#The golden compass 2 trailer movie#
#The golden compass 2 trailer series#

But kids who just want to speed things along will appreciate that some decent videogame skills will also get the compass to cough up an answer. Those interested in decoding the deviceвЂ™s 36 symbols, each with three meanings, can do so with logic and brainpower. Lyra also has to sometimes use her compass to answer questions. Wide variety of moves that can be done with Pan keep the Lyra levels fresh without sacrificing the believability that a young girl can pull off amazing stunts.

Action with Lyra primarily involves her daemon Pan, who can turn into any of four animals that help her fly, climb or swing. The most violent she gets is rolling out of the way of attacking adults. Wisely, designers didnвЂ™t attempt to make Lyra into a martial arts master.

#The golden compass 2 trailer series#

And though there is a lot of hand-holding, вЂњThe Golden CompassвЂќ is still filled with a deep and varied array of challenges that work smoothly.Д®arly levels focus on exploration, with Lyra searching for clues, navigating through environmental challenges with a particular focus on balance, and tricking adults into giving her information she needs by winning a series of minigames. A fixed camera - while occasionally frustrating - makes it easy to tell where Lyra is supposed to go at every step. Luckily, understanding the plot is optional for enjoying the game. Flash-forward helps the pacing of the gameplay, which is rather slow for the first few hours, but only adds to the story confusion. It doesnвЂ™t help that, for no good narrative reason, the first level is an action scene with Iorek the bear that actually takes place two-thirds of the way through the story. Even worse, the game appropriates the vocabulary of Philip PullmanвЂ™s best-selling novel with no explanation, leaving the uninitiated to scratch their heads over references to Tartars, Gyptians and Gobblers.

#The golden compass 2 trailer movie#

Despite some original narration, a confusing mГ©lange of live-action cut scenes taken from the movie and new animated ones leave players mystified as to why young heroine Lyra is kidnapped from her home in London, where she travels on a mysterious blimp, and what sheвЂ™s doing with a compass that can answer any question. вЂњThe Golden CompassвЂќ takes the old-school approach, however, and to very poor results. That not only gives players an original experience but lets developers craft a story that best fits the gameplay, rather than the other way around. While fans of the books may find fault with this streamlined version, children are sure to revel in the many talking animals and whimsical airships.The trend in movie-to-game adaptations these days is to come up with a new story thatвЂ™s a prologue or tangent to the film. The film version carefully steers clear of these themes, and instead puts its enormous budget into creating visually stunning effects. Hollywood had a tricky time of taming this tale, as Pullman's books portray religion - the Catholic Church in particular - in a less than flattering light. By the film's end, she has vowed to track down her Uncle Asriel, and to discover the true power of Dust.

Lyra finds her friends, and so discovers the evil plans the Magisterium has cooked up for the world's children.

Coulter, but when she learns that her friends have been kidnapped by 'Gobblers,' she heads out to find them, and soon joins forces with the nomadic Gyptians, some witches, and an armored bear called Iorek Byrnison (voice by Ian McKellen). Before Lyra leaves, the Headmaster gives her a golden compass, a device which only she can read, and from which she can intuit the truth. Coulter (Nicole Kidman) arrives, she asks Lyra to accompany her on a trip to the North to meet the Panserbjorne, a race of armored bears. The people are ruled by a shadowy and oppressive council known as the Magisterium, which is doing it's best to keep everyone from getting information about what is called 'Dust.' Lyra's Uncle Asriel (Daniel Craig) has been researching Dust, and he has seen to it that Lyra is given safe shelter at Jordan College. The story opens with Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) an orphan girl who lives in an alternate world that is similar to earth, but where people's souls exist outside of their bodies in animal form. THE GOLDEN COMPASS is an adaptation of the first book in the beloved but controversial fantasy series by Phillip Pullman.

Behind the Scenes: Making of Featurettes (11).

Audio Commentary: Chris Weitz - Writer/Director.

Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85.