New Movie Poll: Which Do You Plan To See?

[ifyoucantfixit]

      I just went and watched the movie....Jesse James, and the Coward Bob Ford..It was spectacular..

Brad and Casey Afleck were both wonderfull.. I never thought, that I would  see Brad Pitt take on a

part where I dont see him, but the part he is playing..  he wears this suit like Ennis was worn by Heath...He is

wonderful...The cinematography is great, and the supporting cast is terrific also..It has several recognizable faces

that you will recognize, but probably be unable to name...But the entire project was very stark and believable...

[loneleeb3]

I chose Beowulf, The Mist and Sweeny Todd.
I read Beowulf when I ws about 5 and have always loved it!!
The mist was a great short story by Stephen King. Scary as hell!!
I have always heard about Sweent Todd as far as the Broadway show and HBO had a movie about it but i only caught bits and Pieces of it. So, thats what I'm looking forward to.
I didn't recognize many of the other's.
I just saw American gangster and it was awesome! Denzel is great! Not to mention  cute as hell!

[Meryl]

I'm itching to see The Golden Compass!  It's based on the book by Phillip Pullman, Northern Lights.  It may even be based on the entire trilogy His Dark Materials ... fantastic set of books, bizarre but brilliant!

I really don't understand why they've changed the title to the Golden Compass.  Lyra does come across this compass thingie and instinctively knows how to use it but it's such an obvious title, Northern Lights is much more subtle.

It's like Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone ... why did they change it to "Sorcerers Stone" for the American audience?  Do they think that Americans will be confused by the word "Philosopher"?

I'd be quite insulted if I were an American!!

Susie

Glad to know you're up on the Dark Materials trilogy, Susie! 

Regarding the name change, I think I can see why they changed the name to "The Golden Compass."  It just makes better sense with the other two book titles, each of which refers to a magical object.  IMO, the whole trilogy would fit under the name "The Northern Lights," actually, and might make more sense than "His Dark Materials," which only a small percentage of people would know comes from the Milton quote.

I think you're right that the Harry Potter name change is probably a matter of the publisher wanting to Americanize it.  Most kids wouldn't think of a philosopher as having anything to do with magic.  "Sorceror" sounds a whole lot juicier. 

[Scott6373]

I'm shocked..."Sweeney Todd" has the most votes