Edit: I'm tired of this damn thing loading every time I check the page. If you want to see the trailer for 'The Golden Compass' just go here.


Giant polar bears eating your face. That alone would be enough to get me excited about this movie. But if you need more, how about this: It's got Nicole Kidman as an evil, child-stealing debutant. Daniel Craig as a snotty heretic. It's the first in a series of three excellent children's novels. It is strongly anti-christian (think of it as the anti-narnia). And who voices the leader of the evil polar bears? Why none other than Mr. Cocksucker himself, Ian McShane!

There is something in those British children's book writers that don't shy away from violence, controversial topics, and polar bears fighting to the death in massive armies. I don't know what it is. But it's cool.