Elf Sternberg

I went into the film knowing it was very imperfect and basically enjoyed the pretty images and Richards' delightful Lyra. I knew they chopped off the ending, so that didn't surprise me (although it was a little disappointing).

I find it strange that New Line believed they had to make so many drastic changes to the story in order to make an "American" film of it. You'd think that the thousands of fans of the books would be expecting a film without watered-down philosophies and ideas. It reminds me of when Hollywood wanted to make a film of Terry Pratchette's book "Reaper Man" and asked him if he could write a script for it without the Death character.

(Oh, and one final nitpick - If I was an armored bear and some random little girl told me my armor was hidden someplace in town, why in the world should I believe her?)