whats going on with this golden compass movie? the question a few min ago was the first i heard of it.
2007-12-12 17:04:35 · 16 answers · asked by Zach 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
huh, i'll have to go see it. who wants to come with?
2007-12-12 17:12:03 · update #1
Apparently, I live under the same rock.
Just as I did with the Dan Brown "Da Vinci Code", I will hie myself to the library to check out Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, and any other book he has written.
The publicists know how to promote an author, don't they?
2007-12-12 17:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a controversy because in the movie there is an institution called the magestratium or something like that. It takes orphans and experiments on them in the north pole. Its supposed to represent the catholic church. many catholics are against the movie because some say it promotes aethiesm and anti-religion
2007-12-13 01:08:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The author of the book the movie is based on is an Atheist. His books are an alternative to C.S Lewis's allegory of Narnia. Some Christians don't like that.
Me? I love it :)
2007-12-13 01:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by booradley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For some reason, Christians, without ever actually seeing it, decided it was somehow anti-christian just because a known atheist wrote the book on which it was based.
2007-12-13 01:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The big controversy is that in the book(s) apparently God is killed in the end, or something.
I read they soft pedal this in the movie, but organized Christianity is raising a furor; hence its initial popularity.
2007-12-13 01:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by SJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might be called Nothern Lights in UK.
A movie based on 1st book of anti-religious trilogy by Pullman.
The "bad guy" in the movie is the all-powerful totalitarian church, so Catholics are taking it personally.
2007-12-13 01:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
From what I understand a bunch of parents are freaking out cause they think it will turn their kids into atheists. They must not have very much faith in their kids or their beliefs if they think that one movie will have that much impact on them.
2007-12-13 01:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by jenni p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patrick Star! There you are. Sponge has been looking for you. You and sponge just need to go see it for yourselves.Just a bunch of stupid controversy over nothing.
2007-12-13 01:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i live under a rock too but even ive heard of it .....ha ha. i dont know whats going on with it though since i find 98 % of all movies bad or mediocre.... not wasting my hard earned money on them.
2007-12-13 01:09:50 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what about it? the author is an agnostic who is very anti religion. in the movie they changed a lot of the dialogue that was adamently against the catholic church but it basically says that christianity is evil and everybody should revolt against it.
2007-12-13 01:07:38 · answer #10 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