I think that Nicole Kidman will be absolutely perfect for the role of Mrs. Coulter! About Dakota Blue Richards, though ... (beware of spoilers) Isn't she a little too young for the role of Lyra, considering that by the third book she is in love with Will??? Hmmmm... At least they are making Iorek the bear correctly, although he is entirely made of CGI FX. Hopefully, the makers of the movie won't dumb it down for children. I heard somewhere that they are eliminating the religious theme from the movie. I wonder if that means renaming the Magesterium...
They don't look too much like the "Coke bears" in the posters I've seen online. 
~ConnieK
~ConnieK
tigerlilly wrote:
I'm really curious to see the gyptian gathering part because that is the one scene I couldn't form very clearly in my mind; it was all a kind of blur. I'm also really interested to how they will depict the daemons. I hope they don't look fake! Same with the bears. If they do look like giant coca-cola bears, I really think I will walk out of the theater in protest. Still, I can't wait to see Iorek. I love Iorek!
Oh yeah, and if any of you have read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare please check my post in the paranormal/urban fantasy book club. I am dying to dicuss it!
tigerlilly said: Same with the bears. If they do look like giant coca-cola bears, I really think I will walk out of the theater in protest. Still, I can't wait to see Iorek. I love Iorek!
As a matter of fact, I think that the bears do look like the bears on those Coca Cola commercials! I do not drink any form of soda except for grape Vess and root beer floats, however, so please do not consider me to be an expert on the subject of Coke commercials (I only see the ads while watching shows like "American Idol"). The bears are heavily animated, as seen on this website: http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/ . I had hoped for real bears which had been trained for movies like the lion in the BBC version of C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" movies, but my hopes were completely destroyed by the overzealousness (did I spell that correctly?) of the producers with their new CGI technology.
As a matter of fact, I think that the bears do look like the bears on those Coca Cola commercials! I do not drink any form of soda except for grape Vess and root beer floats, however, so please do not consider me to be an expert on the subject of Coke commercials (I only see the ads while watching shows like "American Idol"). The bears are heavily animated, as seen on this website: http://www.goldencompassmovie.com/ . I had hoped for real bears which had been trained for movies like the lion in the BBC version of C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" movies, but my hopes were completely destroyed by the overzealousness (did I spell that correctly?) of the producers with their new CGI technology.
tigerlilly wrote: They look like evil twins of the coca-cola bears. Evil twins on steroids. Yeah, it would have been cool if they used real bears, but that would probably be way too dangerous. Aren't polar bears suppossed to be the most aggessive? But, oh well, the CGI bears aren't all that bad. I can live with it.
I totally agree with you! They are very, very, VERY evil twins of the polar bears because ... the Coca-Cola bears were tame. Right? Or were the Coca-Cola bears on steroids too, except from the uber-sugar and caffeine (I do drink caffeinated coffee, FYI) from the soda which they advertise? Tigerlilly, your post is honestly the funniest post which I have read on this message board!!!
I totally agree with you! They are very, very, VERY evil twins of the polar bears because ... the Coca-Cola bears were tame. Right? Or were the Coca-Cola bears on steroids too, except from the uber-sugar and caffeine (I do drink caffeinated coffee, FYI) from the soda which they advertise? Tigerlilly, your post is honestly the funniest post which I have read on this message board!!!
And I recognize everyone on this thread! 
Honestly, my research into this movie hasn't gone particularly far. I think I saw a poster for it...so I know Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman are in it...kidman as mrs coultier..(sp?) But I'll go see it, certainly. I'm wondering...recent book-to-film adaptations haven't been that great. I'll enter the theatre with little optimism. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Message Edited by ABI on 10-20-2007 05:04 PM
Honestly, my research into this movie hasn't gone particularly far. I think I saw a poster for it...so I know Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman are in it...kidman as mrs coultier..(sp?) But I'll go see it, certainly. I'm wondering...recent book-to-film adaptations haven't been that great. I'll enter the theatre with little optimism. Hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Message Edited by ABI on 10-20-2007 05:04 PM
Thank you so much for the compliment!!! I had almost decided to be a Jedi, at least before I saw the Indiana Jones website ( http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html ). Maybe the Jedi thing would work for you, too, or maybe a Sith Lord if you're into dressing up like one of the bad guys. I also have a question for you: Do you think that I should buy a stuffed monkey, rip its head off, paint monkey brains on the head and carry the head around as well as wear the Indy costume???
