What made me want to see this film more than the great cast and even the brilliant poster artwork, was the fact that there’s a big controversy surrounding this movie. Christian organizations in the US have called for a boycott of The Golden Compass because they feel it promotes atheism. I was curious whether I could spot the hidden agenda and whether it would bother me. And the fact that in order to make up my own mind I’d have to sit through a two hour big budget fantasy movie starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig didn’t hurt.
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