A disappointing alternative to the Narnia series, especially with actors like Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Sam Elliott. Perhaps it’s because this movie attracts more adults than kids, that it is only moderately filthy when moviegoers depart. Unfortunately, it’s one of those that a handful of viewers stay until the very last credit is played, thus holding up the ushers from cleaning the other movies that get out at the same time as this one.
We were told that someone bought a protest permit during the opening weekend, but we never saw the protestor. I don’t know if it was an over zealous Christian objecting to the author’s atheistic hatred of the Catholic Church, or whether it was a fan of the author upset that Hollywood removed most of the anti-religion from the movie (just as they did from Narnia). Hollywood cannot afford to continue making those politically correct and left-leaning movies and make a profit, so they must sometimes compromise; in this case the movie attracted neither liberal or conservative, just a bunch of fence-sitters who were disappointed we didn’t have another Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings blockbuster at Christmas. Overall, it’s been a disappointing year for us movie lovers. Golden Compass is just another lukewarm attempt to siphon dollars from a shrinking middle class audience.
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