Grade 8 Movie review questions(The Golden Compas)

• In one or two sentences only, explain what the movie is about.
• What did the movie mean to you?
• Who invented the Golden Compass and why?
• Who is your favorite character in the film? Why?
• What do you think are Lyra’s best qualities?
• Does Lyra change and grow on the inside over the course of the film? How?
• What did Lyra do when she was afraid?
• If you could ask Lyra any question, what would it be? What would you ask Mrs. Coulter, or any of the characters?
• Do you think it is a good thing to ask questions? Why?
• Lyra is very curious in the film; what is curiosity? Do you think curiosity is a good thing? Why or why not?
• Why do you think God gave us the ability to ask questions and seek the truth?
• What purpose do the daemons serve in the story? What are they meant to represent?
• What do the scholars – and Mrs. Coulter – seek in the story? What will happen if they get what they want?
• If you read the book, how were the film and the novel the same or different? Which did you like more? Why?
• In the film it says that if a child’s daemon is cut away, then the Oblation Board will be able to raise a generation of people that will not ask questions about anything, including about their teachers and government. What do you think would happen in the world if children (or grown-ups) stopped asking questions?
• What do you think is the meaning of “dust”? What do you think it stand for in real life?
• If you don’t know the meaning of the word “Magisterium”, look it up. Do you think it is used properly within the context of the story? Why or why not?
• At the end Lyra says that “free will” is the most important thing. What does she mean by this?
• What does “free will” mean to you as a Christian? What is free will for? How and why do humans have free will? What happens when anyone misuses their free will? Where does our free will come from?
• How did the film make you feel? Did you like it? Why or why not?
• Create a diagram conflict between; the Protagonist and the Antagonist, the Antagonist with the Society, the Antagonist and Protagonist with the nature and with their own self (inner conflicts shown).