I've never been able to bring myself to watch The Golden Compass, no matter how good the film is I'm too attach to the books- like how I wish I hadn't read The Lord of the Rings before the three movies had finished, as I'd have been able to enjoy them more (although they still rule!).

I think it's a pity that animations (which aren't all cutesy and disneyfied) aren't made in the west- I think a lot of these would work better that way- sort of a western version of Miyazaki- when things can remain not quite real if you know what I mean.

I can comfort myself with the fact that they've never done Gormenghast at the very least- or the Jungle Book (because the Disney version doesn't count).