the reader was not amongst the family left after dinner. this then spurred a conversation about the book. His Dark Materials is the Golden Compass trilogy. the movie will be coming out this holiday season.
so what's the big deal you ask???
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a few of us received an email a month back about this exact book and movie and that it is based on anti-religious themes. now i am jaded, i don't believe ANYTHING i read in forwarded emails. i check my sources, usually Google it or go to http://www.snopes.com/ (all urban legends, fact and fiction).
it was true, this book is written by an avid atheist and is designed to look similar to the Chronicles of Narnia but in fact is completely opposite in story meaning. i have not read the book but am linking here to the snopes website so that you may evaluate for yourself.
since only a few of us had heard this info last night i though i might post some information that others may make educated decisions.
UPDATE:
Molly has given us a post to her husband's blog, he wrote an article about this. It was a very good article with many good points it is called :If you boycott the Compass, boycott Narnia and Star Wars too. happy reasearch ;)
7 comments:
Thank you so much for putting this on your blog! I too got an email about it's content and I did a little research of my own. As far as I have been able to tell, what we've heard about it is true and it seems they are being very sneaky about it's true content and the writers true intent in bringing this about as a harmless family movie. I remember seeing the first adds and thinking, "that looks like a cute movie".
Harry Potter it's not!
Sorry, I am going to have to give you a link to a more informed, and in depth post written by my husband on this topic, as at our house it is a heated one on the opposite end...
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=5132975&blogID=331856388&Mytoken=AC6A4180-F89C-4F41-BC9E70B0957A01EF54615502
if that link doesn't work, I can paste in the post, but it was lengthy, so let me know. thx.
thank you Molly, I appreciate a balanced view on anything.
I knew that since you are a liberal, and you understand reason and logic, I figured you wouldn't mind the reference. I just can't believe how many people will take a single email as gospel truth. OR that people will trust a single website to determine truth to less than open-minded emails. love ya.
VERY GOOD POINTS
I only know what I've heard from others on the movie. I too don't believe everything I read in emails. Actually, those emails that say FW. FW. FW. usually get deleted as they are not worth my time. Thanks for posting all this info. I think I'll research it myself. If we actually end up having TIME and desire to see a movie and that one looks appealing, I'll let you know what I think. If what I've heard about it is true, then we will simply sit down and discuss what we saw as a family. We never take our 3 yr old son to movies because he can't sit still and our 9 yr old son is old enough to know what's right and wrong but we'll still discuss it.
Thanks Jen. I appreciate your research. (I'm probably the one who sent you the e-mail).
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