Knobbygirl Über Alles

Sugar Tits Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 1452

LemonyMelanie wrote:

I just received an email from one of my friends with a copy of the a review of the Golden Compass

Here is a link if you want to read it

I do not believe the reviewer's concerns are as critical as he makes them out to be, but the review was well thought out and intelligently written.

More fodder for discussion . . .

the Archbishop of Canterbury believes that the books (if not the movies) are more of an attack on dogmatic religion and its authoritative institutions than it is on the Christian faith.

that said, the author, Phillip Pullman, is on my "wag of the finger" list because he attacked C.S. Lewis' Narnia books as racist, which I don't see at all. I'll be watching the movie, but i'm going to look for a good movie by a good director, not to support the writer.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:37 pm

LemonyMelanie wrote:

I've read The Golden Compass, and I'm halfway through The Subtle Knife. They are very engrossing, and the world he creates for his characters is amazing.

I completely enjoyed the series and I hope the movie can capture the excitement the book made me feel.

I would encourage everyone to read the series if you like books of the science/fantasy genre.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:43 pm

LemonyMelanie wrote:

I just received an email from one of my friends with a copy of the a review of the Golden Compass

Here is a link if you want to read it

I do not believe the reviewer's concerns are as critical as he makes them out to be, but the review was well thought out and intelligently written.

More fodder for discussion . . .

Wow! Except for his dashes to Narnia, Pullman just went up several notches in my book. The article writer's quotes were meant to show how Pullman is attacking Christiantity, but it showed me that Pullman is helping Christianity grow up.

I think smart Christians will take the books as an opportunity to re-evaluate which parts of their church's belief system they believe in...

Ya know... that makes me think. Maybe that's why Catholics are so open and accepting.

Maybe the fact that "cafeteria Catholic" and "non-practicing Catholic" and "Easter and Christmas Catholics" are accepted terms explains why Catholics are more accepting and loving. The religious organization has channels of dialogue that allow for their organization's beliefs to be picked and chosen from. Very few other religious organizations are so open (albeit none would admit to that; I'm just looking at what's in practice by the general populace.) Maybe that acceptance makes Catholics more accepting in general.

I'm just speaking in stereotypes above. I realize that the individual Catholics span the whole spectrum.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:54 pm

I just left some of my dark materials in the Chicago Reclamation District.

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 12:25 am

Movie wasn't very good.