Comments on: The Golden Compass Ending: Altered

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By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:12:15 +0000

I hope that uh… oh! I hope to get a chance to see the real ending so… please get the real ending WITHOUT the skecthes.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:02:10 +0000

I love this movie when I got to the last level of the game, it showed a clip that wasn’t in the movie (I already saw the movie before I got the game) so I new something was up. Then I found it on youtube so I watch ALL the golden compass videos and all the “originial ending” clips were made with sketches I want to see the movie edited ending. But thanks for a great movie, also my daemon is romulus he can turn into a sparrow,mouse, and jakal

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:37:38 +0000

i was excited to see the scene where roger dies and the energy created opens up a big hole in the sky, but it wasnt in the movie and i was upset, sigh maybe next movie.

By: time_lady

time_lady — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:50:10 +0000

What I want to know is, have the French/any other countries seen the last 3 chapters already? Because I just bought a book in France which is a storybook of the film with an abridged plot (it’s for 8 year olds) and loads of screenshots, and it goes right up to the end… so I’ve seen screengrabs of Lyra arriving at Asriel’s and him looking shocked etc etc, right up to Lyra walking through a door in the sky… so why would these shots have been sold to a publishing company in France at least a year before they’ll be seen on the big screen??!?!!!

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:48:47 +0000

i think they should not have cut the mountain scene because now it just makes it look like a stupid kids movie . people will think ”oh ill take my kid there and oh bears and a stupid little girl evil mother and father is james bond” if they put the end in th subtle knife it would confuse everyone because next thing you know ther is a completly different character and youre like where has Lyra gone? they are just trying to get us to go see the next movie!!! i saw it in cinema but then the film stopped and i was like what th heck? it was to weird.

By: Imposing Snail

Imposing Snail — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:22:44 +0000

My main concern with the switching of the chapters is that; Rogers death, the guilt that Lyra feels at putting Roger in the very danger she was trying to save him from, her confusion over the fact that one man she thought she could turn to and aspire to be turns out to be just as selfish and manipulative as everyone else she despises, as well as introducing the odd relationship between the two rival figureheads who appear to be polar opposites will all just get shafted into a 30-second footnote at the start of the second film.

It’s a scene that deserves so much more than that.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:02:07 +0000

As a fan I am deeply, deeply hurt by the way Philip Pullman has so easily let the ending be altered. I agree with what a lot of you are saying, this is motivated by marketing. While the whole story is about Lyra, it isn’t right to just cut off the last 30 pages or so of the story. Philip Pullman wrote it that way for a reason, didn’t he? If he wanted the ending to be happy-go-lucky-cliff-hanger then he would have wrote it that way. Let us all just hope that when (not if, because they will make sequels) (thank you commercial America!) they make the next two movies that they don’t chop anything else up.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:30:05 +0000

Millions of people are left thinking “what a great story! I can’t wait to see what will come next”. I too was wondering what heppened to the ending, but I can at least live with it. It was a great movie, and it has followed the story quite well so far. PP also agreed on this decision, and because he is the writer of these books, I would have to say that I’m not afraid of loosing something important. Just because he ruins your image of the story, doesn’t make it bad. I guess you just don’t look at it the way he does..

I would have loved to see the final 3 chapters in the movie, but I can live with it as long as they show up in the next movie. I can allways sit down afterwards and see all the movies in a row to get the whole picture. If your so mad about his decision, please wait until they arrange a marthon in a theatre near you with all the movies. It will end tragic, so you should be able to walk away with a smile afterwards.

PS. To all you christians out there. The people who made the drawings of a certain prophet got wide support from all over the world, because people should have the right of free speach. PP should too, but you keep on complaining about it! If you don’t like it, then don’t go see it or read it. Stop complaining and grow up.

By: Alice

Alice — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:06:28 +0000

Have just seen the film and frankly im disgusted. had they in fact continued the story into the beginning of the subtle knife, as misintrpreted by the previous comment, it could have worked wonderfully, but no they ended it in a happy clappy family fantasy fun esque way with lyra and rodger embarking on a journey togetehr bla bla bla. rodger is murdered, lyra is betrayed and the film should have ended with her crossing the bridge to the stars, that was a perfect ending in the first place. apparantly pullman supports this ending which no one can argue with but i just think its a great shame to dumb down his masterpiece of a story so that millions of people will be left thinking ahhhh what a cute ending, ahhhhhhh it shouldnt be cute, its supposed to be tragic1!!! sorry if im ranting, just really annoyed right now x