Growing up, I was a fan of the Tolkien books (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings), C S Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) and various others, as well as the more recent His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.
The movie is about a world where the Protestant Reformation never took place, ruled by an oppressive world-dominating institution called The Magisterium (aka. the Church)
The story follows the adventures of a young girl as she travels from one universe to the next, to liberate everyone from The Magisterium.
Scenes from The Golden Compass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUISi4yaBWE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRJ8fiODPEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mpCYhp7t7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bawWojToLc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRDRD_E8l4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh6-5YihKpo
Eat that, Mel Gibson.
Yet I've no doubt that Indian Catholics will campaign to have this movie banned from being shown in India, and that Holy Mother Sonia Maino will cater to them.
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