Also, and mind you I like Kate Bush, but the lyrics to her little song at the end felt a little heavy-handed. "OH HAI, let me sing you the whole plot."
OMG, so true. That song was the worst. For a good half an hour after the movie, my friends and I would just break out into a chorus of "Lyraaaaaa, telling Iorek she knows where is armor is so that he'll help her rescue the children the gobblers took. Lyraaaaaa running away from Mrs. Coulter and hiding behind boxes in an alleyway".
"two worlds collide around her," and I turned to D. and said, "Except they don't, because THEY CUT OFF THE END OF THE STORY."
I could not believe that they ended the movie there! Especially since they showed the scenes that they cut out in numerous trailers for the movie! I was so busy rolling my eyes are Lyra's little speech and giggling at the idea that Serafina flew away because she was all like "11 year old girls pontificating? I'm outtie!" that when the movie ended I was like "Whaaaa?"
Movie was very pretty and well-acted; Lyra, Mrs. Coulter, and Iorek were particularly made of awesome.
Dakota Blue Richards was really good. I thought she had the potential to be annoying in the previews, but I really liked her in the film. And Nicole Kidman WAS Mrs. Coulter, she had the perfect mix of charm and menace. I loved Eva Green as Serafina as well.
It wasn't perfect, but I hope it does well enough that the sequels are made (hopefully NOT cutting off the ends of them).
OMG, so true. That song was the worst. For a good half an hour after the movie, my friends and I would just break out into a chorus of "Lyraaaaaa, telling Iorek she knows where is armor is so that he'll help her rescue the children the gobblers took. Lyraaaaaa running away from Mrs. Coulter and hiding behind boxes in an alleyway".
*snorts coffee* YES OMG.
Hopefully they'll tack those scenes onto the second movie and make it work. If they leave that out entirely and make Asriel all saintly, I might have to smite them.
OMG, so true. That song was the worst. For a good half an hour after the movie, my friends and I would just break out into a chorus of "Lyraaaaaa, telling Iorek she knows where is armor is so that he'll help her rescue the children the gobblers took. Lyraaaaaa running away from Mrs. Coulter and hiding behind boxes in an alleyway".
"two worlds collide around her," and I turned to D. and said, "Except they don't, because THEY CUT OFF THE END OF THE STORY."
I could not believe that they ended the movie there! Especially since they showed the scenes that they cut out in numerous trailers for the movie! I was so busy rolling my eyes are Lyra's little speech and giggling at the idea that Serafina flew away because she was all like "11 year old girls pontificating? I'm outtie!" that when the movie ended I was like "Whaaaa?"
Movie was very pretty and well-acted; Lyra, Mrs. Coulter, and Iorek were particularly made of awesome.
Dakota Blue Richards was really good. I thought she had the potential to be annoying in the previews, but I really liked her in the film. And Nicole Kidman WAS Mrs. Coulter, she had the perfect mix of charm and menace. I loved Eva Green as Serafina as well.
It wasn't perfect, but I hope it does well enough that the sequels are made (hopefully NOT cutting off the ends of them).
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*snorts coffee* YES OMG.
Hopefully they'll tack those scenes onto the second movie and make it work. If they leave that out entirely and make Asriel all saintly, I might have to smite them.
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