The film "The Golden Compass", based off the book written by Philip Pullman, is one that is said to be anti-Christian and a bad influence. Why all the fuss? It is just a story. A very well written story with amazing imagination and, yes, some references to religions. The references to religions that we know are what make the story easy to comprehend and to understand. The magisterium (the ruling power) is occasionally referred to the Catholic Church, or Christianity. So it wouldn't be fair to say that this film attacks Christianity. Pullman states, "I prefer to trust the reader. Everyone has the right to form their own opinions and come to their own conclusions about it." He was asked about promoting atheism and his response was that promoting such a thing could be taken from the book but that is not what he intended to be taken out. He says, "What I intended for people to take from it is the experience of a good story, I also hope they come away with seeing the qualities the book promotes and cheers ahead are qualities like love and compassion and courage and courtesy too; and open-minded intellectual curiosity, those are the values of the book champion." So again, what is all the fuss? It is a good story! In the fiction section! Let a story, be a story.
Work Cited:
"Pullman on the Compass Contraversy". Today. Msnbc.com. 2 Nov. 2007. 21 May 2008.
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