The Golden Compass

My rating: zero

My Angle: haven't seen it won't provide the author the income

Kid appropriate: no way (see next)

Spiritual Issues: Author of books is an avowed atheists and wants to destroy the "foundations of faith" (his words not mine).

Now out on DVD the Golden Compass is a movie that is subject to scrutiny not so much because of the movie itself but the author of the original books that it comes from.

When taking your children to movies based upon literature it is important to find out about the orinal author first. This movie is one I did not watch - even to review it - because of its authors anti Christian purpose. The author Phillip Pullman himself states, "I wrote these books to undermine the basis for Christian belief." In the final book in the series the main characters kill god...

Nuff said.

What is so important about this movie for parents to think about is the total merchandizing process that is at work with all movies these days. First there are the trailers, then the Happy Meal toys, then the toys in the store, then the movie is released, then the comic books, and books and so on and on....

As a parent you should consider carefully how this will impact your child's worldview.

As a christian you should wonder, "Is there room for this kind of fascination with anything besides God?"

Bill Crawford - The Bayou Christian