The Golden Compass

I liked this movie, also. There were some really cool visuals, the bears were good, the spy flys were good. I haven't read the book in a while, but it felt like the movie was a bit anesthetized. There didn't seem to be anything even vaguely controversial about it. Nicole Kidman was really good as the icy Miss Coulter. Lyra was decent. I hope they go ahead and make the others, because this really played like a setup kind of story, a prelude rather than an actual story. The fight for the kids near the end was good, though. Pretty good, not great, I think with a bit more story I would have liked it better.