Catholic League’s Bill Donohue claims “Golden Compass” boycott a success.

I told you they’d try to claim it as a success:

“Boycott Worked”: Compass Flops – Opening Weekend $26 Million; Narnia $63 Million

NEW YORK, December 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – ‘The Golden Compass”, the atheist-inspired film which sought to replicate Narnia’s success at the box office at Christmas two years ago has flopped by comparison.  . . . → Read More: Catholic League’s Bill Donohue claims “Golden Compass” boycott a success.

“The Golden Compass” isn’t doing so well.

It appears as though The Golden Compass isn’t exactly raking in the cash:

There was no Saturday miracle surge for New Line. The Golden Compass, an effects-laden family film starring Nicole Kidman with a reported budget of $200M, received a modest 16% increase from its opening day, posting an estimated $10.2M on Saturday. Assuming a . . . → Read More: “The Golden Compass” isn’t doing so well.

How’s this for irony? Catholic film ciritics liked “The Golden Compass.”

If ever there was a sure sign that the movie version of The Golden Compass has had most of its anti-religion tone ripped out by its roots it’s the fact that two Catholic film critics who write for the Catholic News Service are giving the film high praise. Needless to say some folks aren’t happy . . . → Read More: How’s this for irony? Catholic film ciritics liked “The Golden Compass.”

AFA is scared shitless of “The Golden Compass.”

SEB regular DaBroad dropped by with a couple of links to articles about a warning from the American Family Association about the upcoming release of The Golden Compass. It seems they’re the latest religious group to get their panties all in a twist over this movie without even having seen it yet. They’re so in . . . → Read More: AFA is scared shitless of “The Golden Compass.”

I just started reading…

… The Golden Compass today. Anne ordered the box set from Amazon.com the other day after hearing about it from me and she’s already well into the second book. So I’m playing catch up at this point, but it’ll give me something to do during the occasional downtime at work.

I’ll post about it . . . → Read More: I just started reading…

“The Golden Compass” criticized as “atheism for kids.”

So have you seen the trailer yet for The Golden Compass? If not then here it is below:

Until I saw the trailer I’d never heard of the books the movie is based on — a trilogy called His Dark Materials — and the first time I saw the trailer I wrote it off as . . . → Read More: “The Golden Compass” criticized as “atheism for kids.”