Those seeking a treatise on religion, or against religion, will have to look hard to find it in The Buy Golden Compass blu-ray, a convoluted but eye-catching fantasy. An aura of disappointment takes hold midway into Golden Compass and becomes undeniable by the finish. the decision to tame the darker implications of the film feels driven by commercial concerns rather than demands of storytelling. The Golden Compass concludes in a way that left me feeling teased and cheated. For a film that supposedly promotes Atheism, at least its more entertaining than last years Christian allegory The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Golden Compass is one wordy endeavor, but it gallops to satisfaction, rising above significant adaptation odds to form a semi-coherent, lively fantasia of monsters and warriors.