The Golden Compass was the best written. He obviously spent the most time on 1, it's immaculately paced and very well-polished.
The Subtle Knife was a little rushed, and it slows down a bit here and there when it stops focusing on the lead characters. It also ends abruptly, forcing 3 to start in media res. I got the sense that he worked on the manuscript for 1 on his own time, but had to write 2 under the terms of a publishing contract and was pushing himself to meet a deadline.
The Amber Spyglass was IMO the least well-written of the three, which is really faint condemnation, because I found them all quite well-written. 3 got a little muddled especially during the third quarter or so, and he doesn't flesh out certain concepts nearly as well as he did concepts he introduced in 1 and 2.
So 1 was the best written, but... I identified very strongly with Will, for a number of personal reasons, so I have to say that 2 was the one I enjoyed reading the most.
To me, The Golden Compass was easily my favorite. I liked The Subtle Knife's introduction of Will, and I liked the dynamic between the two. The events that occurred in 2 were pretty dramatic, as well. Whenever I start thinking that nothing happened in TSK, I remember
Lee's heart-wrenching death scene
and I realize it had some great parts.
The Amber Spyglass was... very different. Huge in scope, tons of new ideas introduced, incredible plot-wise, and yet as you said, it's a bit disjointed and muddled. Not easy to follow at some parts. The parts with the
Mulefa
were amazing, as was the ending.
Very sad, though. Brought a tear to my eye, as did Lee's death and the tribute Iorek performed on his body.
So many powerful scenes in those books. I fucking adore them.
Really? Fighting a stealthed tank in the middle of a ruined building, one on one, while being under gunned and eventually going to melee and ripping your own arms off in the process of trying to open the tank up is reminiscent of the lobby scene in the matrix how?
Other than the fact that in both there are pillars that get shot?
The Brothers specifically cited it as an influence. If you fail to see the similarities between the scenes, there is no helping you.
Christian Bale in a long black coat > Keanu Reeves in a long black coat.
Christian Bale did look awesome at the end, I like how he slowly let his hair grow out thoughout the whole movie while at the beginning it was only slicked back.
What the hell. I must watch this movie!
Ignore rottentomatoes, it is a pretty good movie. It's very 1984/Big Brother, plus its kung fu with guns.
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Really? Fighting a stealthed tank in the middle of a ruined building, one on one, while being under gunned and eventually going to melee and ripping your own arms off in the process of trying to open the tank up is reminiscent of the lobby scene in the matrix how?
Other than the fact that in both there are pillars that get shot?
The Brothers specifically cited it as an influence. If you fail to see the similarities between the scenes, there is no helping you.
It's on the DVD commentary from memory. They really loved that movie.
I misinterpreted Aegeri's wording to be more of a "The matrix ripped the lobby scene close to verbatim from ghost in the shell" instead of more of the "the guys who did the matrix watched ghost in the shell and were kind of inspired by it"
Yes I can see similarities between the two scenes, but really, they aren't nearly as strong as the similarities between the matrix and equilibrium fights.
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Christian Bale in a long black coat > Keanu Reeves in a long black coat.
Christian Bale did look awesome at the end, I like how he slowly let his hair grow out thoughout the whole movie while at the beginning it was only slicked back.
What the hell. I must watch this movie!
Ignore rottentomatoes, it is a pretty good movie. It's very 1984/Big Brother, plus its kung fu with guns.
Sometimes there are movies made that are just not for critics.
Christian Bale in a long black coat > Keanu Reeves in a long black coat.
Christian Bale did look awesome at the end, I like how he slowly let his hair grow out thoughout the whole movie while at the beginning it was only slicked back.
What the hell. I must watch this movie!
Ignore rottentomatoes, it is a pretty good movie. It's very 1984/Big Brother, plus its kung fu with guns.
Sometimes there are movies made that are just not for critics.
well it would be pretty classy when everyone at the club is popping E, snorting coke, or injecting heroin or whatever, you just roll up and pull out your huge opium pipe like the good old days.
Christian Bale in a long black coat > Keanu Reeves in a long black coat.
Christian Bale did look awesome at the end, I like how he slowly let his hair grow out thoughout the whole movie while at the beginning it was only slicked back.
What the hell. I must watch this movie!
Ignore rottentomatoes, it is a pretty good movie. It's very 1984/Big Brother, plus its kung fu with guns.
Sometimes there are movies made that are just not for critics.
I was surprised to see that it only has an average of 36% there, its like, were they watching another movie?
well it would be pretty classy when everyone at the club is popping E, snorting coke, or injecting heroin or whatever, you just roll up and pull out your huge opium pipe like the good old days.
Exactly.
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Please tell me your thoughts on Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints.
