10-05-2009, 05:24 PM
More of that Bond guy too.
Clearly, they were shooting for the next great book-to-film franchise, and they had it all lined up - big budget, big stars, big effects. Unfortunately, Compass didn't have the following of LotR or Harry Potter, or even Narnia, which is struggling. Plus it spent too much effort trying to get the story rolling, to get all the elements in place for the sequel, and it doesn't really do that until the very end of the film. Harry Potter might have suffered from the same problem had the directors not chosen to focus on particular character interactions and not get lost in the immensity of the project. Although I've never read Compass, I can see where it's translation to film glossed over way too much. It's too bad really. It had great potential. We really wanted to see more of Nicole as the evil mom with the creepy monkey daemon.
Clearly, they were shooting for the next great book-to-film franchise, and they had it all lined up - big budget, big stars, big effects. Unfortunately, Compass didn't have the following of LotR or Harry Potter, or even Narnia, which is struggling. Plus it spent too much effort trying to get the story rolling, to get all the elements in place for the sequel, and it doesn't really do that until the very end of the film. Harry Potter might have suffered from the same problem had the directors not chosen to focus on particular character interactions and not get lost in the immensity of the project. Although I've never read Compass, I can see where it's translation to film glossed over way too much. It's too bad really. It had great potential. We really wanted to see more of Nicole as the evil mom with the creepy monkey daemon.
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