Hayley vs. Gareth

Compass

Last week I got sent an email saying that I should boycott the new film ‘The Golden Compass’ and seeing as I’d only heard about the book and that the author Philip Pullman has this hatred towards/grudge against his creator and so because of that, me and Phil Green went to see it on Monday night.

It’s so rubbish, I’m sorry for those who haven’t seen it yet but it’s such a bad film…forgetting any kind of thoughts about God or religion…it’s a really bad film that is poorly acted, very poorly written and very poorly edited, it seems to have been edited by a child with safety scissors and the obviously due to the film being an adaptation there are bits cut out (Phil told me) but there seems to be half a films worth cut out, characters are introduced then abandoned and you barely find out what happened to them. Also, the three BIG stars in the film (Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman and Eva Green) are barely in it, Daniel Craig and Eva Green are probably in it for 5 to 10 minutes each! Worst of all though is the atrocious acting of the main star, her name is Dakota Blue Richards and I’m sorry but she cannot act, at all! The delivery of her lines makes a primary school play look Oscar worthy!

All in all, it’s pretty rubbish!

Finally, I thought that the implied thoughts or criticisms about religion and God in the film (and they are only implied as they have got rid of those bits to make the film marketable) are kind of stupid and pretty and somewhat childish and not really well thought through. The thoughts and feelings in the book may be different or more intelligent or more thought through but I can only comment on the film and feel free to add your own thoughts in the old comments thingy.

However it was fun to hang out with Phil…every cloud and all that

P.S. Oh and one more thing which may explain a lot…Philip Pullman is from Norwich…

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