A Christian ex-girlfriend of mine read the His Dark Materials books and enjoyed them greatly.
A pity that some get offended by anything that offers a different point of view.
I’d read them before you accept someone else’s point of view. I’ve read them too. Good writing, first two. Totally hates Christianity. Hatred gets in way of writing in third one.
“A Christian ex-girlfriend of mine read the His Dark Materials books and enjoyed them greatly.
A pity that some get offended by anything that offers a different point of view.”
LOL, that is a great argument, but my mailman says that his nephew read them and that he didn’t enjoy them.
Does this apply to "Triumph of the Will", too?
I mean, really... it's just a movie.
I assume your ex is an adult.
Adults should be able to read whatever they like.
This movie is being shoved at kids.
Different ball game.
There's a large difference between "point of view" and political propoganda.
The only research I can claim is from looking over the reader comments on Amazon.com.
There are over a thousand reviews for “The Golden Compass.”
It drops off precipitously for “The Subtle Knife”
There is hardly anything for “The Amber Spyglass.”
From what I deduce the author starts injecting his rants in the second volume and plot and storytelling start to go out the window.
Plotlines and characters go all to pieces every which way in the Amber Spyglass and the author’s blatant, hectoring, christian-kicking take over completely. Few reviews of the 2nd book and none for the 3rd appear to be posted by web-savvy kids. Most people seem to quit reading partway into the 2nd book.
“A pity that some get offended by anything that offers a different point of view.”
A different point of view? The guy has said he wants to kill my God. You’re saying that as a Christian I shouldn’t find that offensive??
Slow down on the weed dude.
It is an even greater pity that some refuse to accept the author’s own words about his purpose in writing the trilogy. This is not up for debate. Pullman has said repeatedly that his purpose is to “kill God” and to destroy Christianity. That is not supposition. It is is his intent.
Since she is an “ex”, you must have both had problems with each other’s point of view!
The Bible says there are “Fake” Christian Girlfriends....
uh? A different "point of view" is it? OK. I guess Islam is a 'different point of view' too. Not quite the same but nonetheless each is able to kill in a way. Islam is more direct in it's hate and death dealing, but to reject the very notion of a God is also death. Death of the soul. It will kill this country if allowed to grow. And believe me, this movie is just another step in that direction. You need only go back 30/40 years or so and look at the movies being made then and look at the ones being made today to see what is happening. The movies being made today are for the most part junk with a POV that is anti-american, anti-God and pro-socialist/secular. Just MHO.