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This evening a group of nine adults went to dinner and then to see The Golden Compass at a movie theater in Belfast, ME. Dinner was delish at Darby's and we thought we'd have to wait on line for tix but nope. Although it was opening day it wasn't very crowded. But the big surprise is that tix were only $7 for adults! They're now $12 in NYC so this was a very nice jolt. I've not read the books so know very little about the plot but I enjoyed this first of what is obviously going to be three movies. As one person pointed out, if the movies were made before LOTR and Narnia the special effects would have seemed a lot more spectacular but we all loved the daemons and wanted our own...I personally already have my own-my two cats...however, you can see what daemon creature will be yours if you answer 20 questions at the Golden Compass website. Mine's an ocelot-which certainly fits ;-)
The acting was good and I really enjoyed it but wasn't overwhelmed. Partly, I don't think the sound was loud enough. Also, the soundtrack is awful. Possibly hearing the audience pop soda tops throughout the movie might have jolted me from the action. Oddly enough, NYC audiences have gotten much better over the years. No one drinks from cans but bottles, which are at least quiet...weird outside of NY experience.
It snowed again (about an inch) and did I mention that the other night Liz made lemon granita from the snow outside the house and Meyer lemons sent to her by a friend who has a tree. Yes, we ate yellow snow and it was yummy! Perhaps more tomorrow night for dessert.
The acting was good and I really enjoyed it but wasn't overwhelmed. Partly, I don't think the sound was loud enough. Also, the soundtrack is awful. Possibly hearing the audience pop soda tops throughout the movie might have jolted me from the action. Oddly enough, NYC audiences have gotten much better over the years. No one drinks from cans but bottles, which are at least quiet...weird outside of NY experience.
It snowed again (about an inch) and did I mention that the other night Liz made lemon granita from the snow outside the house and Meyer lemons sent to her by a friend who has a tree. Yes, we ate yellow snow and it was yummy! Perhaps more tomorrow night for dessert.
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Having read and loved all three books, I quite liked the movie, especially the daemons and polar bears. The casting also seemed particularly good to me. It did feel a bit rushed, though.
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The acoustics of the old Grandin Theatre made the movie sound divine. And it was quite well loud enough.
We realised we have our very own Daemons at home- Aries is Mark's and Max AND DAnte are mine (Mark says one for each of my 'personalities', umm, ok..)
The Subtle Knife is in developement and projected to be released in 2009.
Read the books, you'll like them.
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It's worth seeing. Whether you'll think it does the books justice is another story :-)
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*It was a lot better than most of the other stuff that was submitted. That library was kind of like a public slushpile. People kept asking me if you'd read their story and I told them probably not.
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I wasn't even aware of an sff library in OMNI....
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*Remember the batch of novelettes we did right before leaving? I still have those on diskette. I should probably move them to a flash drive.
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I never saw any of the OMNI stuff on aol.
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Most of the OMNI library was the online interviews we did, but we also had a few pieces from the paper mag to bring interest.
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But please wait until Wednesday, when I'm home.
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I read the books about six years ago and loved them - I might reread them over Christmas break.
--Spencer Pate
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I really want to read the books, now, as I feel like I missed a lot. it had that "violently compressed" feeling that large novels often get when made into films.
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I'd love to read the novels, but no time no time.
If only I'd read them when they came out I could have justified the reading for YBFH :-(
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