Marc T. Newman, reviewer/critic of ExileStreet.com has taken yet another religious approach to the upcoming Golden Compass film. He suggests that instead of boycotting and only creating more publicity for the movie, that Christians should try to form a more interactive response, where he states movies are not monologues, they can be dialogues. He also explains that his article was not intended to attack the film or its meanings, but instead bring awareness to Christian parents who may be unwittingly introducing their children to a story that would challenge their current beliefs.
In the series of articles, Newman likens The Golden Compass to The Da Vinci Code in its controversial nature, and compares the reactions generated by both films. He also says that because films like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe were so popular with children, the books sold phenomenally well around the release of the movie, and Golden Compass will likely be no different; the only real concern is that, though the film will likely have most of its religious affiliations muted or removed, the books will remain the same and children will be more inclined to read them after seeing the movie, therefore more likely to be exposed to the undesirable content.
Read Newman's full article here.
2 comments - Add yours
#1
A parent who won’t let a child decide his or her own beliefs is much more “undesirable” than a book series.
# November 16, 2007 21:45 by DigiEmissary
#2
thats why you read the book and talk about it after you read it children should be able to experience the full that life has to offer not be shielded from a certain view point because it contradicts your own very sad.
# November 17, 2007 15:58 by TowerDragon