3. Atheist Christian movies stink, since they’re motivated by propaganda rather than story or character.

Fix’d.

New Line Cinema’s The Golden Compass, starring Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, crossed the $300 million mark at the worldwide box office and now has a cumulative gross of more than $315 million. The film has earned more than $67 million in the United States since its Dec. 7 opening.

The fantasy epic has performed strongly in various foreign territories — including the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea and Australia — where this genre continues to be popular. On March 1, The Golden Compass will open in its last major territory — Japan.

“‘The Golden Compass’ has immense global appeal,” said Rolf Mittweg, President and Chief Operating Officer of Worldwide Distribution and Marketing at New Line Cinema. “The box office revenue has been nothing less than astonishing overseas. With the forthcoming premiere in Japan, we can expect a significant boost to our worldwide box office.”

Based on author Philip Pullman’s bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The fantasy adventure is written and directed by Chris Weitz, and features an all-star cast of Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green and Dakota Blue Richards.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=40971

So why did it bomb in America? It may be, as people keep saying, that America doesn’t have very many atheists. But I think it’s because the American papers wrote so much about how it didn’t live up to expectations (even though it had a better first week then Beowulf, which was declared a hit) and people saw the words “disapointment” in the headlines and thought it was a bomb.

I thought it was wonderful myself. About the only bad thing you could say about it was that it wasn’t as good as Lord of the Rings. But neither is anything else mad in the past decade or so. And, parenthetically, I’m not a devout atheist, so I don’t think that issue had anything to do with it’s success or failure.

I have a hard time spending between $50-60 to go out and see a sub par movie.

Don’t judge the best based on the worst.

Exactly right, Siamang. And beyond the assessment of these fantasy novels, that’s a maxim everybody who visits blogs such as this should write on the top of their computer screens.

The blog seems to suggest that the opinions of people like Dr James Dobson and the pope just to name a couple have little bearing over what Christians do are don’t do. I would have to disagree. There are a few powerful voices in this country (America) to whom Christians pay close attention to.

Don’t like the books and now realize why I never saw Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

TX, you saw the worst of the three. Don’t judge the best based on the worst.