Elizabeth Rhein-The Golden Compass- Student's Choosing

I’m actually very disappointed that this film never made its way to DVD before this week because I really wanted to write my paper on it for this class. Even so, I thought the film was very interesting and I love polar bears. I saw the movie in December so I’m a little fuzzy on the exact things that happened, but even so, I think the purpose of it was to rival the Narnia books. The film caused problems because people argued that it portrayed atheism. From when I saw the film, I could see hints of it. For example, the woman Nicole Kidman played was trying to remove free will from children. In the building where they tried to do so, the children were broken apart from their familiars as well as being taught how to not think for themselves. I can see how these people represented Christians because some people may view them as trying to make people not think for themselves, but rather act a certain way and think a certain way. I actually really liked the girl in the film because she was very clever and stood up for herself. One of my favorite parts of the film was when she outsmarted the kind of the polar bears because he desperately wanted his own familiar. She used her past experiences in order to figure out a way to trick him which soon led to his demise. Overall, I enjoyed the film and I don’t think people should really get offended by it just because it opposes the Narnia