tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post9110064873837232409..comments2023-08-23T12:38:02.567+01:00Comments on As if you care.: As if you care about ...The Golden CompassDave Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09485345030558890105noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-50459439591686319602008-01-01T14:39:00.000+00:002008-01-01T14:39:00.000+00:00No. The book was amazing. Have you read it? The...No. The book was amazing. Have you read it? The movie pales. Everything pales. The gyptians were boring and the daemons were like afterthoughts and the ending was awful. Anyone possibly still reading this, read the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-7035548610280544872007-12-19T15:01:00.000+00:002007-12-19T15:01:00.000+00:00I can't believe you SAW that! Don't you have stand...I can't believe you SAW that! Don't you have standards? ...we saw it too and I don't understand what all the hoopla was all about. I did hear, the anti-organized religion themes were toned down for the movie. We like it as well. <BR/><BR/>The ONLY thing I would change about it, is that Daniel Craig was were too many clothes and he wasn't in it enough.Lyf2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/06704029261189672671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-11870650279291682982007-12-11T20:43:00.000+00:002007-12-11T20:43:00.000+00:00Wait a second, that's not very atheistic - to want...Wait a second, that's not very atheistic - to want to kill god, you have to believe there's something there to kill, right? <BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's visually very appealing; that's reason enough to like it. Also, you might get to see a preview for Prince Caspian, like we did, so religiously it all balances out.Dave Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09485345030558890105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-34303593323396638432007-12-11T17:39:00.000+00:002007-12-11T17:39:00.000+00:00Thanks for the review. I'm going back and forth on...Thanks for the review. I'm going back and forth on seeing it. I read all the three books as a kid. Yeah, I'm that young. It's a fantastic tale, well written, imaginative and empowering. But the characters are ultimately attempting to kill god or God, depending on your view. (You figure this out in the late part of the second, maybe third book.)They splice through the dimensions trying to climb ever higher and into the heavenly realms to do battle with angels and other heavenly beings. It's a war in heaven so to speak. A veritable Tower of Babel with different characters taking side. Shadey? Possibly, but who wouldn't want a daemon?K Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772727738993183468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-82002769017918041732007-12-11T15:45:00.000+00:002007-12-11T15:45:00.000+00:00Wait, he's not crazy?I want to see it, but I loved...Wait, he's not crazy?<BR/><BR/>I want to see it, but I loved <A HREF="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20164193,00.html" REL="nofollow">this so-so review</A> for calling it a "chronicle of blarnia". There's also <A HREF="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20155516_20155530_20164514,00.html" REL="nofollow">this piece</A> on the removal of religious elements that were in the book.hemisphirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08450404767008212417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-37156624611734060712007-12-11T13:47:00.000+00:002007-12-11T13:47:00.000+00:00I heard the book was great so it was on my to-read...I heard the book was great so it was on my to-read list, then I got forwarded an email from the bishop with review links for parents saying it was about children trying to kill God. Confusing. I didn't look into it any further either way, so it's good to hear a good review from people I know basically aren't crazy.Disco Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102319958554597698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26056748.post-5189602907977975112007-12-11T00:13:00.000+00:002007-12-11T00:13:00.000+00:00I liked it too, it was fun and creative.I liked it too, it was fun and creative.Shellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520694321355830628noreply@blogger.com