Boycotting 'The Golden Compass'

[jekajekalynn]

Well...no one will have to worry because apparently it bombed at the box office anyways..

Anywho, I am boycotting it. Not because of religious reasons but because I am sick of the lack of imagination in Hollywood today ever since LOTR and Narnia that EVERY production company is putting out a fantasy movie every week.

"Lesse...One -insert overly cutesy child into movie with CGI animals. Two- mix in a relativly known celeb and viola!!"

 

[TLSnell1981]

You mean read the misquotes and outright lies that one man (yes the Catholic league or what ever he calls himself is one man).

What ulterior motive? To not blindly follow corupt leadership?
How is that motive/lesson a bad thing?

I guess everyone misquoted Philip Pullman....even the NYT!! I don't think it's any surprise that those who didn't like the religious aspect of Narnia or The Passion of Christ, are falling over one another to defend this movie. Many called for a boycott of TPoC. A movie that cost $25 million to make and grossed over $370 million in the US...over $600 million world wide. Narnia cost $180 million to make. It grossed over $290 million in the US and over $748 miliion worldwide. TGC ...$180 million to make this film. Weekend revenues, $26 million US.... $55 million worldwide. The numbers used are box office revenues. The concensus is the "compass" isn't "golden". I guess the revenues will be the bottom line.

 

[sha_lyn]

Boycott
from yahoo online reference:

To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

 

[TLSnell1981]

So let's say in conversation someone ask "are you going to see Godlen Compass"
Person 1 answers "no, I'm not interested in seeing it"
Person 2 answers "I refuse to go see any move that attacks God and so should you. If you take your children, you will corpt their souls"

See the difference?

Person 3 answers: I have no desire to see or take my children to a movie that is based on a trilogy that is anti-God. The movie has been watered down and many unsuspecting parents may purchase a series of books they have no idea what the message truly is. Yes, we have a right to expose our children to whatever beliefs we so choose. I so choose no to support The "GODLESS" Compass.

 

[sha_lyn]

Person 3 answers: I have no desire to see or take my children to a movie that is based on a trilogy that is anti-God. The movie has been watered down and many unsuspecting parents may purchase a series of books they have no idea what the message truly is. Yes, we have a right to expose our children to whatever beliefs we so choose. I so choose no to support The "GODLESS" Compass

Person 3 then would be grossly misinformed, ignorant or a right out lier

 

[sha_lyn]

I guess everyone misquoted Philip Pullman....even the NYT!

I've looked over the NYT site and here's what I've found
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpa...934A35752C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1


Can you show me what quotes of his you have a problem with?

 

[ford family]

I guess everyone misquoted Philip Pullman....even the NYT!! I don't think it's any surprise that those who didn't like the religious aspect of Narnia or The Passion of Christ, are falling over one another to defend this movie. Many called for a boycott of TPoC. A movie that cost $25 million to make and grossed over $370 million in the US...over $600 million world wide. Narnia cost $180 million to make. It grossed over $290 million in the US and over $748 miliion worldwide. TGC ...$180 million to make this film. Weekend revenues, $26 million US.... $55 million worldwide. The numbers used are box office revenues. The concensus is the "compass" isn't "golden". I guess the revenues will be the bottom line.

Golden Compass may make up lost ground outside the US. People there tend to be less narrow minded.

ford family

 

[MyManGoofy!]

Golden Compass may make up lost ground outside the US. People there tend to be less narrow minded.

ford family

I hope so! I want to see the sequels!

I did my part and went and saw it opening night. I enjoyed it, although I do kind of wish they had not watered it down so much - I don't think it was necessary.

 

[bicker]

So let's say in conversation someone ask "are you going to see Godlen Compass"
Person 1 answers "no, I'm not interested in seeing it"
Person 2 answers "I refuse to go see any move that attacks God and so should you. If you take your children, you will corpt their souls"

See the difference?

This really crystallizes the issue.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Person 3 then would be grossly misinformed, ignorant or a right out lier

It is truly amazing...how when someone doesn't share their point of view...or isn't articulate enough to have a debate, they resort to name calling?

 

[sha_lyn]

It is truly amazing...how when someone doesn't share their point of view...or isn't articulate enough to have a debate, they resort to name calling

Pointing out the truth (about a hypothetical person in a hypothetical conversation BTW) isn't name calling.

