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Question: the movie "the golden compass" is supposed to be written by an athiest, and based on his trilogy of childrens books in which the kids kill God in the end....I got the info from snopes.com.....anyone else know about this?
Answers: the movie "the golden compass" is supposed to be written by an athiest, and based on his trilogy of childrens books in which the kids kill God in the end....I got the info from snopes.com.....anyone else know about this?
This winter, “The Golden Compass” arrives in theaters, and so far it has been met with chilly accord because of its anti-Christian message. The film is an adaptation of the famous children’s novel of the same name by author Philip Pullman, a proclaimed atheist. Many critics have found his story to be an utter rejection of Christianity. In fact, the story is an antithesis of Christianity.
Pullman’s story in its entirety is entitled “His Dark Materials.” The “Golden Compass” is the first installment. The story revolves around the brazen orphan, Lyra Belacqua, and her attempt to save the children of Oxford from the villainous Ms. Coulter.
The characters exist in a different world, parallel to the world of the reader where humans can take the form of animals, called daemons. The daemons talk and think just like their human counterparts. Talking, armored polar bears, flying witches and warring airships are elements that will draw in audiences, especially children.
Pullman’s eloquence is at its best with clever pseudonyms for things that co-exist in both Lyra’s world and the readers. Religious allegories for the Catholic Church exist in the form of the Magisterium, an authoritative governing force that controls the law.
But to the casual reader, these religious undertones will be overshadowed by much of the fantasy action. The allegories grow less subtle with each installment of the trilogy. In the final installment, Lyra and her friend, Will, together travel to their universe’s heaven to kill “The Authority.”
Pullman is quoted in many interviews that the “His Dark Materials” trilogy, is an anti-Narnia series for children. In the “New Yorker” article “Far From Narnia,” Pullman is quoted saying that the C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia” are “morally loathsome.” Pullman will not win brownie points with Christian parents or fans of Lewis’ Narnia for such a comment.
Much of the religious material might not even make its way into the film. According to the United Kingdom’s Observer, “The original story’s rejection of organized religion, and in particular the historic abuse of power in the Catholic Church, has been altered to avoid offending followers of the faith in the UK and in America.”
Nicole Kidman, who is Catholic, portrays the villainous Ms. Coulter. She told “Entertainment Weekly” that she doubts the movie will have anti-Catholic material in it. “I wouldn’t be able to do this film if I thought it were at all anti-Catholic,” said Kidman.
If the filmmakers of “The Golden Compass” only make one installment of the trilogy, children and adults most likely will be fine, as the film adaptation has eliminated most of the anti-religious elements
Ive heard that too. The premise of the movie seems totally lame to me. Id save my money for almost anything else.
I have also heard about it and went to snopes to find out about it.... as a Christian I will not be going to see it , but to each your own.
Snopes.com is an urban legend website. Do you also believe it is bad luck to break a mirror and walk a path after a black cat has crossed it?
that sounds awful...im not seeing it
Wow i wish i saw that
it's based on philip pullman's wonderful series. the books are in no way demonic. ive read them and they're wonderful in the way that harry potter is wonderful.
The "God' in the story is an imposter. Pretty much like the
"real" one.
I'm glad I'm a heathen.
You probably should keep researching because all of this fussing is way offbase. If the movie is so awful, why didn't they protest the books? Do they not read books and only attack movies, as with "The Last Temptation of Christ"?
"The Golden Compass" is a fantasy novel. I'm not sure where they get "kill God". If they ARE Christian, don't they believe in an omnipotent God? How could he be killed? I don't understand where they're coming from, as the saying goes.
Read the book and/or see the film, and make up your own mind.
Remember the protest over "The Passion of the Christ"? They HATED it! Then, they saw the movie and embraced it.
FANTASY! so an author can write anything he wants it doesn't mean the movie holds it to the letter!