Review - The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass, based on my favorite of the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, very pretty with an amazing cast but not good. The plot is fragmented, the characters are not well developed and it just does not hang together. I am not sure how much sense it would make without having read the book it based upon. On the plus side, the appearance of the world is good and Dakota Blue Richards is quite a credible Lyra. My Grade: C-