Movie Warning: The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass is a movie that is coming out early December of this year. It looks like it will be a very enjoyable fantasy movie, and it is being made into a trilogy, so it should be a great series.

Or maybe not...

I got this warning today in an email that directed me to the snopes.com page about this movie. Here is what the movie is really about.

[Collected via e-mail, October 2007]

There will be a new Children's movie out in December called THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It is written by Phillip Pullman, a proud athiest who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C. S. Lewis's Chronical's of Narnia and has written a trilogy to show the other side. The movie has been dumbed down to fool kids and their parents in the hope that they will buy his trilogy where in the end the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. Nicole Kidman stars in the movie so it will probably be advertised a lot. This is just a friendly warning that you sure won't hear on the regular TV.

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[Collected via e-mail, October 2007]

I don't just generally dismiss a movie or book just because someone 'says' it's meant to be something else...but this is worth knowing if you plan to see it (or plan to take your kids).

"Hi! I just wanted to inform you what I just learned about a movie that is coming out December 7, during the Christmas season, which is entitled THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It stars Nicole Kidman and it is directed toward children. What is disturbing to me is that this movie is based on the first of a trilogy of books for children called HIS DARK MATERIALS written by Philip Pullman of England.

He's an atheist and his objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. I heard that he has made remarks that he wants to kill God in the minds of children, and that's what his books are all about. He despises C.S. Lewis and Narnia, etc. An article written about him said "this is the most dangerous author in Britain" and that Pullman would be the writer "the atheists would be praying for, if atheists prayed." Pullman said he doesn't think it is possible that there is a God and he has great difficulty understanding the words "spiritual" and "spirituality." What I thought was important to communicate is what part of the agenda is for making this picture. This movie is a watered down version of the first book, which is the least offensive of the three books. The second book of the trilogy is THE SUBTLE KNIFE and the third book is THE AMBER SPYGLASS. Each book gets worse and worse regarding Pullman's hatred of God. In the trilogy, a young girl becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle against a nefarious Church known as the Magisterium. Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity as "a very powerful and convincing mistake." As I understand it, in the last book, a boy and girl are depicted representing Adam and Eve and they kill God, who at times is called YAHWEH (which is definitely not Allah). Since the movie would seem mild if you viewed it, that's been done on purpose.

They are hoping that unsuspecting parents will take their children to See the movie, that they will enjoy the movie and then the children will want the books for Christmas. That's the hook. Pullman says he wants the children to read the books and decide against God and the kingdom of heaven.

If you decide that you do not want to support something like this, I suggest that you boycott the movie and the books. I googled a synopsis of THE GOLDEN COMPASS. As I skimmed it, I couldn't believe that in a children's book part of the story is about castration and female circumcision.

After that, snopes goes into some details about the facts of these claims. You really should check it out.

http://snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

Spread the word, don't let people support this movie.

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Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum

So I went to see The Bourne Ultimatum today... and here is what I though about it

I will start out by saying, this is an awesome movie, and if you have watched the other movies in the Bourne series, this is a must see. I don't recommend that you see this movie until you have seen the others, since it is heavily driven by the previous story line.

First, what I didn't like about this movie. The lack of a tripod. Come on, in this day and age in the movie making industry, you do not have to hold the camera in your hand when filming. They have this thing called a tripod. Yes, this simple, inexpensive (I bought one for $15!) device, would improve this movie greatly. Most of the action sequences I had a hard time seeing what was going on, who was doing what or who was winning. A lot of it was blurry and hard to follow, especially on the big screen.

Pretty much every fight scene in a movie is heavily choreographed to make it intense and realistic, but with this camera method, of everything being shaky, it's pretty pointless. Having an up close and shaky shot, is an okay method to use sometimes, but not all the time! Some movies are so bad that it is not watchable, it gives people headaches and makes them motion sick even. This new method of making movies needs to be turned down a bit, and not used as the standard.

That being said, here are the good points of the movie.

The action sequences are exciting, edge of your seat type. If you like James Bond or other action movies, add this movie to your list. Lots of car chase scenes, car wrecks, shotting, fighting, and pretty much anything else they could throw in there to add to the excitement.

The story line is excellent; it isn't just a story line that focuses on action (like The Marine.. dumb movie) but instead the story line is thought provoking and intriguing. They do a good job of tying the other movies together and adding closure. Although you are not told exactly what happens to Bourne, there is enough closure that it makes the movie series feel complete. Another positive aspect of the story line is that it is not entirely predictable. There isn't a lot of twisting plot lines (where you don't know who is good or bad) but there are several scenes where you don't know how it's going to end up until close to the end. Personally I like movies that are not entirely predictable.

There were plenty of different landscapes in the film, from New York City to Spain, and other countries.

Well, I don't want to say too much to give away the story, so I will just end it here.

Overview:
Great movie, great action scenes, and a great, mostly unpredictable story line, adding closure to the series. The only downside is the shaky, tripod-less camera work. So if you are not the type of person to get motion sick easily, go see it! And if you are the type that gets motion sick, wait until it comes out on DVD, then see it.

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