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Special Segment: Trampas Whiteman offers up a film review of “The Golden Compass.”
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Sorry if my review of Golden Compass sounded a bit harsh. My best friend and I went to see Golden Compass, and we both left with the same sense of it. We could follow along, but the plot didn’t naturally flow.
If it’s any consolation, I would go to see a sequel and I’m curious what the novel version is like.
Got another review in the works, and this one is more positive.
Whoa, having problems downloading the file via Podcast Ready. Couldn’t connect yesterday, and it’s taking huge amounts of time to download today. Whazzup?
Problem still with iTunes as of 1:40EST, maybe tonight or tomorrow. I Hope!
on and off server issues…it is being worked on..progress is slow…computers are wonderful things — when they work correctly. 😉
So, I’m downloading the episode here because iTunes only gave me 4 minutes 27 seconds of stuff… noticed this before, is it common?
No, but over the last several weeks we have been having some serious server issues that we are working out and continue to hope to have all those ironed out soon.
I downloaded it last night and played it this morning, but the show cuts off at about 44 minutes. I guess the download got interrupted. I’m trying again, and is… very… slow 🙂
I see what you mean Trampas about the several plot lines in GOLDEN COMPASS. However, this didn’t bother me. Now i do als have to preface i have not yet read the books. But I got the sense that, knowing there were more movies to come, that they would come together just fine. I liked the animals turning into dust after they died. It was a kids movie too- they did a great job keeping pretty low on gory violence (minus the jaw snapping scene, which was still completely non-bloody) while still communicating what it wanted to. I saw it when it came out, and thats been a little while, but i dont remember having any problems with scene transitions. I also didnt have any problem with the special effects. I loved the animals and the air ships. We left discussing plots and symbolism and trying to guess what the next films will cover and how. I still loved it, thought it was fun and thought provoking while remaining a good kids movie too.
I can see what you mean in your review and i appreciate it. Im not offended by it or anything. But i kind of expected going into it that there would be things that would only be explained as the movies followed eachother. I suppose thats what makes the many plots lines work-they will become more unified and also deeper as the movies comes out. Again, I must read the novels.
I didn’t think Trampas’s review was harsh. It sounded fair to me. It reminded me of Gene Siskel in a way. Now there was a film critic. They don’t make ’em like him anymore. Nowadays you get the feeling that some critics live in fear of seeing a movie they actually like because they made their names in the business by being brutal.