Just saw the Golden Compass on DVD...let's discuss...again

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I had already discussed the facts with my daughters when the movie was at the theaters. Since there was a big hullabaloo about how it's based on the series by an atheist who openly admits it is about killing God. I thought it best to discuss my opinions on that with my daughters. In my opinion, the atheist author has every right to write the story, and Hollywood has every right to make the movie based on his books, and every person has the right to choose to see or not see the movie. So anyway, we watched it on DVD and I think it was a pretty cool movie. Had I gone to see it not knowing all the background details, I would have come out of it thinking it was another fun Fantasy/Adventure flick where a child is the heroic main character fighting an oppressive force which is trying to take over the whole world. This theme is recurring. It's in a huge percentage of Adventure and Fantasy films. If people had not raised a big hubbub about the film's background I would never have guessed that it was alluding to God or any other religion! People need to learn to just let things be sometimes. Often things are better left alone to pass by and be forgotten swiftly as most things are. When you raise a raucous then you make the very thing you are against more noticeable and memorable. PS - the same idea applies to the Narnia Chronicles. There was a big hubbub to go see the first film because it alludes to Jesus Christ and Christianity. You know, I read all the books as a kid and NO IDEA that they are an allusion to Christianity. Call me an idiot, but I think if you are not told these explanations, then you can apply these themes to ANY situation where there is an oppressive force - and that includes, but is not limited to, religions.