After the long (86 posts) thread about this movie and it's "corrupting influence on youth", I finally got around to seeing it today.
First off, it's a really, really good movie! I was very surprised to discover it was always two hours because it absolutely flew past and when the credits appeared I was just begging for part two (it's one of a three part series and I gather that New Line have done *some* work on part two so here's hoping we get all three). The story is fast-paced and engaging. For those who haven't seen it, I will not provide spoilers but I will characterize it as a battle between advocates of free will and an oppressive, powerful ruling organization that wants their world to know "no truth but their own". To put it in context for the thread we had recently, I would not class it as anti-religion but I can see how it could be viewed as anti-church. The Magisterium looks a lot like the Roman Catholic Church but perhaps more based on the era of the Inquisition but the Magisterium could also just as easily be the Communist Party controlling the USSR back in the day - and certainly their military enforcers could be mistaken for the Russian army. Having seen the movie, I'm stunned that (some) Christians are so upset by it. I'm sure the ones who are upset have not actually seen it and therefore they're spreading a lot of FUD about the movie based on hearsay (which has tended to be the pattern for a number of movies that radical religious groups have boycotted). I thought it was a great adventure movie and rather uplifting. I look forward to the two sequels. -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
