Good Movies - December 2007

The Golden Compass

Hot on the heels of the Chronicles of Narnia movie, which was hot on the heels of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, comes The Golden Compass, based on the first book of the His Dark Materials series by British fantasy writer Philip Pullman.

 While this might seem like just another CGI popcorn flick for the holiday movie season, this particular YA-novel adaptation is pretty controversial. Why? Well, poke around on the Internet, and you can figure it out.

Other beloved books morphing into movies recently (and soon)…

* The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black

* The Seeker: The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper

* Beowulf  (check out the graphic novel by Gareth Hinds)

* Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

* I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

* The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

* Atonementby Ian McEwan (for older teens - it’s not an easy read)

* No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (again - for older teens)