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I’m Going To Watch “The Golden Compass” When It’s Released
Posted by isecore on October 23rd, 2007
There’s a movie coming out in December called “The Golden Compass” starring among others Nicole Kidman. It’s apparently based on the first book in a trilogy by a british writer named Philip Pullman. So far I haven’t paid much attention to it, other than dismissing it as a Narnia-ripoff by some movie-studio, cynically designed to separate viewers from their money.
This was until about ten minutes ago, when I learned that Philip Pullman is a convinced atheist, and that the trilogy of books (called His Dark Materials) is the anti-narnia. Mr Pullman even went so far as to say that his books are about killing the image of God inside childrens minds.
I like him already!
Of course, this has got all the biblenuts panties in very large twists, and of course they’re outraged that someone has the temerity to dare to question their “thruth”, and are warning good bible-waving christians all over the world that OMG THIS MOVIE WILL CORRUPT OUR CHILDREN AND MAKE THEM REJECT OUR DEPRECATED RELIGION OMG.
I read the Narnia-books when I was a kid. I’ve read them at least once when I was an adult. Regardless of my age I always got annoyed that Narnia essentially was hidden propaganda for christianity and God. Thus, I like this Philip Pullman-guy a lot now, and I’m contemplating reading these books just to give support for him. I’ll probably watch the movie as well.
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October 23rd, 2007 at 20:15
I wanna sit next to you then.
And i promise, no dirty poking from my side this time…
October 23rd, 2007 at 22:28
I’m really looking forward to this movie as well. I’ve read the books (although it was many years ago) and I can recommend them wholeheartedly. A heavy message in a book for children. Amazing.
November 5th, 2007 at 16:09
I own the books. You can borrow them any time. They’re lovely.
November 5th, 2007 at 16:16
Awesome! That’d be extremely cool.
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