All the pieces combined feel like nothing more than a barrage of exquisitely crafted names The Golden Compass Blu-ray can answer any question with the truth. Its too bad they didnt ask it if this story would make a compelling movie. Weitzs movie remains ultimately remote. It ends mid-adventure, so blatantly setting the stage for a sequel that the whole thing suddenly feels like a preamble. The Catholic League thinks it’s anti-Catholic. Admirers of Philip Pullman’s 1995 His Dark Materials trilogy think the film guts the backbone of the book. Me, I just think it blows. More thought seems to have went into providing grist for future sequels that have not been made than the film that was. plays too innocent with its premise, seldom allows its characters to gain dimension, and all but ignores the looming instinct of the plot to abandon its innocence and begin discovering the dark little secrets of the writers complex world.