The Golden Compass

There's an interesting movie coming out later this year called The Golden Compass.  I've only seen one preview and I'm intrigued. (It seems to have a refreshing/new storyline). I ador fantasy movies and this wonderful resurgance of fantasy on the big screen is wonderful.  But not every film can have 'Lord of the Rings' quality.  I was wondering what everybody else felt about recent fantasy films. The Good, The Bad - The Embaressing. ( Harry Potter - Pan's Labyrinth - Lords of the Rings - Narnia - Eragon, etc.)

What I really want to see are some ORIGINAL made for the screen fantasy stories.  I know the books that many of these movies come from are fabulous, but they loose their luster when adapted.  THat's why I really enjoyed Pan's Labyrinth (Despite the morbid violence).  I guess I'm a sucker for movies that take me back to the fantasy classics I loved as a kid (Labyrinth, Legend, The Dark Crystal not to mention some of the warrior/swordsman flicks like Conan the Barbarian ( one of the bettert adapted tales based on a novel), Willow and The Beastmaster.  I love that black tiger!  (I know it was dyed, :lol I also happen to like Sword and the Sorcerer and Krull.  Alll of these movies paved the way for my writing and art.

While I can see the marketability of having young characters as leads I'm getting tired of the main characters being young kids.  I'm getting older and I would like to see more people my age go on fantasical journeys, that's all... Or course, that doesn't stop be from enjoying a good story. So I guess I can't complain too much about that.

The Golden Compass seems promising ; Check out the web site.

www.goldencompassmovie.com/