If I didn't know the story then I would enjoy this more. I'd do anything to have Dakota blue Johnson as Lyra again. I'm not sure on this new girl as Lyra. I find her more annoying than appealing as a main character, Ruth Wilson does well though as Mrs Coulter. Ma Costa I feel has been turned from a strong leader type into a sobbing mother. I am forgetting the story so that I can enjoy this more. But time will tell