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I looked to see if there was a topic about this and didn't see one, but if I missed it, I'm sorry...

I saw a trailer for this movie in Pirates 3 and me and my friend were "Oh my gosh, they're making a movie of this?!"

The book series is awesome, though the movie looks questionable. If they keep to the book (as well as some other variables) then hopefully it'll turn out great, but...I hate to be a pessismist here, but deep down, I think it may turn out like Eragon.
But hopefully, it won't be that horrible...

It has a great looking cast
Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter
Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel
Sam Elliot as Lee Scoresby
etc, etc, etc

(and odly, according to wikipedia, the Master of Jordan College will be played by Jack Shepherd...who seems to share his name with Jack from Lost )

Anyway, I wonder how this'll turn out.

And here's the trailer for anyone who wants to check it out:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thegold ... howVideo=1

Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_M ... en_Compass

I've started reading the book Northern Lights.. it's alright but doesn't really have much action so far. I guess it takes a bit of getting into.

Yes it does get better over time (as does most books), I reccomend the whole series...

It looked extremely similar to Chronicles of Narnia. Dunno if im interested in seeing it in theatres exactly. But when it comes out i'll probably rent it.

I'm reviving the topic because it's getting closer to the release date (December 5th)...

Let's have a talk about it and because the youtube video I gave has been removed, I'll replace it....

And I take back what I said about this movie maybe being like Eragon (a divergance from the book), now I'm oddly thinking that it may end up a fairly good movie...though I could be wrong (God Forbid)

Heck, it may turn out like LOTR, considering New Line Cinema's doing it to...

I'm going to miss this movie. Since I hardly read the book and another reason which I wish not to say.

So people don't care about a heavily Christian themed movie and book series (ie: Chronicles of Narnia) and then get in an uproar over an atheist movie and book series (even though the movie is watered down)?

Don't listen to Mr. Donohue and the Catholic League...they're ani-semetic, racist, and close minded...
See the movie and read the books for yourselves and make a decision if you agree or disagree with it on your own instead of allowing yourselves to be fed nonsense...

Well, knowing New Line Cinema like I do, I think it'll be a LOT better than Eragon. I mean, New Line Cinema produced Lord of the Rings, and that was probably one of the best adaptations of a fantasy novel I've ever seen! I also think that there's no excuse for it to be bad, since, according to the wikipedia article, the budget is freaking $205 million! Also, with the technology we have now, I think they could (in theory, at least) stay relatively close to the book.

As to the religious stuff, I seriously don't care about the religious beliefs of the author. I never, ever give that a thought when I pick up a book to decide if it's good. All I go by is the description on the back or inside cover.

I really wish I had read this book series, but I probably should. Most adapted movies are better if you read the book first. Maybe I'll watch the movie, then read the entire series over summer break. I don't really have the time to read a long book with my schoolwork, but I'll find the time. I didn't really think too much about this series until I saw the movie, which made it look a lot more awesome than I had previously thought. But I will eventually read the entire series, definitely before they make any of the sequels to this.

I haven't read His Dark Materials yet, I got pretty bored of it quickly after I picked up Northern Lights, but I'll be sure to read through it. From what I've seen from trailers and such it'll be very good, unlike Bridge to Terabithia T_T did anyone see that? It was insanely off-plot from the book, but we'll have to see...

Actually, what he's trying to say is to not decide if a book is worth reading or a movie is worth watching by only looking at the author's religious affiliations. It's fine that you read those, but the religious affiliations of the author is of extremely little relevance in how good his/her books are.

Yes, that's what I meant. Thanks for clarifying, Swords. (I'm also a fan of Narnia, so I have nothing against it)