Urban Legends Reference Pages: The Golden Compass (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp)

These give some details about the author and his intentions, The Golden Compass coming out Dec. 7 2007

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I don't know why my threads never show up on new posts. Grrrrrrrr!

Well, mine is 5, but I couldn't possibly decide until I saw it myself.

It sounds interesting.

I am pretty sure we will all see that one. We have been seeing previews for it, for months now.

We won't be seeing it.

Nor will we. I was beginning to feel so alone there for a minute. :lol:

Oh, HELL no.

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my friend recommended the book because there is a lot of spiritual symbolism in it. now i am confused!

i'll read the book first.

I read the book series and loved it. I just reread the first book, because I wanted to have it fresh in my mind when I saw the movie. I saw a trailer for the movie when we went to see Stardust and it looked really cool. We will be seeing it as soon as it comes out. The books make more sense when read one right after the other. The world described in the first book is so different from our own that it can be hard at first to figure out hoe everything works, but the second book explains all that, as our world enters the story.
With any movie based on a book, I suggest reading the book first.

I don't think the story is appropriate for any young child.
It comes from preadolescent literature (ages 10+).

I will reread the trilogy and then watch the movie (by then it will probably be out on DVD).

Well, I did not read the link (will do right after I post), but we watched it and I definitely saw nothing inappropriate there. DD, DH and myself enjoyed it very much.

Now off to see what the article is all about, maybe we all are oblivious to something....

That email and this movie almost split up our homeschool group. So many people feels strongly against their child seeing it, mostly because the author is an atheist and to quote my friend, "is a self centered,arrogant man who will not receive one dime from me or my family." The author said he wanted to move people away from God, and that set off many people. (Please correct me, I didn't see the interview of the author, getting this secondhand from my friend.) I am wondering if he meant he wanted to challenge people how they perceive God, kwim? That's a bad thing to some folks.

The kids and adults who read the book loved it, loved the series.

Im on the 3rd book right now, I want to finish it before seeing the movie. Im not sure if my kids will see it, I havnt seen even a preview myself.

Saw it over Christmas, the kids enjoyed the polar bears and general vibe of it but any of the controversial religious issues went way over their heads.

In contrast, I hated it. Two many movies wrapped up in one package.

(Here's your disclaimer too, we take our kids to see a ton of movies since DH works in VFX so what might be disturbing to most other kids doesn't phase these two.)