THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE (Hollyweird's new anti-God movie preparing to bomb?)

NY Post ^ | 12/2/07 | Sara Stewart

[jimbo123]

Is "The Golden Compass" a sinister piece of anti-religious propaganda, designed to convert impressionable young viewers into atheist heathens?

[jimbo123]

Hollyweird and liberal journalists are in a panic over impending $180 million flop...

[PeteB570]

The kids and I will wait until the second week to see it.

Don’t like waiting in long lines and we like to get good seats.

I don’t think we’ll grow horns or tails while viewing the movie.

[sionnsar]

We’re not going to see it.

[jimbo123]

The film's trailers strive to connect it to Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" (also New Line), but its closer thematic relative is C.S. Lewis' Jesus allegory "The Chronicles of Narnia." Pullman, a former teacher and stated atheist, has said that "His Dark Materials" was, in part, written to counter the overt Christian sentiment of the "Narnia" books - which the British writer has variously described as "infantile," "morally loathsome" and "nauseating drivel."

[Walkingfeather]

Again the best message to these film is no reaction just dont go. Producers only care about box office and merchandising, if you see a bunch of golden compass merchandise at the 99 cent store in july you will know it died a gruesome death.

[Mercat]

He’s anti C.S. Lewis, my favorite author so nope, not going to go.

[Kieri]

I read both “The Golden Compass” and “The Subtle Knife” several years ago and was appalled. The first was interesting enough for me to finish (although the themes bothered me) and the anti-Christian themes escalated the further I read.

I’ve explained to both kids why we wouldn’t be seeing the movie and they understand. Atheism is one thing but the blatant contempt for Christianity is a different issue. I’d rather not line Pullman’s pockets, so I’ll wait for the next Narnia films. A friend of mine is in England working on Narnia, and I’d rather give him some of my money instead.

[damondonion]

Doesn't really sound like a major assault on Christianity, more like an intellectual exercise which is not going to work out as a movie.

[VOA]

Hollyweird and liberal journalists are in a panic over impending
$180 million flop...

If it does flop, it will be interesting to see if some of the
evangelical atheists assert it was because the movie didn't
stay fully faithful to the atheist themes of the book.

[jalisco555]

Don’t like waiting in long lines and we like to get good seats.

I suspect that long lines and lack of good seats won't be a problem for this film.

[VOA]

Is "The Golden Compass" a sinister piece of anti-religious propaganda,
designed to convert impressionable young viewers into atheist heathens?

That...and more, I suspect.
It's a Trojan Horse, sufficiently sanitized in the hopes the
boxoffice will be large enough to green-light a film of the next
book in Pullman's trilogy.

It will be interesting if this will be a fat "Cash Cow" for succeeding
Pullman-based films with the atheism amped up more and more...
or if it will be a haggard, moribund steer that can
"hardly make it out of the gate".

[LdSentinal]

The left-wing Guardian gave it 4 stars, so you know it is liberal drivel.

I read the total budget for this anti-Christian propaganda is at $205 million.

[whitedog57]

I will wager that enough kids see it to make it a hit. Not many adults will see it, unless they are progressives (like some friends of ours who love Hillary, but can’t think of a single reason WHY they want her as President).

[Nuc1]

He is against forcing people to believe what you believe, and against accepting something you are told without thinking about it.

There. The director must not be a liberal, progressive, or commie, or democrat. Sorry for the repetition./s

[ari-freedom]

the idea is to get kids to read the book

[jalisco555]

I will wager that enough kids see it to make it a hit. Not many adults will see it, unless they are progressives (like some friends of ours who love Hillary, but can’t think of a single reason WHY they want her as President).

I predict a respectable first weekend gross followed by a steep dropoff once word of mouth gets going. I highly doubt this film makes a profit, given it's cost. As for your other comment, no one REALLY wants Hillary to be President. Once the aura of inevitabliity disappears her campaign will implode.

[Bringbackthedraft]

The young crowd will be awed by the special effects and won't even think anything about the underlying message. If there is enough action, no one will give any attention to the dialog. Much ado about nothing.

[fatima]

I don’t get why they invest money in projects like this.I wouldn’t if I was an investor.It is limping before it even comes out.

[Popman]

My local theater has one showing of the movie daily.

I guess it isn't drawing in the atheists by the thousands.

Pretty stupid if you ask me to do a movie which pretty much would offend about 90 % of Americans religious views, but hey, I'm not in Hollyweird, so what do I know?

[gotribe]

The author completely failed in his efforts to subvert Christianity in the book - good writer, bad athiest? It’s nothing but a fantasy. We’re seeing the movie this afternoon.