Christian groups slam Golden Compass

[Alex]

Here's my review.

It has flaws, particularly in that a lot is crammed into it while still staying under 2 hours.

Overall, though, I liked it.

There is really no religion in the movie, without knowledge of the books it would be difficult to say with certainty that the Magisterium represents religion and not any of the plentiful examples of secular authoritarian oppression (Stalinist communism; Rush Limbaugh's delusional views of the Groupthink American University Campus; etc.)

I'm glad I saw and wrote the review before reading the long article about the process of getting the movie made in this month's Atlantic. It is a good read but would have been too influential on my thinking.