Excuse me for asking this but what is bad about the movie The Compass?? Chrisitans dont like the movie why?

Question

I havent really been paying attention to the news articles about it and I havent seen the movie but I have seen a few previews but previews didnt tell me much.

Sorry I didnt know it was a book series.

Okay I also didnt know that God gets killed in the last book.

Answer 1

The books were written by an atheist who publicly proclaims to convince young children that God is dead.

This author "hates" Christianity, most especially Catholicism. In the movies the villain is the Magisterium, which of course is the formal name for the Catholic Church authority representative. Next, the other villains include names like, "Fra" and priest and friars, which again are names of the ordained members of our priesthood. The setting of the movie replicates the piazza, and structure of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

The movie was watered down, but the books are outright targeted and bigoted towards all of Christianity with special emphasis on Catholicism.

At least he states his purpose for writing the books. He wants young children to believe there is no God.

Bigots are not my most admired authors. So I won't support his nonsense with my patronage or money.

Answer 2

For me, the bad thing about this movie is that it doesn't really get into the meat of the plot; only introduces it. The atheist message is very watered down, which makes the thing somewhat bland, to me. Also, we never get a clear idea of what Nicole Kidman's chracter's purpose and motivations are. Sure, she's evil, but why? Where's her husband? What does she want?

Last bad point: The ending credits song sucks rocks through a straw.

Good points:

The heroine, Lyra, is very likable, and her world is interesting, both visually and culturally.

Lyra: "I'm not a lady! You take that back!"

Nicole Kidman's character is CREEPY!

Awesome polar bear fights!

The witches are cool!

Sam Elliott - *swoon*

Some Christians don't like it because they think it's a threat to Christianity. The author of the novels the movie is based on is an avowed atheist who wrote his books to promote atheism.

I don't feel so threatened. I enjoyed the heck out of it. I think Mr. Pullman, the author, really needs to read 'The People' by Zenna Henderson. If he did, he might finally figure out what God isn't.

Answer 3

There is religious imagery in the movie that is blatantly anti-Christian. There are characters called daemons, pronounced demons that are portrayed as good guys, for one example. The author of the books (it's a trilogy) has also said that he is an atheist and wrote the books to show how foolish religion is. He has been quoted to say things anti-Christian, and because of that, Christians do not want to contribute their money to such an enterprise.

Answer 4

Its all mainly hype intended to get you to go see the movie.

Chances are any atheistic elements will go over the heads of most who watch the film. For example, did you know that Tolkien intended The Lord of the Rings to be a Christian epic? Most people don't. They just want to be entertained.

Frankly, I don't intend to see the film because I am already sick and tired of the commercials. :P

Note to Dee Emarr: Tolkien came and said that LOTR was a Christian epic, and since he was the author, I assumed he knew what he was talking about. See Humphrey Carpenter's biography if you don't believe me. Maybe you should do some research on your own before accusing others of slander erroneously. But see what I mean? You can know the story in and out and still not have a *clue* of what the author intended.

Answer 5

Because in the book version, the kids are on a mission to destroy a senile deity whose name is the same as that of the God of the bible, a task they accomplish.

You have to understand, Christians cannot exactly embrace a story in which their Godhead is killed. That would be like asking Muslims to line up for some film glorifying the exploits of Baldwin the Crusader, or asking Jews to line up for a Hitler biopic.

Answer 6

I saw the movie, without knowing that it was written by an athiest or anything (I am a christian btw) and it sucked.

there were too many holes, and frabkly, I do not understand the role of the ice bear, Ulrich ( a pathetic copy of Aslan, if you ask me)
plus, what. the HELL was "dust"? was that supposed to be "lust" ... or something? the entire movie was dumb and i was going to walk out (movie was taking too long, and I had to pee)

Answer 7

The books in which the movie is based is clearly anti-Christian and the author himself is a self-confessed agnostic.

I mean the evil organization is called "The Magisterium" which for Catholics is the teaching authority of the Church. Your soul is called a daemon which is an insult to Christianity because we believe that demons do us no good. I mean the book tells us that the '"dust" that allows man to think for himself flows through the daemon.

And one last, the sin of Layra's dad - one of the good guys - is heresy. It smacks right to the face of Christian belief.

Answer 8

The book itself promotes atheism. The girl has a mission to kill god. The catholics are worried that seeing the movie(which has no atheist themes) would lead kids to read the books. You do the math.

Answer 9

2 children kill a figure "head" of god, in the 3rd book, of which the movie is based off the 1st. book.

Answer 10

To Arundhati:

Tolkein a Christian Epic? How do you figure? it was based off of many different mythologies which he molded into his own world, with heavy Scandinavian influences. It was not by any means a Christian Epic.

However... i have not read much on the subject other than the book itself, and a little background on JRR Tolkein. So, if you have evidence that suggests it had Christian influences, then i invite you to submit them. Otherwise, don't slander such an epic with implications of Christiandom.