Well Babs bought the DVD yesterday and I watched it last night. For those of you that don't know The Golden Compass is an adaptation of the book Northern Lights, which is the first in Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy. I would strongly recommend the books to anyone who loves fantasy books, like eragon or harry potter. There is a great balance of witchcraft and fighting. Its aimed at young adults so its not childish. But... the movie is a completely different story. When it was first released in the cinemas the critics had a field day slating it and saying how they have "dumbed down" the movie so that it would be suitable for kids. I was very disappointed when I heard this, I was very excited to hear about the movie being released and was hoping that it would do the book justice.

Well it didn't, it was very boring. There was no depth to draw you in and follow the story. It was as if they took the main points to the story and that was it, this happened then this happened etc etc. They had chosen fantastic actors, daniel craig (the new bond) nicole kidman and ian mckellen to speak he voice of iorek, the armoured bear. Basically it was a great disappointment, it was only 1 hr 48 mins long and it could've been so much better. Read the books, rent the film and then moan about it. As far as the game goes it will probably be boring so I'm not going to bother buying it.