Topic Posted by: Janie
Date Posted: Sat Jan 5 23:55:55 2008
Additional Comments: Hey posters, My daughter, my two grandkids, (16 and 9)and I went to see this movie this afternoon and as a conservative christain evangelical, I could not see anything that appears like the death of God in it. In fact as the four of us were discussing the movie, we each had a different opinion of what the movie was really all about. Mostly, we didn't have a clue and kind of decided it was just a fantasy that none of us could truly explain what it was supposed to mean?????? I personally loved the snow and polar bear scenes. Shannon, I don't in any way mean to downplay what you had posted about it but I just did not see anything like that. Have any of the rest of you seen it? What did you think if you did? I could actually use some help in trying to understand it? J.
Posted by: maggimae Date posted: Tue Jan 8 9:59:26 2008
Message:
Hi Janie,
I really think the controversy was designed to increase attendance. I congratulate you for going to see for yourself. I got the book from the library, and read some of it, but fantasy is just not my thing.
Posted by: Tosca Date posted: Sun Jan 6 12:07:03 2008
Message: I think a lot of the negative hype this movie got was due to an email that went around before anyone really saw the movie. The producers of the movies just kind of ignored all this negativity. I guess they knew that the movie wouldn't prove to be as evil and heinous as the email stated.
Posted by: Shannon L. Date posted: Sun Jan 6 9:50:17 2008
Message: No worries, Janie. I'm glad you enjoyed it and the underlying theme was that subtle. I've heard that the actual atheist stuff doesn't come in until further into the series. My issue was, like some poster mentioned a while ago--I'm sorry I forget who it was--was that the whole series appeared to be born out of hatred for another famous series. I have close friends/family who are atheist--I can deal with that. What I didn't like was the reason behind creating the series, which the author has pretty much admitted to, from different articles I've read.
Thanks for your input, though--I was interested in how it was all perceived on screen.
