My Golden Compass review

My Golden Compass review (co-written with Brandy) is available at RevolutionSF.

The Golden Compass moves at a snail's pace. Director/screenwriter Chris Weitz has filled the lumbering scenes with unnecessary and cumbersome exposition that results in a dumbed-down film apparently made for just children. Weitz's film inspires absolutely no emotional investment as it is stripped of the complexity and subtext of Pullman's original story.
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