Another CGI filled extravaganza, The Golden Compass (2007)created some controversy when it came out, particularly among Catholics who saw it as a criticism of their faith. And while I could see that if a read into it really closely, it was really a children's story brought to life with some moral overtones about dictatorship woven into the story.
Starring Nicole Kidman, and an underused Daniel Craig, The Golden Compass young girl who seems to have a great destiny...she seems a chosen one, a fulfillment of some prophesies, especially since she can read a device that show the truth, the golden compass.
She has various adventures, gathering allies along the way in a fairly typical fantasy quest movie, (a la Lord of the Rings). The CGI is good, not quite as good as the Narnia movies) but not bad at all either. The story line was engaging and the acting was fine (admittedly, acting is not always great in this genre).
I liked the movie fine, but did not really like the abrupt ending and TOTALLY unresolved story lines (with hopes for several sequels I am sure). I think the complaints by religious factions was pretty dumb, and actually made more people see that possible undertone, than if they had just shut up (something most religions find hard to do).
In sequels, they will have to step up the story line and the acting to keep up and to keep the series moving.
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