No wonder the final product was such a disappointing mess. Rather than embracing the exceedingly unique qualities of the original His Dark Materials books to make an equally distinctive fantasy motion picture, The Golden Compass was enamored with trying to recapture the magic of not one but two different other movies. These overlapping details with the most influential fantasy movies of the 2000s within The Golden Compass are certainly superficial, but they’re also the kind of elements studios can plaster on posters with ease. Gandalf himself is even along for the ride, albeit in voice-over form with Ian McKellen voicing the polar bear Iorek Byrnison (Saruman is also around thanks to Christopher Lee showing up in a supporting capacity). Meanwhile, The Golden Compass allowed New Line Cinema to make another PG-13 fantasy film full of darker edges, action, and big battle sequences (something absent from the original Harry Potter films), all of which were likely attempts to recapture the sweeping scope of Lord of the Rings. This lead character and the presence of specific fantasy elements like “witches” certainly keep the movie in line with what a marketing executive would assume is all people care about when it comes to Harry Potter. The Golden Compass protagonist Lyra ( Dakota Blue Richards) is, much like Harry Potter (and so many other fantasy literature protagonists), an orphaned child who becomes swept up in a larger fantastical adventure.
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