[Elfsea] The Golden Compass

[Richard Threlkeld]

I would not have said The Golden Compass was very critical of religion in
general - only the Ministerium which is not mentioned as a religion. There
is no mention of one or more gods. There is no ritual or liturgy of any
sort. The garb of the Ministerium is not unlike the garb of the well-to-do
others in the movie. And, of course, it is always OK to be critical of
someone else's religion L.

 

I have not read the books and don't know if they portray them as a religious
group. The only religious reference was to gathering knowledge being heresy
- similar to the Catholic Church in the middle ages and some religious
groups now. However, such thinking is not restricted to religions.

 

Your mileage may vary.

 

Caelin

 

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[mailto:elfsea-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Miss M Brow
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 16:47 PM
To: Barony of Elfsea
Subject: Re: [Elfsea] The Golden Compass

 


While I am a huge fan of the books and enjoyed the movie thoroughly, I am
not sure that it would be appropriate for 7 year olds unless they were very
mature.  It is indeed highly critical of religion; the comparison of the
movie's Ministerium (the bad guys) to the Catholic Church is unmistakable.
If I were you I would see the movie without the kids first, then decide...
don't take anyone else's word on it.  I agree about Beowulf being
inappropriate for young ones... it was almost too much for me in a few of
the scenes, and there were things in Beowulf that *I* would not want to have
to feild a 7yo's questions about...
 
Rua

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From: ewilson618 at tx.rr.com
To: elfsea at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:50:27 -0600
Subject: [Elfsea] The Golden Compass

I am really interested to hear the SCA reviews of "The Golden Compass" so I
hope those of you that are going will let us know how it was.

I would like to take my kids (the 7 year old twins, almost 8) but I am
concerned that it is PG-13.  My husband and I saw Beowulf and, while we had
fun, we did not think it was appropriate for them.  They have seen the Harry
Potter movies, including the PG-13 ones, in the theatre, but we prescreened
them and talked about the scarier parts first.  Also, please let me know if
the film is mostly done as an adventure story in the Narnia vein, or if it
is extremely critical of religion (as opposed to just generally critical of
conformity).  There are a lot of things floating around out there about the
books that it is based on, and I haven't read them so I am not sure what to
believe.

 

Cristianna (still trying to protect those young minds a little longer)

 

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