Out of a thousand … number 1 !! I’m 80 years old. And still can appreciate beautiful things. I also own well over a thousand movies on dvd and BluRay. If pushed I would place this movie, this story, and above all, the amazing, incredible, astonishing creativeness in the beautiful cinematography of this work as the most enjoyable, exciting one. It is number one. Most of the scenes are simply breathtaking in their originality, the vast grandeur, the variety of settings, and their core richness of concept. NearIy all the…

Great movie! I read the book series decades ago, and barely remembered the story line… so watching the film, I didn’t have expectations of seeing the entire story, since I can barely recall the story. That said, there were enough familiar elements to feel like it was true to what I remembered. The books were controversial at the time, because they appeared to be critical of religion. The ‘daemons’ were the manifestation of a person’s soul, but in the books, they were physical and the person could talk to…