Donnie Darko was a piece of trash and Boondock Saints was mildly entertaining if only for the scenes with the guy who played the Green Goblin in the spiderman movies.
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Please tell me your thoughts on Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints.
Donnie Darko was a piece of trash and Boondock Saints was mildly entertaining if only for the scenes with the guy who played the Green Goblin in the spiderman movies.
Donny Darko was a good movie and Boondock Saints was overrated but alright I guess.
And the words you're looking for are Willem and Dafoe.
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Please tell me your thoughts on Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints.
Donnie Darko was a piece of trash and Boondock Saints was mildly entertaining if only for the scenes with the guy who played the Green Goblin in the spiderman movies.
Curses, you did not fit into my internet movie stereotype.
Anyway, I'm totally awesome to hang out with, like MikeMan assumes.
Please tell me your thoughts on Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints.
Donnie Darko was a piece of trash and Boondock Saints was mildly entertaining if only for the scenes with the guy who played the Green Goblin in the spiderman movies.
Curses, you did not fit into my internet movie stereotype.
Anyway, I'm totally awesome to hang out with, like MikeMan assumes.
You know what really really pisses me off? When someone pretends to not-like or dis-like something that they do, in fact, like, to avoid being lumped into a stereotype.
What pisses me off even more? When someone tries to lump someone into a stereotype based on the fact that they like something, even knowing the person does not actually fit into the stereotype.
Church: I would argue that both heroin and opium are losing ground to prescription opioid abuse.
I have no idea what the drug climate in the west is like, except that cocaine is really popular and that meth is a growing problem. In the Caucasus the drug of choice was opium. If you did heroin or meth everyone knew you were in deep shit.
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To me, The Golden Compass was easily my favorite. I liked The Subtle Knife's introduction of Will, and I liked the dynamic between the two. The events that occurred in 2 were pretty dramatic, as well. Whenever I start thinking that nothing happened in TSK, I remember
and I realize it had some great parts.
The Amber Spyglass was... very different. Huge in scope, tons of new ideas introduced, incredible plot-wise, and yet as you said, it's a bit disjointed and muddled. Not easy to follow at some parts. The parts with the
So many powerful scenes in those books. I fucking adore them.
The Brothers specifically cited it as an influence. If you fail to see the similarities between the scenes, there is no helping you.
Ignore rottentomatoes, it is a pretty good movie. It's very 1984/Big Brother, plus its kung fu with guns.
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It's on the DVD commentary from memory. They really loved that movie.
Yes I can see similarities between the two scenes, but really, they aren't nearly as strong as the similarities between the matrix and equilibrium fights.
Sometimes there are movies made that are just not for critics.
Like every movie ever?
BUT HE SHOOTS HIS FRIEND THROUGH THE BOOK
CANT YOU SEE HOW MOVING THIS IS?
Man, you sound like you would be an uptight, boring person to hang out with.
Just sayin'
I was surprised to see that it only has an average of 36% there, its like, were they watching another movie?
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Exactly.
Please tell me your thoughts on Donnie Darko and Boondock Saints.
And could Chris Tucker be any more annoying? He is easily the most begging-for-a-punch-in-the-face "actor" I've ever seen.
Dyna strikes me as an awesome person to hang out with.
He was really good in Fifth Element, gotta love his character.
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He's here to stay. I might even link a little row of plushies, but it depends on my mood.
Donnie Darko was an okay movie and I haven't seen Boondock Saints.
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Donnie Darko was a piece of trash and Boondock Saints was mildly entertaining if only for the scenes with the guy who played the Green Goblin in the spiderman movies.
Is the book spot goes to the beach? WHAT IF IT WAS.
Donny Darko was a good movie and Boondock Saints was overrated but alright I guess.
And the words you're looking for are Willem and Dafoe.
I quite liked the Boondock Saints and Donnie Darko was alright. I mostly remember Donnie Darko for the Smurf fucking discussion.
Anyway, I'm totally awesome to hang out with, like MikeMan assumes.
THAT'S TAKING THE MIND.
Church: I would argue that both heroin and opium are losing ground to prescription opioid abuse.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
Except for the anal sex.
What pisses me off even more? When someone tries to lump someone into a stereotype based on the fact that they like something, even knowing the person does not actually fit into the stereotype.
Boondock Saints is probably cool to hate now because you can buy shirts of it from hot topic.
What the fuck are you thinking, M. Night Shamalamadingdong?
It's cool to hate because the movie managed to be completely uninteresting and poorly executed even through all the gunfights and bloodletting.
I have no idea what the drug climate in the west is like, except that cocaine is really popular and that meth is a growing problem. In the Caucasus the drug of choice was opium. If you did heroin or meth everyone knew you were in deep shit.