ALERT ALERT ALERT

[cleolinda]

Full Golden Compass trailer now online. (Hey! There's Christopher Lee!) As for voices you hear in the trailer, Kristin Scott Thomas will voice Stelmaria; Kathy Bates is doing Hester, as I'd already suspected (ETA: Huh. The clip I posted the other day isn't actually in the trailer); and as for the new Iorek voice that I, for one, was not all that happy about: " 'It was a studio decision…You can understand why you would cast Ian McKellen for anything,' Weitz told us. 'But letting go of Nonso was one of the most painful experiences on this movie for me. I need to say about Nonso that he is one of the most promising and soulful young actors I have encountered in England and I’ve worked here for quite a bit now and he’s actually in the next Mike Leigh…But it was, uh, that was kind of a dark day for me. I kinda wanna go out of my way to point out how much I love Nonso’s work. And that’s that.' " It just kills me because Kathy Bates is right for Hester, and I can totally see (hear?) Kristin Scott Thomas doing Stelmaria, but... McKellen is just wrong for Iorek. I love him, but... the voice they had in the earlier trailers was just so perfect.

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[live-in-morocco.livejournal.com]

as corny as this sounds, i got chills. i need to reread this book as soon as possible.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, I did too. I don't know if it was when they first showed Asriel's face during the northern lights scene, or "I'll never be yours!" or what. Of course, I'm a sucker for fantasy trailers anyway--I pretty much cried through every Narnia trailer I saw.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

My chill was at the very end with the rising music and Iorek and Iofur charging at each other.

[live-in-morocco.livejournal.com]

i think for me, the chill came at when they were showing the images in the dust coming out of the alethiometer. or when pan and mrs. coulter's daemon are fighting. definetly "i'll never be yours".

dear movie - get here right now please.