'Golden Compass' thoughts
Just finished reading both Golden Compass and Subtle Knife, and I decided to look in on what is going on with the movie. On Wikipedia, I came across this troubling news from director Chris Weitz:
"In an interview published on the internet in December 2004, Weitz indicated that the film would make no direct mention of religion or of God; two of the key themes of the trilogy - a decision attacked by fans of the novels. Weitz stated that New Line Cinema feared that "perceived antireligiosity" would make the film financially unviable in the US. However, Weitz attempted to reassure fans by saying that religion would appear in euphemistic terms. He also indicated that he believes His Dark Materials is "not an atheistic work, but a highly spiritual and reverent piece of writing."
I really hope they get over that before they do the third movie. It'll probably be pretty hard to portray Asriel's war on God in "euphemistic terms"...
And I can't belive we're going to have to wait over a year for this. It's killing me already.
"In an interview published on the internet in December 2004, Weitz indicated that the film would make no direct mention of religion or of God; two of the key themes of the trilogy - a decision attacked by fans of the novels. Weitz stated that New Line Cinema feared that "perceived antireligiosity" would make the film financially unviable in the US. However, Weitz attempted to reassure fans by saying that religion would appear in euphemistic terms. He also indicated that he believes His Dark Materials is "not an atheistic work, but a highly spiritual and reverent piece of writing."
I really hope they get over that before they do the third movie. It'll probably be pretty hard to portray Asriel's war on God in "euphemistic terms"...
And I can't belive we're going to have to wait over a year for this. It's killing me already.