Based on 959 votes and 129 reviews.
Excellent movie. It's nice to see a new movie with a creative and intriguing storyline.
I have not read the book and was definitely not sure what to expect but really thought this movie was awesome. Great special effects...super cool story and keepsyou wanting to see more.....especially at the end. I am sure more of this series will be coming soon!
The studio is trying to continue on after the sucess of LOTR. Sorry but this nowhere close to the magic of LOTR. I has hoping for a scene were a penguin would hand a bottle of Coke to Iorek Byrnson (the Polar Bear). The universe would be on the "Coke side of life". 2 Stars.
Is it not a little ironic this author is making his money deliberately following the success of Narnia? He intended his series "His Dark Materials" to be anti-Narnia and anti-Christian, yet still wishes to profit following the literary and motion picture successes of the Narnia series. Any movie written by an author whose goal it is to literally kill God will most certainly never be seen by my children.
Great magical fantasy which is what we all need. As serious cinema it lacks a little, but who cares. It's the fantasy which counts. Excellent cast, some of them wasted on small parts.
I would vote no stars if I could. Easily the worst adaptation of a book I've ever seen. Watered down, dumbed down, poorly acted, over hyped, over produced crap. The most damning aspect of this movie is how over-the-top heavy handed the morality aspects are delt with. That and the wey they have removed the ending. I have seen footage of the story's end in the trailers, why when I see it in the theatre does it not occur? Worst movie I have seen this year. Worst adaptation of a book, and I've seen both movie versions of Salem's Lot.
I have not read the novels, but I have been reading a whole lot about the 'controversy' behind this film and novel. I honestly believe those who think this movie is strongly anti-christian are just arguing for the sake of it, if you hadn't known beforehand you would not notice during the movie! This film is great, although slightly rushed but nothing is perfect, it deserves to be watched and judged without bias.
It wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Definitely not 5 stars. Cool special effects but it was just lacking that certain something that makes movies great.
Pretty Amazing!! Best Polar Bear Fight ever.
This movie sucked. It wasn't anything like the book