The story was changed slightly compared to the book, but not too much.
The effects are magic!. The flow of the daemons in the film was almost completely convincing, however there were times when the speech of the animals had that typical “computer animated falseness” that you see in the cg cartoons.
Other than some minor CG blemishes, the realism is some of the most convincing.
The polar bear is completely lifelike and the animal morphing was magic.
Warning:- this post does not contain the films Goofs.
… now for Magic’s Technical Bit:
Director
Chris Weitz
Writers
Chris Weitz
Philip Pullman
Release Date
5 December 2007 (UK)
Genre
Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Thriller
Tagline
It is the Alethiometer. It tells the truth. As for how to read it, you’ll have to learn by yourself.
Plot Outline
In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.