[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Golden Compass-Book Spoilers

[danielle dassero]

The 1st 2 books are tame religous wise, in the 3rd book the arthur kills god, well not really
he kills a woman who is pretending or thinks she is god, but she's not of course

Danielle


----- Original Message ----
From: Sharon Hayes <s.hayes at qut.edu.au>
To: "HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com" <HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 4:05:13 PM
Subject: RE: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Golden Compass

Tonks:
> Speaking of movies. Does anyone know what this movie means? I
heard
> that it was controversial, so naturally I had to see it. I sensed
some
> sort of religious theme, and maybe a slam against the RC church
> structure, but other than that I just came away confused. What did
it
> all mean?? Why is it controversial? Someone told me that there
were
> post about it on the net from the same sorts of people who are
opposed
> to HP. Maybe I should start looking around the net. Has anyone
here
> seen the movie?
>
> Tonks_op
>

bdclark0423:
I tried to read through the responses and intentionally avoided
anything with spoilers since I haven't seen the film yet. But I
didn't see anywhere it being mentioned that other than PP being
atheist being the conterversial issue. My mom, however, said that
this whole series of books was that the characters in the book
wanted to kill God and she would never endorse such a theme.

I could see how a fight against oppression, especially religion,
could be a theme that's contreversial, but to fight agains God, or
to want him to die, seems like a ludicrous plot (I mean, how could a
person kill a god....?)

anyway, I guess I should just see the movie and come to my own
conclusions before I condemn anyone. That was my advice to my mom,
before passing judgement, see what message is being conveyed to you,
and afterwards, whether you agree or not, it will only strengthen
your own beleif.

Sharon:
I saw the movie and thought it fairly harmless. It didn't appear anti-Christian at all to me, although I could see how you could liken the ruling organisation in it to the Catholic Church. They have similar characteristics such as similar hierarchy and loads of wealth and influence. The story (without spoilers) is basically about how a young girl goes off on an adventure to find truth. Truth, you see, is a bit of a casualty as far as the ruling organisation is concerned (which might be why some Catholics are so up in arms about the movie!). There's a bit of intrigue, and some great digital effects, and also I say YAY for a female hero!




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