tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post1119072496834931452..comments2023-11-02T21:46:26.482+13:00Comments on Violet goes green, sort of: The Golden Compass - it ain't so badViolethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-58245378697017517472008-05-06T19:00:00.000+12:002008-05-06T19:00:00.000+12:00nigel: I didn't know anything about Anne Coulter, ...nigel: I didn't know anything about Anne Coulter, but after reading about her on Wikipedia, she sounds like a real stirrer for the sake of it. Whereas Mrs Coulter from the movie is at least driven by her (misguided) convictions.<BR/><BR/>cathi: I think they just wanted people to be able to watch the movie as an independent story. If you leave the ending in, it'd be frustrating. That didn't seem to be a problem for LOTR, but maybe because it was so widely read. Even "lite", it's still a good story.Violethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547452802344363142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-24417154597150624412008-05-06T11:04:00.000+12:002008-05-06T11:04:00.000+12:00I thought it was a cowardly cop-out not to finish ...I thought it was a cowardly cop-out not to finish the book. I reread the book afterwards and was surprised how much they cut.<BR/><BR/>I thought Nicole was great, Lyra was OK, Dan was surprisingly good. But the whole story was somewhat sanitised, I was disappointed in that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6085694.post-12818769372098202852008-05-05T22:19:00.000+12:002008-05-05T22:19:00.000+12:00Kidman was great.And I wonder if the character was...Kidman was great.<BR/>And I wonder if the character was named Coulter in honor of real life villain Anne Coulter. <BR/>Who isn't a quarter as smart as Pullman's villain.Watson Woodworth https://www.blogger.com/profile/18056045044039701907noreply@blogger.com