[Retired Greyhound]

With very few exceptions, I hope every movie bombs.

It’s just funny.

[Dan Middleton]

All other issues aside, this movie has the most unbelievably uninspired advertising campaign. The TV commercials are so generic it’s ridiculous.

[gridlock]

This was posted once, but it looks like that thread was pulled.

I do hope this follow’s sources are right, and this movie tanks. That would be a wake up call to Hollywood. At a minimum, it would ensure that UA does not have backing for a sequel.

[murdoog]

Pullman's supposedly anti-Christian notions.

Supposedly? I thought he was on record as wanting to undermine Christian belief.

[MaestroLC]

This movie on course to bomb. Fine by me.

Now let's make 'Narnia: Prince Caspian' out in May a hit...

[G8 Diplomat]

My box office gurus are telling me that New Line Cinema's holiday tentpole The Golden Compass is going to be a huge bomb.

Good. I saw the previews for that movie and it looked like one of the stupidest films ever made. And that was before I learned that it was anti-Christian. I hope it bombs out of theaters quickly. Don't waste your money and your time to see a piece of crap like that.

[MarkL]

Worse, it cements Nicole Kidman's status as box office poison.

I hereby offer my services to comfort Nicole Kidman...

Mark

[Tears of a Clown]

I saw the preview for that movie in november and it looked embarassingly dumb.

[FrdmLvr]

Bella, on the other hand, has been in theaters for weeks and has done pheonominally well, considering it had low distribution, snide reviews, and little advertising. People managed to find it anyway. I went with my teen aged daughter and she loved it—we both did.

[driftdiver]

“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.

[APFel]

Worse, it cements Nicole Kidman's status as box office poison.

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

[VOA]

(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)

[VeniVidiVici]

How can a cartoon cost $200mil to make?

[Othniel]

Compass, shmumpass! Check this out: http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=1355&dl=14478175

[HKMk23]

In other excellent movie news...

PIXAR’S "Ratatouille", starring the aspiring rodent chef, Rémy, is kicking Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Titanic” derriere in France.

[G8 Diplomat]

[L.N. Smithee]

If the third of the stories makes it to the screen, this is what the filmmakers are challenged with making palatable to a PG-13 crowd (from Entertainment Weekly, bold mine):

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...With success would come the handle-with-extreme-care challenge of adapting the next two books. Their ideas are more complex, the spiritual stuff more incendiary. In the third book, The Amber Spyglass, Pullman's slow-burning critique of religious dogma explodes with a Miltonian war in heaven. God is declared dead, hell is shut down, and two kids share an erotic encounter so magical it purges the cosmos of original sin...

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