Movie Excitment: The Golden Compass

I'm going to take a moment and talk about some movies I am, quote, "Wicked Excited" about. The first of which is out tomorrow: The Golden Compass. I know what you're thinking, Kyp, why are you excited about a silly kids movie? Well I can tell you, this ain't no kids movie. I first became curious about TGC when I noticed The Giant Effing Polar Bears in armor. The next thing I noticed was the PG-13 rating. Huh, I thought, this movie must have at least one gruesome mauling in it. Learning that The Golden Compass (the first in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy) has a rabid and active fan-base, I decided to go to the source. I read the book and my excitement about this film went from "curious" to "how can I fashion a time machine out of around-the-house objects, so I can see this movie now?" Let me give you a few incentives to see this film.

• PG-13: so it won't shy away from the action. There will be blood.
• Sam Elliot as Lee Scoresby: if you don't know who Sam Elliot is look him up now. He's known for playing bad-asses, straight up. And his character in TGC is no exception.
• Kidman as a villain: Those who have seen To Die For know she's awesome as the villain. in TGC she plays a child stealer, how eviler can you get?! BONUS: she has an evil monkey side kick... no really!
• Armored Effing Bear Duel. It's like Thunder Dome, but with Armored Effing Bears.

In closing, if you weren't planning on seeing this movie, just give it a chance. If the film is half as awesome as the book it will be well worth the 10 bucks.