the golden compass (the movie) godd or bad?

Question

this movie is stupid if you dont believe in god fine but dont ruin it for others. i meant if you dont believe in god why try and kill him

it is based on a book and if yu read the rest of the series in the end they tried to kill god.. and if you watched the interview with the author would see that the author thinks believing in god is stupid

i am not saying that other people dont have to watch i am just asking your opinion and at the end of the book it does try to kill god. and i watched the interview with the author and he says that is stupid make your kids believe in god. and you dont have to believe in him if you dont want to but why put down other peoples beliefs. that is all i am saying

Answer 1

My family will NOT be seeing this film. First of all - my main objection to this movie is that the theme and purpose is underhandedly hidden and attempted to be passed off as a movie for children. Although in some of the answers to this question we are told that the atheists don't "react" to Christian and Jewish productions, I beg to differ. I can't think of any Christian films that attempt to "hide" their theme or purpose. These same people are the first to insist that our nativity scenes be removed from public view and insist that prayer and any form of religious reference be removed from our schools. They are angered that all of us won't blindly submit to their insistance that we become like them and they loudly voice their opinion while calling Christians and Jews violators of "their" rights. They want to take away our choice to worship and display our faith while they expose theirs regularly and expect us to just take it and not react or complain. If we do react and stand up for OUR rights, they call "foul" and hire an attorney or the ACLU. Unfortunately, the land of the "free" is not so "free" anymore if you are God-Fearing. "In God We Trust" was once our country's theme and now these people who fear us are being given more rights than those of us who stand firm in the faith that made this country what it was and what it should be again (if we continue to stand up and not fold under pressure and political correctness). The atheist community won't be pleased until our coins read more like "In NO God we trust".
I also believe the reaction is a "UNrighteous indignation" because they had hoped they could "slip this one by us" and spoon feed our children these submessages under the disguise of an innocent fantasy movie, even releasing it during the month of our most precious Christian and Jewish Holidays. That is NO mistake, it is just another attempt to slap us in the face (or more like a sucker punch as they had hoped we wouldn't discover the underlying theme of this trilogy).
Research this issue online and you will find atheist websites glowing over the movie, others will try to play down the purpose of the movie and still other atheists are disturbed that it isn't MORE blatant as to the anti-God theme. Check also snopes.com and you will get a more accurate idea as to the underhanded purpose of this movie; to distort the minds of our children towards thier views, yet they cry foul if we expose their children by daring to pray in public or in school or to even say the pledge of allegiance because of the "one nation under God" phrase. It is very sad that the very rights that they hold up as constitutional and deserved (but yet want to deny us) are the rights that were given to them by our GOD FEARING and GOD TRUSTING forefathers.
I am not an extremist either, but I don't like it when others expect more respect and rights than the rest of us and I do not like the underhanded attempts to slip this message through to our children. Boycotting this movie is an important stance that should be taken by Christians and Jews as well as anyone else who believes that our children should not be fed subliminal messages in such an underhanded, distorted manner under the disguise of "friendly fantasy".

Answer 2

The man who wrote the books is an atheist, who is attempting to interest children in his philosophy. He makes the books very appealing, with alternate universes and talking animals. The heroine of the story is a compulsive liar. The hero is a murderer. Little by little, children are seduced into Pullman's philosophy, just as millions of people are seduced into taking drugs. Yes--I've read the books. The first two were innocuous enough, though they presented everyone in the church as evil, witches as good, and turned everything upside down. By the time I got to the third book, it was obvious that something was very wrong. The children kill God and become the new Adam and Eve. This is metaphorical. You can't kill God, but you can kill belief. Pullman is trying to kill belief in innocent children, (and unknowing adults) who will read the books or see the movie and think--there's really nothing wrong with this--it's "just a story". The Golden Compass isn't "just a story." It's propaganda for an atheist belief system.

Answer 3

1) It's not even out till Dec 5th.

2) The character that claims to be 'God' is an angel that, by the time of the books, has fallen into senility and is held prisoner by the regent Metatron who has usurped the throne of Heaven. He does not die, he is merely released from his prison inadvertedly by the main characters and becomes one with the universe again after his coporeal shell dissolves. Basically, God does not die nor is he killed.

3) It's fiction. Who cares?

4) The only reason you're complaining is because you've been told to. You've read a review or preview by a spin doctor, or the article on Snopes which contains a lot of heresay and half-truths, and you've run with it.

5) Beowulf also contains slight anti-Christian content - believers in Norse gods being asked if perhaps praying to "this new god, this Christ Jesus" for help - why aren't you boycotting that? It's aimed at kids, despite the blood, violence, profanity and nudity.

Answer 4

I don't know whether the movie is good or bad not having seen it. But I've read the books and I know they are good. If you don't like fantasy, don't go.
What makes you think the god they kill is the christian god? It is some imaginary god. There are certainly similarities with the christian god but there are also differences. Just as in any fiction there are similarities to the real world and differences. And if you read the book, as far as I remember they don't kill god, they just let some air get into the glass bubble that particular god is kept in and he disintegrates by himself.

Why do you try to put down the author's beliefs? You should practice what you are preaching.
You are basically saying "everybody who disagrees with me is mean".

Answer 5

1 - It's fiction.

2 - The movie's not even out yet. I loved the book (at least the first one), and hope they don't screw it up.

3 - The movie and book are not atheistic. You cannot kill something you don't believe in. The author himself is certainly an atheist, but if God actually appears in a book or movie, it is by definition not atheistic, even if He is the bad guy.

Answer 6

No this is not true, people are saying that the movie is about killing god and that the film-makers are Atheists (which means they dont believe in God) and they are supposedly trying to promote it but that is a lie. I personally want to see the movie because I wanted to prove to people that the movie is not about that kind of thing. I have read the entire series of "Golden Compass" books and not once do they mention God, much less try to kill him. It is a very good movie and just because people gossip about things like that does not nessesairly mean thats true. I promise to you my "theory" is the 100% truth.

Answer 7

Personally, If I want to Watch Polar Bears, I will either Go To a Zoo or Watch Them On The Nature Channel.

Answer 8

First of all.

That movie has removed ANY references whatsoever to the Church and God, for fear of upsetting people just like you.
IT IS FICTION.

Second, the books themselves are not an attack on Christianity, they are a comment on the way that the truth can be distorted by people that are evil anyway.

So before you come on here, spouting about something you don't understand, try and learn something about it first.

Answer 9

Are you saying that just because a movie doesn't support your spiritual views it is bad?

As far as I am aware, for none of us, NOT A ONE, has seen this movie, your views are merely NOT A PART of the movie and the views of others are.

How very immature to decide, without seeing a movie, that since it does not support your views it is BAD.

Do you also use this litmus test to decide what restaurants, busses, cars, grocers, etc., you frequent? Do you phone them up and go "if your grocery store does not promote Christianity I am not going there!"

Honestly. Grow up.
The existance of other beliefs does not invalidate yours unless you decide so, and if you decide so you are deciding to be offended, and then it's no one's fault but yours.

Anyone who is offended by a movie for children, with a pg-13 or lower rating, who has not seen that movie, merely because it does not represent their religion needs to GROW UP.

Answer 10

It's just a movie, sweetie, a concept. If you are so offended by it then don't pay money to see it. I think it looks interesting.

Re: "if you don't believe in God fine but don't ruin it for others"
If you don't agree with the movie, fine but you have just ruined it for others by spoiling the ending.