While, yes, this movie took some shortcuts with adapting the novel, such as combining a few (novel) characters into a single (movie) one, and eliminating the not-too-subtle (novel) dissing of the Catholic church, and rearranging a bit of the timeline with regard to the timing of the Panserbjorne-king encounter, the rest of the movie kept very much to the novel's plot outline. I thought that Nicole Kidman knocked it out of the park in her role.
I watched the movie first, then read the novel, then watched the movie again. Having watched the movie the first time without having read the novel, I will say that I was utterly confused about what dust was and what The Magesterium was, neither of which the movie did a good job explaining. Having then read the novel, I didn't understand why Pan and Lyra couldn't have exposited on these two elements. As such, I recommend a read-and-watch pairing as the novel helps to contextualize the movie.
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While, yes, this movie took some shortcuts with adapting the novel, such as combining a few (novel) characters into a single (movie) one, and eliminating the not-too-subtle (novel) dissing of the Catholic church, and rearranging a bit of the timeline with regard to the timing of the Panserbjorne-king encounter, the rest of the movie kept very much to the novel's plot outline. I thought that Nicole Kidman knocked it out of the park in her role.
I watched the movie first, then read the novel, then watched the movie again. Having watched the movie the first time without having read the novel, I will say that I was utterly confused about what dust was and what The Magesterium was, neither of which the movie did a good job explaining. Having then read the novel, I didn't understand why Pan and Lyra couldn't have exposited on these two elements. As such, I recommend a read-and-watch pairing as the novel helps to contextualize the movie.