Not sure about this...

I can't quite pinpoint why Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy made me uneasy... I knew they were very well written, but there was just something about them I couldn't shake. However, the movie looks like it's shaping up to be really cool. At least, from the website.

And the daemons are the coolest part! But why did I have to get the spider daemon? Why did it pick the one creature I couldn't stand hanging out with me all the time?