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I believe it’s being made by Walden Media; who gave us Narnia. I have been hearing that Pullman’s anti-Christian themes have been totally bleached out. That it’s just a rousing fantasy flick.
There’s a couple of good articles on “The Golden Compass” in the latest issue of This Rock magazine (December, 2007), but unfortunately they don’t have it on-line yet.
It is deliberately designed to undermine Christianity. Even if the movie draws back from that, it will be dangerous if it sends kids to the books.
Also, the anti-Christian bias is not very evident in the first volume, but grows as the trilogy progresses. Also deliberate, so kids will be drawn in before they realize what they are getting into.
http://www.crossroad.to/articles2/007/compass-pullman.htm
More here about the movie. This is a very good article at the link.
More movies like Apocolyptica need to be made, about the wonders of pagan cultures.
A Catholic perspective on the crusades would be nice too.
Or how about a story about a Catholic missionary converting Northern European pagan kings, without threatening to slit their throats.
A science fiction alternative universe dystopia about a world where Jesus was never born.
How many kids asked to read The Trilogy Of The Ring? and saw what it really meant after seeing the movie. And how many of them actually read a book that is not required by the school they attend?
I’d be interested to know from parents how many of their kids voluntarily ask their parents...”Please buy me this book to read because I see a deeper meaning in the movie.”
It might get their attention if it were written in “internet-speak”. TGLDNCMPS
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He leaves a question that’s needing to be begged. If he does believe that there is no “God”, but just a very powerful and hateful angelic being that filled a power vacuum, who is to say that the angelic being that filled the vacuum wasn’t good?
I’m with Chuck on this.
The last thing you should do is cringe and censor. By all means read through and discuss the books.
Furthermore, if I were a crafty Hollywood director seeking to gin up maximum publicity for a harmless kid’s adventure movie...
As far as I can tell, in the movie the bad guys are called “The Magisterium.”
Big. Deal. Didn’t our own beloved R.A. Heinlein set at least one of his novels in a period when earth was dominated by an oppressive theocratic state?
At least we know the usual suspects will knee-jerkingly cover it with glory, assuming—sight unseen—it to be christian-kicking.
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