Posted on 12/06/2007 5:14:37 PM PST by dynachrome
Would you take your children to see "The Golden Compass?"
Yes
No
Maybe
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Percentage of 370 Votes
Yes 99 27%
No 256 69%
Maybe 15 4%
Choice Votes Percentage of 434 Votes
Yes 111 26%
No 302 70%
Maybe 21 5%
No running at 70%. Not bad.
Too bad there was no “Hell NO!!!” button, or I would have picked that!
Good News in re “Golden Compass.”
Bob Shaye’s Big Gamble Won’t Pay Off: ‘Golden Compass’ Looks Leaden This Wkd
My box office gurus are telling me that New Line Cinema’s holiday tentpole The Golden Compass is going to be a huge bomb. They predict an opening domestic weekend starting today only in the high $20s million from 3,528 theaters. That’s disastrous because, with a pricetag of $200+ million without P&A costs, the fantasy epic should be making a minimum $50 million debut. Not to mention that the studio has spent big bucks marketing the heck out of the PG-13 pic based on UK author Philip Pullman’s young adult book trilogy His Dark Materials.
Problem is, Golden Compass has sparked the ire of the Catholic League, which is calling for a boycott of the film by parents with children due to Pullman’s supposedly anti-Christian notions. It’s the kind of action rarely taken by the Catholic League against a movie, not even last year’s The Da Vinci Code. Worse, it cements Nicole Kidman’s status as box office poison.
The pic couldn’t even muster big audiences for its Wednesday overseas opening; it debuts day and date in 27 markets this weekend. So much for NL chairman Bob Shaye’s hopes for a fresh franchise. Seriously, he’s had so many disappointments at the box office month after month after month, year after year (everything in 2007 except for Hairspray) that he should have a big “L” for “Loser” branded on his forehead.
No doubt, that’s why New Line suddenly leaked this Sex In The City: The Movie trailer onto YouTube ridiculously early even though the chick flick won’t be released until May 2008. Even that is no reason to renew Shaye’s contract set to expire in 2008. After all, Time Warner is a public company, his New Line is no longer a private fiefdom, and he pisses away shareholder money.
“No” is up to 70%
So are the Harry Potter films. Didn't keep a whole lot of Christians from obviously enjoying them, including my family. I see a simple tale of good v. evil. When I leave the theater, I don't go home and catch up on spell casting or broom riding. I have read all of the Potter books and enjoyed them immensely. They haven't however, replaced my Bible. OTOH, the express purpose of the Golden Compass film is to draw the child into the books where the very concept of God is effectively challenged as a system of belief and with the intent to destroy Christian discipleship. That's pure evil.
Of course I would take my children to see the movie. The books are really good. I think the movie should be very good as well. I might go to see it twice! :-) Have a nice weekend. Enjoy your freedom.
“Pullman’s supposedly anti-Christian notions”
I don’t believe there is any supposedly about it!
I haven’t read them myself, but my 10-year-old daughter told me we need to get rid of our copy of his trilogy because it’s anti-God. Really angered her.
Maybe we did something right?
He has publically stated his anti-religious beliefs and wrote this trilogy to counter the “Narnia” books by C.S. Lewis.
Sounds like my daughter nailed it in one.
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