I finally got to see The Golden Compass, a movie based on the book Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. The book was fist published in 1995 and the movie released in 2007. It is considered to be a fantasy novel and film, set in a parallel universe from our own.
Image from Movie Cafe. Lyra and Pan in Oxford. I also loved the costumes of the time period very much, especially this dress.
Lyra Belacqua is the 12 year old who goes on an adventure in search for her missing friend and to find her uncle up in the far north. With the help of a talking Polar bear prince and many other lively characters to aid her.
I don’t want to ruin the ending, but I do wish the rest of the trilogy gets into production. There was a bit of a controversy when the film was to be released. The Catholic Church felt it was an attack on them. But I think it was much lighter, and the film reminds people to think for themselves as well as believe in themselves.
