[Marxism] Golden Compass

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I saw it Sunday (I didn't think I'd be able to until later in the week,  but I 
had extra time on my hands after getting kicked out of the UFPJ  Steering 
Committee meeting in the morning for questioning their plans  to bury 
themselves in the Democratic Party in 2008. More on that later  if anyone's 
interested).
  I thought it was pretty good from a cinematic perspective: good acting,  
photography, fast-moving. But perhaps too fast, and I would very much  like to 
hear from anyone who went, especially with kids who haven't  read the book. 
That's because I'm not sure if it cut too much to flow  smoothly.
  As for whether it stayed close to the book's themes: I think in general  it 
did, but then the first book has much less in the way of  antireligion, 
antigod, antisexual repression passages than the second  and third. So the 
jury's still out.
  In any case, the main character, Lyra, comes across every bit as  feisty, 
independent and goodhearted as in the book, a real role model.
  Opinions?
  Andy
  
       
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