Here a never-before seen or mentioned character appears out of nowhere to tell the lead character where to go next. The next 110 or so minutes are spent jumping from scene to scene, in what seems to be a never-ending bullet list of mini-episodes and deus ex machinas. Unfortunately, it’s all downhill from there.
It’s not the only thing spoiled by the opening narrative, and in hindsight one feels lucky that they didn’t just give the ending (what ending?) away as well, while they were at it.
WHY NO GOLDEN COMPASS 2 MOVIE
I had been looking forward to seeing how they would bring the concept of dæmons to the screen in way that viewers would understand it (the book, Northern Lights, starts with taking the conceptof dæmons for granted in literally the first few words, but gradually lets the reader understand what’s behind the concept), and disappointingly, the movie simply gives a dry explanation (or, even more upsetting really, what really is just one possible interpretation), which sucks all the air of wonder and mystery out out of the concept. You know you’re in trouble when the first five minutes of a movie are spent in narration, explaining to you what the movie will be about and, essentially, letting you know that he screenwriters really could not be bothered to find creative ways to introduce you to the basic concepts with, you know, pictures and dialog.
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