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Webslinger
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 Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Yikes, did the fan base really dislike it that much?
I thought it was good, but then again, I haven't read any of the books.
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Squee
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Webslinger wrote: Yikes, did the fan base really dislike it that much?
I thought it was good, but then again, I haven't read any of the books. Lots of fake F's from some certain religious folk maybe? _________________Setting most people on fire is wrong.Proud Founder of the "Community of Squee." 
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film-lover
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Religious freaks, I'm sure that's what is the cause of the low grade.
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Corpse
Don't Dream It, Be It
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass film-lover wrote: Religious freaks, I'm sure that's what is the cause of the low grade.
And the C is going to be hard to judge because it's obviously skewed from the fake F's that outweigh the fake A's in this case. I think it's safe to say it wouldnt be a C if it didnt have the controversy against it in this case._________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
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Chippy
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass It's anti-religion?!?
I SO need to see this!!!
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Corpse
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Golden Compass - 2097 (796), +143 (+64), C
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
"Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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neo_wolf
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass But if you go to the critics forum most posters from this site have been giving it similar grades, not to mention film critics, so i dont think its just because of religious folks.
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Jedi Master Carr
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass I think its a B- without the religious hatred. Which is okay but not great. I know a lot of the fans are disapointed so that could play a role too. So what are we looking at? What is a good comparison in terms of numbers?
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DIB2
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Golden Compass - 2272 (828), +175 (+32), C
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xiayun
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Passion of the Christ had a ratio of 249.69, and I think TGC could approach that ratio. I'd say around $10m.
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Shack
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass I barely noticed the anti-religion in the movie at all, I had to read up on it after to see what they were mad about. Religious groups are nuts.
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Jiffy
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Shack wrote: I barely noticed the anti-religion in the movie at all, I had to read up on it after to see what they were mad about. Religious groups are nuts. I hear it gets a lot more pronounced as the series goes on.
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BJ
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Jiffy208 wrote: Shack wrote: I barely noticed the anti-religion in the movie at all, I had to read up on it after to see what they were mad about. Religious groups are nuts. I hear it gets a lot more pronounced as the series goes on. oh it does  11m+ opening day fo sho. _________________The Force Awakens
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xiayun
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Golden Compass - 2309 (863), +37 (+35), C+
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DP07
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Munkatouille wrote: It's anti-religion?!?
I SO need to see this!!! I'd bet you are the biggest religious nut on the forum, and you do this to make atheists look bad.
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billybobwashere
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Two things really screw up that grade: the religious fanatics and the book fanatics. RFs gave it an F without seeing it, and BFs were generally disappointed with it. However, non-readers and non-freaks (  ) have given this quite a solid response from what I can tell. My friends liked it - even though they were skeptical before seeing it - and I know a few adults who found it to be very entertaining. The grade moved up to a C+, meaning more of the general audiences are grading it, and I'm guessing it'll end around a B- when all is said and done. hopefully this'll hold nicely [40% drop?] next weekend. Maybe with IAL/AATC it'll be more like 45%, but as long as it stays under 50%, it's in great shape to pass $100m [considering it took Eragon a 70% drop second weekend drop to "only" manage a 3x multiplier, a 4x multiplier seems more than likely at this point for TGC...i'm hoping it comes closer to 5x, but maybe the WOM is worse among general audiences than it was with the people I asked]. _________________ Retroviral VideosA film-based project created for the purpose of helping raise awareness about HIV/AIDS, specifically in South Africa.
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Zep
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Perfect Holiday has 37 user reviews and a B+. This says nothing about it's weekend, but Wed. and Thurs. are going to be brutal.
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Corpse
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass eternity wrote: The Perfect Holiday has 37 user reviews and a B+. This says nothing about it's weekend, but Wed. and Thurs. are going to be brutal. _________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
"Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Zep
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass Corpse wrote: eternity wrote: The Perfect Holiday has 37 user reviews and a B+. This says nothing about it's weekend, but Wed. and Thurs. are going to be brutal. Right now it only had 43 user reviews and a B+. This is going to get less than a 100,000 opening day. _________________
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Corpse
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass eternity wrote: Corpse wrote: eternity wrote: The Perfect Holiday has 37 user reviews and a B+. This says nothing about it's weekend, but Wed. and Thurs. are going to be brutal. Right now it only had 43 user reviews and a B+. This is going to get less than a 100,000 opening day. _________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
"Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Corpse
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Perfect Holiday 45 (6), B+ I'll stick to the 325-375K.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
"Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Corpse
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass The Perfect Holiday - $385,000
 First time actually going back and using other films to predict a range.
_________________Japan Box Office “Gods are great ... but the heart is greater. For it is from our hearts they come, and to our hearts they shall return.”
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
“You have to pretend you get an endgame. You have to carry on like you will; otherwise, you can't carry on at all.”
"Paper is dead without words / Ink idle without a poem / All the world dead without stories."
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Jonathan
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass I Am Legend 140 (94) +0 (+0) B+ Alvin and the Chipmunks 9 (10) +0 (+0) A- Very, very clogged at the moment.
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Kitana
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - I am Legend, Alvin lol at alvin and the chipmunks...A- hehe.
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xiayun
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Re: Yahoo Review Thread - The Golden Compass I Am Legend - 515 (122) ,+375 (+28), B+ Alvin and the Chipmunks - 200 (19), +191 (+9), B- (down from A-) I was thinking of 90 for I am Legend and 70 for Alvin and the Chipmunks. Looking rather good for Chipmunks.
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