Hyping the Willful Rebellious Liar: “The Golden Compass”
By Dr. Ted Baehr, Publisher of MOVIEGUIDE®
Special to ASSIST News Service
HOLLYWOOD, CA (ANS) -- Despite the hype, “The Golden Compass” is a mediocre movie with lots of eye candy and too many boring speeches. However, given the promotion budget, many people will see the movie and probably will forget how dull the first two-thirds are, because the battle sequences are so engaging.
Without going into the review of the movie (that you will be able to access on http://www.movieguide.org the day the movie opens), it is important to understand what’s wrong with children seeing “The Golden Compass.”
While most commentators are focusing on the atheism and paganism in the book, the movie has been slightly toned down so that the more troubling elements are the person of the heroine herself and some of the movie’s themes.
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