Golden Compass

Finally rented. Wasn’t impressed by the characters. The plot was so concatenated that the characters suffered. It turned into “Lyra the Cranky Lying Girl Who Gets To Do Whatever She Wants.”

Also, movie!Lyra is a bona fide Mary Sue, complete with her own theme song. Other characters stand around talking about how wonderful and awe inspiring she is, and the end credit music was enough to wake me up.

I want a bear with Ian McKellan’s voice, however.