The Golden Compass Review – movie sucked – website rulz

The MOVIE

“Hey, baby, wanna see a movie?”

“Yeah, sure. What do you have in mind?”

“Well I was thinking that `Golden Compass` thing would be fun to see. You know – talking bears, cute fury animals, lame heroes that save the day – all that cheesy fantasy X-mas spirit wrapped up in a story that tells you nothing but makes you feel good. :)”

“What`s this, dude? A Coke commercial?”

“No, it`s a X-mas movie! :) “

“Ok. :P”

Yeah – I went this weekend to the movies with my girlfriend and we had some pretty cool grownup fun. We saw “The Golden Compass” with Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. What can I say? Another money-wasting-fantasy flick that sends me straight to my “Home Alone” twenty year old video tape. Ok – let`s try to be short here:

- the same dude directed the movie (which sucked) and wrote the scenario (which triple sucked)

- the landscapes and visual stuff are good, but I guess they could have been better

- the characters are so shallow and badly crafted that you think they`re total morons for doing some stuff they really shouldn`t do: they are superficial and have these stupidly hilarious lines in the most inappropriate moments

- the basic story is not so bad but it just goes nowhere because the epic is just too tangled and they are trying to show too many things

- you can make a parody after this movie faster than you can say “The Goldan Compass sucked”

- it`s a very bad movie for adults – maybe a great one for kids

That`s about it. Now the good news is that you don`t have to go see it in the cinema – I just told you it sucked so you can trust me. The really really bad news is that they`re gonna make a sequel. :(

The Golden Compass (the movie) – 5/10

The WEBSITE
When you see the website and you spend time on it you think this movie rocks (If you haven`t seen it yet). The main cool idea in the movie is that every human being in that world has an external soul called a daemon, shaped like an animal. So on the website you can find out your daemon after a 20 questions test. Then you can embed it on your blog or on your MySpace page which is really cool! My little guy is a cute fox named Athenestia. That sounds cool. :D My girlfriend`s daemon is a chimp and my father`s is a jackal. :D

Anyway, I think this movie is all about advertising and I dig that but maybe it`s a bit too much. It kind of drifts far away from any essential idea or message which could get to the public but their online presence is just great. You can download wallpapers, watch `behind the scenes` footage or read the blog. You can find out secrets using that cool alethiometer (the golden compass). Really try the website. :)

The Golden Compass (the website) – 9/10