 

[profdsny]

I don't think the boycott really was an issue. This was an almost unheard of series, and if it hadn't been for people getting their undies in a bunch about it, might have gone completely unnoticed. All the people knocking it gave it more name recognition than it would have received other wise.
LOTR, Narnia, Harry Potter have been household names for years. If you didn't happen to have a child who was a prolific reader, you likely wouldn't have heard of this film/book/series.
As it is, it was number 1 at the box office this weekend, not exactly a dud, and apparently a big draw overseas as over well.

 

[sha_lyn]

As it is, it was number 1 at the box office this weekend, not exactly a dud, and apparently a big draw overseas as over well.

LOL.... so to "them" being the no 1 movie over the weekend= failure....LOL

I don't think it's any surprise that those who didn't like the religious aspect of Narnia or The Passion of Christ, are falling over one another to defend this movie

Who are you talking about?

 

[Laura]

I don't think the boycott really was an issue. This was an almost unheard of series, and if it hadn't been for people getting their undies in a bunch about it, might have gone completely unnoticed. All the people knocking it gave it more name recognition than it would have received other wise.

Absolutely.

 

[PixieDust32]

I took my kids and they liked the movie, they didn't see anything religious or to do with god at all. They saw 'another' fantasy movie. Period.

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

LOL.... so to "them" being the no 1 movie over the weekend= failure....LOL

When you're finished laughing at "them", perhaps this objective article can shed light on why GC's numbers actually were "disastrous" (linked from imdb.com)
http://news.fantasymoguls.com/originalcontent/2007/12/story-to-follow.html?utm_source=IMDb&utm_medium=IMDbiframe

 

[Fitswimmer]

When you're finished laughing at "them", perhaps this objective article can shed light on why GC's numbers actually were "disastrous" (linked from imdb.com)
http://news.fantasymoguls.com/origi...ow.html?utm_source=IMDb&utm_medium=IMDbiframe

I'll be interested to see where it ends up in subsequent weeks. Does it gain viewers by word of mouth or lose them? Do people go back and take their friends?

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

I'll be interested to see where it ends up in subsequent weeks. Does it gain viewers by word of mouth or lose them? Do people go back and take their friends?

If you scroll down thru that blog (not an easy read), the writer ventures a guess that it will be hard-pressed to break $100M domestic due to the daunting release calendar in coming days/weeks. Essentially, he says it's dead in the water.

 

[smartestnumber5]

I guess everyone misquoted Philip Pullman....even the NYT!! I don't think it's any surprise that those who didn't like the religious aspect of Narnia or The Passion of Christ, are falling over one another to defend this movie.

Who didn't like the religious aspects of these movies? I must have missed the memo because I'm a big old atheist with a big group of big old atheist friends and I work in a field filled with big old atheists and I never heard a bad word said about Narnia. In fact GF (another big old atheist) and I were excited to go and see it, which we did.

As far as I know (and as far as google is telling me) there were no calls for boycotts about Narnia. I can't remember a peep of criticism on the disboards either. So who are these people you think disliked Narnia?

I know there was more controversy around The Passion, but as far as I remember it all had to do with accusations of anti-semitism--not any objection to religious content of the movie itself. Maybe once again I missed the atheist memo.

I'd love to know what the memo could possibly say though, since there are lots of movies made with obvious religious content. Even the movies that tend to cause offense among some religious groups tend to still be quite supportive of religion (e.g. The Passion of the Christ, The DaVinci Code, Dogma--all of them are very clear about the fact that there is a God and that faith is a good thing). Then there are the non-controversial movies with a theistic view: Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, Narnia, The Nativity Story. How come you don't see atheists calling for boycotts of all of those movies, but there's one movie that is based on a book trilogy with an atheistic viewpoint, and some religious folks are up in arms and calling for boycotts? Why exactly is it okay that atheism is routinely ignored/looked down upon/portrayed as false in movies and that's okay, but it's not okay for a movie to look down on or portray religion as false?

 

[TLSnell1981]

Person 3 then would be grossly misinformed, ignorant or a right out lier

Do you even understand what Pullman is saying in these books...and why he wrote them? He isn't ashamed to spell it out. Sorry, I didn't save the paper to give you an exact quote. Did you read the article that you posted?
Do you know what "radical" (extreme, drastic, fanatical) and "subversive" (destructive, seditious, threacherous) mean?

You are more than welcome to share your views and beliefs.....as I am as well. I just don't understand those that do it with hate and anger toward those that don't agree with them.

Oh, BTW, I thought you understood that person 3 is ME.