ROTTEN TOMATOES: Vatican Gloats Over Weak Performance of The Golden Compass Comments

Vatican Gloats Over Weak Performance of The Golden Compass

by Jeff Giles | December 20, 2007

Summary

Attention, filmgoers who have seen and enjoyed The Golden Compass: According to The Vatican, you're either "dishonest" or you haven't been "gifted with a critical spirit." Back to Article

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RottenRob writes:
on Dec 20 2007 04:47 PM

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spnw85, stop being so thoughtful and rational and just let everybody vent randomly, won't you?

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edgarandstephen writes:
on Dec 20 2007 06:33 PM

its obvious the writer of this article likes the golden compass.....taking an honest stance (ive read all 3 books) this movie sucked. i hope they devote their time to something else rather than continuing with this franchise....if the director would have stuck with the book ending, and not cut out so much material, this would have been a much better film....who cares if the catholic church says it sucks- this shouldnt matter because it did in fact suck

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reefermad16 writes:
on Dec 20 2007 06:38 PM

The Golden Compass is flopping in the US but worldwide its doing alright, in the end it will probably make back it's 180 million dollar budget and get it's sequel, but i hope not,the golden compass is just a retarded story mixed with boring characters and a lot of hype for no reason.

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Oh Dae Su writes:
on Dec 20 2007 07:11 PM

Wooo, since when did people start listening to the Vatican church?

The movie was god awful, get your head out of your ***, stupid Vaticans

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MMacKK writes:
on Dec 20 2007 07:52 PM

****ing Religion. So much for the accepting and loving establishment that its meant to be.

God praise Atheism!

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RedConverse writes:
on Dec 20 2007 10:28 PM

Wow, if you're going to post news, can't you do it without extremely slanting the story to favor your own bias and personal feelings? Aren't news reporters supposed to know better than that?

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willchris writes:
on Dec 21 2007 01:21 AM

If we haven't already stopped believing in God and a heaven above due to all the cover-ups by the Vatican of pedophile priests, I don't think a film with 007 & and the woman formerly known as "Mrs. Cruise" can make us and our children swith to the "dark side."

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Dave the Destroyer writes:
on Dec 21 2007 05:04 AM

Everybody forgets a crucial distinction - the Vatican is not a religion itself, nor is it even a church - it is a BUSINESS, and it's business is promoting the Catholic religion - and then reaping the profits of that promotion.

Going after "The Golden Compass" wasn't a pious act of faith, it was simply bashing a competitor's product, the same way that Chevrolet will claim that it's trucks are better than Ford's (or vice versa). "Looky, Looky, not as many customers went to see "The Golden Compass" as their Marketing Division anticipated. That PROVES that OUR Fantasy Product is the PREFFERED item! Where's our bonuses?"

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greccogirl writes:
on Dec 21 2007 09:28 AM

Look, the movie sucked, so if it gives those that hate it revenge, who cares?

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trenen writes:
on Dec 21 2007 09:56 AM

jeeze...it must not be that bad...Kidman is a very devoute and traditional Catholic. i guess nobody knew that, huh?

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trenen writes:
on Dec 21 2007 10:02 AM

oh...and Jesus was a Jew...how could the Catholic Faith possibly be true when they don't believe the very fact of Jesus' and his Apostle's true faith?

didn't the Vatican also ban the movie "Stigmata" from being viewed? i think it's some sort of 'auto-damnation' if a Catholic watches it...either that or a few hundred hail-marys will fix it as pennance.

pathetic.

and don't get on my *** about proper grammar...it's the Web.

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bookworm1994 writes:
on Dec 21 2007 01:00 PM

I love seeing the Vatican stumble and fall. People need to get off their high horse really soon.

And Jasper . . . yes, you are a moron. Just move to Iran and become friends with the president.

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TheBerserker writes:
on Dec 21 2007 01:18 PM

I don't give a **** about any of this. Why am I even posting?

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BoratLover writes:
on Dec 24 2007 04:14 PM

Ofcource the vatican is going to bag out GC

"New Yorker journalist Laura Miller has described Pullman as one of England's most outspoken atheists"

What the vatican says has no bearing on weather the movie is good or not. And if your an Atheist who is going to see a movie just because the vatican doesn't like it, it is as bad as going to see Battle Field Earth for any other reason than to laugh at how horrible it is

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curefreak writes:
on Dec 24 2007 11:43 PM

The main reason i wanted to see this movie was because of all the anti christian controversy--- unfortunately there was none to be found in the movie but i still enjoyed it anyways.
Beowulf also had a slight anti christian theme but noones talking about that !

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vaodsi writes:
on Dec 27 2007 02:14 AM

i'm christian, and i wassn't offended. dumb movie though. it bored me. i don't care if a movie shocks me, mocks me, or offends me, so long as it makes me FEEL SOMETHING other than tired, tired, tired, tired, tired......
anyway, i do think it's sad that some people in the christian fath have absolutely NO faith. I mean, people seriously are freaked out about a movie with talking polar bears. CHRISTIANS! THIS IS CALLED FICTION! HAVE SOME FAITH IN YOUR OWN FAITH!
and spnw85.... you are awesome!

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echipj writes:
on Dec 29 2007 07:14 AM

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Your history is all screwed up. Were this not a stupid movie board, I woudl ask you to delineate what a bunch of unarmed priests could have done to prevent the murder of six million Jews and countless hundreds of thousands of other folks (Catholics included...ever hear of Maximillian Kolbe?). But since it's a stupid movie board, I'll just sigh deeply (SIGH!), tell you you're misinfomrmed, and move on.

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echipj writes:
on Dec 29 2007 07:21 AM

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DOing fine outside America isn't sufficient reason to spend millions making a sequel. So...Good riddance.

And for those who don't think this book is anti-Catholic...anyone know what the "real" Magisterium is? Hmmm? Take a look on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magisterium). There are no alternate definitions of any note...so.

But hey...go see it! Buy the books! My 15 year old figured out Pullman's agenda at 12; she's not goig to hell (at least, not for reading a stupid trilogy).

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echipj writes:
on Dec 29 2007 07:23 AM

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But...the movie sucks! What's that got to do with being loving? I love you...you say stupid things. Those two facts don't contradict one another, any more than "I love you...you shouldn't stand in the middle of the street, because there is a truck coming". Wrong is wrong; it'd be hateful of me NOT to tell you, dopey!

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echipj writes:
on Dec 29 2007 07:25 AM

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Nicole Kidman is neither particularly devout, nor particularly traditional. Were she either, none of you would know the color of her pubic hair by other than guessing.

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