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User review rating: 0 December 11, 2007

Excellent movie. It's nice to see a new movie with a creative and intriguing storyline.

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

I have not read the book and was definitely not sure what to expect but really thought this movie was awesome. Great special effects...super cool story and keepsyou wanting to see more.....especially at the end. I am sure more of this series will be coming soon!

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

The studio is trying to continue on after the sucess of LOTR. Sorry but this nowhere close to the magic of LOTR. I has hoping for a scene were a penguin would hand a bottle of Coke to Iorek Byrnson (the Polar Bear). The universe would be on the "Coke side of life". 2 Stars.

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

Is it not a little ironic this author is making his money deliberately following the success of Narnia? He intended his series "His Dark Materials" to be anti-Narnia and anti-Christian, yet still wishes to profit following the literary and motion picture successes of the Narnia series. Any movie written by an author whose goal it is to literally kill God will most certainly never be seen by my children.

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

Great magical fantasy which is what we all need. As serious cinema it lacks a little, but who cares. It's the fantasy which counts. Excellent cast, some of them wasted on small parts.

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

I would vote no stars if I could. Easily the worst adaptation of a book I've ever seen. Watered down, dumbed down, poorly acted, over hyped, over produced crap. The most damning aspect of this movie is how over-the-top heavy handed the morality aspects are delt with. That and the wey they have removed the ending. I have seen footage of the story's end in the trailers, why when I see it in the theatre does it not occur? Worst movie I have seen this year. Worst adaptation of a book, and I've seen both movie versions of Salem's Lot.

User review rating: 0 December 10, 2007

I have not read the novels, but I have been reading a whole lot about the 'controversy' behind this film and novel. I honestly believe those who think this movie is strongly anti-christian are just arguing for the sake of it, if you hadn't known beforehand you would not notice during the movie! This film is great, although slightly rushed but nothing is perfect, it deserves to be watched and judged without bias.

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Definitely not 5 stars. Cool special effects but it was just lacking that certain something that makes movies great.

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

Pretty Amazing!! Best Polar Bear Fight ever.

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

This movie sucked. It wasn't anything like the book

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

It was a great movie and I recommend everyone to check it out. Great story and no matter what age you are, there is something it in this movie for everbody. I give it five stars!

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

This was a very good movie and I recommend other's to see. I was so excited to see it, that I was not disappointed. It was one of the best movies this year!

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

If you read the book, don't pay to see the movie because it just does not do the book justice. The movie degrades the true context of the book to the lowest denominator. If you must watch the movie, don't expect too much of the book being part of the movie and maybe expecting nothing is best.

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

One of the best movies this year!!!!!

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

Such a good movie, I liked it.

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

Wow, great movie!

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

One of the worst movies I have ever seen. The action scenes are ridiculous, animation is horrendous, and the fantasy is not even close to that of Lord of the Rings. Should go straight to video

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

good movie...well made...great work on the animation....great acting by all the casts....not a bad movie to watch...kind of interests u on reading the books....will eagerly be waiting for the next one

User review rating: 0 December 09, 2007

I read the book first and then the movie came as a disapointmnt. It felt like it was over before it began. It hit all the key points from the book but it felt like it missed a lot of detail that would have made it better. My husband didn't read the book and left with many questions after it was over. Not a terrible movie but it could have been done much better.

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

the movie is not worth your money, i do not understand how people can actually say this was a good movie, it starts off very slow and nothing really ties in together, terrible script and acting, sat for almost 2 hours then decided to leave like half the people inside the theatre, definetly one of the worst movies ever

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

definetly one of the worst movies ever, i don't see how people can give this a 5 star let alone a 2 star, it took so long to figure out what was going on and the story just dragged, nothing seemed to go together, i would give it a half a star, not worth the money

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

story drags a little, but the animation, acting, everything was great. Can't wait for the second one.

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

i loved this movie, excelent cast, but the only problem was that i read the book. the book was so much better because of the cliffhanger ending. if the would have kept the the same ending, omg it would have been sweet.

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

Read the book then go see the movie, the book is amazing, the movie is disappointing compared to the book.

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

It was soo cool. And the animation for the polar bears was amazing. I would reccomend this to anyone and everyone!

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

Phillip Pullman goal is to kill God and this movie has dumbed down his hatred of Christians. But make no mistake, the next versions of the trilogy are more open in their desire to remove God from society.

User review rating: 0 December 08, 2007

WOW! ( Best movie this year ) I took my ten year old son and my eight year old daugher to see this movie and I had low expectations.(They wanted to see it, not me) Boy was I wrong. My children and myself loved it from the very start, right to the amazing finally. The only problem I had with this movie, is that I have to take my kids to see it again.( Go see this movie on the big screen people! This is easly the best movie of 2007.)

User review rating: 0 December 07, 2007

the awesomest movie evar!

User review rating: 0 December 07, 2007

This movie was amazing, i saw it at a sneak peak a week before it was release in theaters and i am so amped to read the books!!! Can't wait for the next one!!!!!

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