I sort of touched on "The Golden Compass" in a different thread, but thought if I were going to say anything about it... I'd better put it in its own thread!
A lot of people may not know a lot about the movie, and probably even less about the books... but as a courtesy, I will divulge some info about it.
In the books of which this movie is based on, the two kids are going to kill "God" (this occurs in the last book - I believe there are three books). This IS only a story, and it IS (now) only a movie... but the story IS very ANTI-CHRISTIAN/ANTI-RELIGION! Whether you believe in God, Allah, "Buddha" - or any other deity... this movie is pretty-much against all that. The story is candy-coated to make "God" look like the bad guy. The kids kill God, so they can do whatever they want. Makes me think back to the Menendez brothers murder trial.
Anyway, knowledge is better than ignorance. I'm not saying that atheists don't have a right to
not believe in a higher power. I'm just letting people know what the movie is about. If I were a cowboy, and I got duped into seeing "Brokeback Mountain" (if not previously knowing about the story)... I'd be pretty upset!
For those of you who are religious, and if you are/were contemplating seeing "The Golden Compass" (especially for those of you who have kids that want to see it)... keep in mind that by the third movie, the truth in the story will be evident! I know it has that "Chronicles of Narnia" look to it... but if you look closely, the production value is not nearly as good (I've seen several high-def trailers for it, and visually... I'm not impressed).
Food for thought...
P.S. I'm saving my 10 bucks for the movie that comes out next week: "I am Legend!"
