Continuity mistake: In the last battle scene, Serafina kills one soldier by flying down from the sky and kicking him. In one of the shots, a body of a dead witch is a few meters behind this soldier. In the next shot, the body disappears, only to appear again a minute later in another scene with Serafina at the same place.
The Golden Compass (2007)
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Directed by: Chris Weitz
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker
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The Golden Compass is an ambitious attempt at bringing to life the first of the books from the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, introducing the young hero Lyra Belacqua as she searches for her abducted friend and missing adventurer uncle in a parallel world populated by giant talking bears, witches, gypsies, mages and warriors where people have spiritual "familiars" called Daemons. While casting outright ignored many of the descriptions of the characters, including the main ones, the film otherwise tries earnestly to be faithful to the very popular book series, despite increasing studio demands and great criticism at the time by fans and secular groups. Like many productions, His Dark Materials suffered under the weight of its own source and trying to please, losing much of the narrative's strengths and inadvertently highlighting its weaknesses. Visually, the movie remains interesting and as a story still has some potency but fans of the book will notice the glaring differences as the tale unfolds.
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Marisa Coulter: Come with me, Lyra.
Lyra Belacqua: I'm not yours! I'll never be yours.
Trivia: The character of Mrs. Coulter is described in the book series as a brunette; upon seeing actress Nicole Kidman portray her for the film, author Philip Pullman declared, "I got it wrong; she should have been blonde."
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Answer: The first film made too small a profit and failed to resonate with its targeted youth audience. The global financial crisis of 2007-08 was also a factor in deciding to cancel the sequels, and New Line Cinema, the company that produced "The Golden Compass", instead put its resources into the ongoing "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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