Mokong Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 The Philip Pullman film, the first of a trilogy called His Dark Materials, has been compared to Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Well, it's not. The Golden Compass is the exact opposite of the Christian-based classics. Last I checked doesn't the Lord of the Rings have wizards and magic? Aren't these christian fundamentalists against such things? Afterall didn't they want the Harry Potter books/films banned for getting kids interested in witch-craft... yet now their calling LoR a christian based classic? Surely Gandolfs character could also make people interested in witchcraft if Potter could Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 The stupid thing is, what makes the Bible anymore real than any other book? There is nothing which should allow them to be able to ban things based on it being against what the bible say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Odwin Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm religious. I love His Dark Materials. Not all Christians are like those quoted above. Much of the good in this world also comes about because of religion and I think that if there wasn't religion the idiots that spew bile and hate in the name of God would just do the same in the name of something else. But I believe in free speech too so let them protest all they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 Oh yeah! Silly me! How on earth did I forget that! Maybe they thought the two male bears wrestling was sexual. Judging by how messed up in the head these people are, I would be fairly unsurprised if they found, or they thought that gay people would find, it arousing. You're probably right. Two males bears wresting? Sexual. I have to go see this movie now, just to spite these people. It's strange, they want to stop people from seeing it, which seems to work in America, but here, we just laugh and want to go see it more. I love England sometimes. -- Wow Sanchez, that site is mental. Literally scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 But I believe in free speech too so let them protest all they want. Seconded: if these people weren't so politically powerful across the pond, then they would just be hilariously tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'm religious. I love His Dark Materials. Not all Christians are like those quoted above.Much of the good in this world also comes about because of religion and I think that if there wasn't religion the idiots that spew bile and hate in the name of God would just do the same in the name of something else. But I believe in free speech too so let them protest all they want. Thats why I mentioned a "group" of christians, please don't think I'm saying all Christians are like this, because they are not. The Majority are perfectly fine. It's Idiot groups like this in religion that ruin it for everyone else, and that have made me loath religion so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I highly recommend their review of Jackass for an entertaining read. http://www.capalert.com/capreports/jackathemovie.htm This is no more than an opinion piece. No calcualtions were made of the eight minutes of this trash I saw. There is no data, no listing of findings or any other comparative information other than the opinion piece below. I believe the Motion Picture Association of America is out to lunch and 100% morally dead, blaming their classification scheme on what the people want as revealed by survey. I now do not believe them. Though I have no statistical data to prove it (I won't analyze NC-17/X) but Jacka: The Movie should have been rated X. Better yet, it should not have been amde at all. And guess what, it's from MTV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 By the way if you want to see more nutcase christian movie reviews you should check out this site: http://www.capalert.com/capreports/index.htm Where they rate them by how blasphemous they are. That site has some of the funniest shit ever, check this out from their Day After Tomorrow review it lost points for the following # homosexual song in background (Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me - Boy George) # adult in underwear, twice # teen in underwear, once # making out, male on female # male starting to unbutton woman's sweater for sex # inappropriate touching # (to warn freezing hands/arms) # gaping face kissing Lol at point number 1, these guys are having a laugh, "oh noes theres a song by a gay singer kids should not watch this" love how they refer to "fuck" also # the use of the most foul of the foul word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share Posted December 8, 2007 A Homosexual song! I'm shocked to the core! I wonder what they'll write for the Golden Compass? That should be quite a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Their review of Saving Private Ryan is hilarious - I bet they would "use the Lord's name in vain" when they're being shot at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 It was not possible to compute an accurate score in Impunity/Hate (I) because of the frequency of foul language.(1) The actual score in Impunity/Hate is far below zero! Unacceptable language occured about every 1.3 minutes in this 142-minute movie. The starting 100 points in the Offense to God (O) Investigation Area were evaporated due to a pathetically thick density of the use of God's name in vain both with and without the three/four letter word vocabulary.