Posted on 12/07/2007 10:40:07 AM PST by jimbo123
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.
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Kinda puts a dent in the whole "he's just an atheist" defense. Atheists don't believe there's any God to kill.
Pullman's doing the devil's work. He knows it and he's proud of it.
I guess they pulled it after the Lions disaster. Maybe they're getting the hint that being on the wrong side of the American people isn't the best place for an upstart (formerly great) studio to be.
“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.”
Nothing supposed about his anti-Christian notions. His dislike for Christians is well documented.
Now another stink bomb like the Iraq films from Summer 2007.
These people just don't get it. The purported stars of these movies are the children of former *mostly talented* actors and actresses. Their kids have zero talent. And, under ordinary circumstances wouldn't even be considered attractive.
LOL. I was just talking about Nicole Kidman after seeing the Golden Compass trailer on television. I mentioned that all of her movies are horrible.
My wife replied, "She was good in 'Days of Thunder'". Hahahaaaa... Sigh. APf
“Their kids have zero talent. And, under ordinary circumstances wouldn’t even be considered attractive.”
The miracle of makeup hides many many things.
>>Pullman’s supposedly anti-Christian notions.
>Supposedly? I thought he was on record as wanting to undermine Christian belief.
He is. Just like John Kerry is on record admitting to war crimes. But when has the MSM ever let such an inconvienient thing as truth get in the way of agenda?
(post from a previous thread)
Bumping for this PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
The film The Golden Compass STINKS!
You can save your money on this Golden Turkey even if you are
an atheist/agnostic.
We now return you to a thread on the ultra-right-wing website
www.freerepublic.com
(/sarc)
How can a cartoon cost $200mil to make?
Well, maybe they will just run themselves out of business. That would work for me.
Enchanted opened with a 50 million dollar box office it’s first weekend and has been number one ever since. Even without the promised Goofy short “How to Hook up your Home Theater”
Supposedly? I thought he was on record as wanting to undermine Christian belief.
Yes, he did say that on the record. But we shouldn't be too judgemental. At least that's what I'm told.
I can't wait to see it.
I happened to catch "Eve and the Fire Horse" on the Sundance Channel a week ago. It's one of the two or three best movies that I've seen in the last 20 years. I can't recommend it highly enough. How it got support from Redford is beyond me. But it even won a "Best of" at Sundance a year or two ago.
What can be dumber than a culture advanced enough to fly would do so in a boat?!!?
That movie should be PG-6
(Recycling is the new Religion.)
Do you notice that Recycling seems to be MORE EXPENSIVE than the old days of just trash?
Also, EVERYTHING made from recycled materials is more expensive than the old stuff?
It is getting so bad, that thrift stores have prices almost as high as new products, for things that are GIVEN to them.
What would this world be without MONEY.
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