movie that focuses more on adventure and development of characters, with a nice integration of CG, I suggest watching the film. It is a good one time movie, and hopefully a sequel is created. =]
The downside to the film is largely the beginning. It introduces the movie's concept of dust, something that is normal in everyday life for us, is in the film, a dimensional material. Therefore, the beginning is very confusing, and the story does not develop until well into twenty minutes of the film.
After the rocky start, the film is quite well done. The CG is exceptional, such as the polar bear fight. Another thing that drew me into the plot was the introduction of new characters along the way. The movie begins with the protagonist by herself, but as the story continues, she begins to incorporate new allies into her group. The introduction of characters made me want to keep watching.
There are decent fight scenes, a main one being the Polar Bear fight. The finishing blow was nicely executed. However, the ending fight scene of the movie left me disappointed. There was no organization, nothing that really drew me into the fight. With a brawl of over a hundred people, lacking variety of attacks and CG makes it dull and quite irritating.
Finally, if you like a movie that focuses more on adventure and development of characters, with a nice integration of CG, I suggest watching the film. It is a good one time movie, and hopefully a sequel is created. =]