(2) Shawshank Redemption, the colour of the review page hurts my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Guess the film (not that hard really) Example programming included stripping to underwear before a child, portrayal of demons/devils, shoving a pineapple into Hitler's anus while dressed as a ballerina, female breasts forming atop a bald man's head, bodies falling through flames, "I've always wanted to kill somebody - let me!" [Deut. 5:17], expressions of sexual perversion [Jude 7] and homosexual mannerisms [Rom. 1:27], a huge male bird raping a man, replacing a rabbit's ear [mockery of Luke 22:50-51], calling evil good and good evil [is. 5:20], Satan's wife as a angel, false portrayal of Hell [Rom. 16:17-18], wanton revelry [2 Pet. 2:13], vulgar expressions [Eph. 5:4], ....... This movie took three pages of line items to annotate all the ignominies. I am sure there were more than I was able to capture. And there are far oo many to even summarize here. I will let the listing in the Findings/Scoring section tell the complete story as best I could keep up with it. Little Nicky is essentially equivalent to South Park: BLU using Hitler instead of Hussein, live actors instead of cartoon characters, and a war between father and sons instead of mothers and Canada ... and rated PG-13 instead of R. Definitely an R-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Fuck the Christians who are too pussy to get over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyellowbloke Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I really do despair sometimes. These people really think this is the way to promote religeon and attract others to a faith. It's just petty, stupid, a waste of everybody's time and just ridiculous. Also why is it absolutely fine to have outright Christian childrens books and childrens with Christian undertones, but an absolute outrage to have a childrens book with atheistic undertones. It's double standards and completely intolerent. I really hope if God does exist and judgement day does come he tells these people that they are completely mislead and just plain daft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I really do despair sometimes. These people really think this is the way to promote religeon and attract others to a faith. It's just petty, stupid, a waste of everybody's time and just ridiculous. Also why is it absolutely fine to have outright Christian childrens books and childrens with Christian undertones, but an absolute outrage to have a childrens book with atheistic undertones. It's double standards and completely intolerent. I really hope if God does exist and judgement day does come he tells these people that they are completely mislead and just plain daft. The problem with that is, it would probably create another religion. Same idiots, different religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 witchcraft, evolution, divination, homosexuality, and immorality Hold on a second. If witchcraft is a problem why are they ok with Harry Potter If evolution is a problem why not ban all those science documentaries There's divination in Harry potter and that wasn't a problem plus it was part of many religions from the past. I don't want to even get into the subject of homosexuality and isn't the church supposed to be telling us that we will have eternal life after death. Most of these things are featured in almost every fantasy rpg ever made. I'm christian and I'm not at all offended by this. If people don't want to be involved in a religion fine, who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 This is why I am not going to see the film. HDM are possibly my favourite books ever, and I always wanted for them to make a movie version that is true to the books. But I just know that this is going to be so different to the book. Especially if they make Subtle Knife / Amber Spyglass movies which will be butchered even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergrunch Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 This is funny and sad at the same time... The people complaining seem terrified of the consequences of anyone having access to something that may cause them to question their beliefs. Isn't the ability to overcome temptation a desirable quality? Also, can anyone point out where evolution is promoted in HDM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Hold on a second. If witchcraft is a problem why are they ok with Harry Potter and isn't the church supposed to be telling us that we will have eternal life after death. You're confusing "immorality" with "immortality". They did try and ban Harry Potter, actually. Also, can anyone point out where evolution is promoted in HDM? It does to some extent in the 3rd book with the Mufela (sp?), but as for the first one, especially in the film, I'm lost as you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fex Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 (edited) Christians grow up and stop believing in fairtales! ________ N02 VAPORIZER Edited April 28, 2011 by fex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The fish Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Christians grow up and stop believing in fairtales! They aren't fairytales, they are written in the scripture, and are the word of god, so they are the truth! Yeah, their debating technique could do with some growing up, too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 i know the majority aren't like this but still the world is better off without religion i feel. Never did good for anymore. It gives people hope but the so does the national lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyBoy Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Bloody Hell I have to read this book. Also you have to check out that website of Christian movie reviews, best thing i've read in a long time. Check out their damnation of Lord of the Rings, good stuff. What the fuck. What happened to the american love for free speech? Never existed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 American free speech is a joke. What a bunch of hypocrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergrunch Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 It does to some extent in the 3rd book with the Mufela (sp?), but as for the first one, especially in the film, I'm lost as you are. Ah yes, all the diamond shaped bodies. That was fairly cool actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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