Phillyist: CinePhillyist Reviews... The Golden Compass

Joe Ross

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:37:46 -0500

The crazy picket people are already ramoing up their assault...according to that bastion of objective journalism, FOX News.

Jim Genzano

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:08:08 -0500

I always say watch the movie first, because the book will inevitably be better (well, except in the case of Blade Runner), and this way you're not disappointed. That being said, I should warn you that I've heard that the movie is hard to understand if you haven't read the books...

Ross Currie

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:03:25 -0500

Having not read the books, is this one where I should wait until I've read the book and then watch the movie on DVD, or watch the movie on the big screen ASAP and worry about getting caught up w/ the books later?

Jim Genzano

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:39:43 -0500

Yeah, I really don't know how they're going to do it, either. Should be interesting! Hope I don't have to walk through a picket line of crazy people to see the movie...

Sarah Gormley

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:12:51 -0500

I am really, really wondering how they are going to handle the third movie. It really doesn't seem to me that it will fly mainstream. Then again, the books were insanely popular...