So apparently there is quite a bit of controversy over this movie. Me? I think it’s all a bunch of fun.

From what I seen, it’s mostly gangs of Christians boycotting it because it has a bit of anti-their-god. Well… I haven’t seen the movie yet (gotta wait til tomorrow night – sneaky peaky!) so I can’t say for myself what there is or is NOT in the film. In fact… I’ve really no idea other than it’s supposed to be really good (gotta love those AWESOME trilogies!)  and something about each person having an animal counterpart. I don’t know how to describe it… and I’m not clear on it myself. We’ll see.

However… what’s the big freaking deal? Lord of the Rings used magic, as well as THOUSANDS of other movies… something else the Harry Potter-ers are no stranger too, as well.

 But the whole main reason that I think all of this is not only a bit frivilous (the boycott I mean) and ridiculously entertaining, is because of this:

The rating of this movie is PG-13 “for sequences of fantasy violence “. Did you see that? Maybe I should go over it again. “Sequences of fantasy violence”. Hmm… makes me wonder. If there is fantasy VIOLENCE, most likely there is other FANTASY stuff. Could you say that this is possibly… fanstasy fiction? We all remember what the meaning of FICTION is… don’t we? Well, I’ll let you know how I hang it. The “f” in fiction reminds me of the “f” in fake. So… in case you haven’t figured it out… fiction is not real. As opposed to non-fiction which is biographies and all that good stuff. Do you follow? (I’m loving all these “f” words!)

I dug up quite a funny comment from a would-be-movie-goer. And I quote:

“You should boycott The Golden Compass. It is ful of lies that are bad for children. I do not want my daughter to get scared because f your movie. Soncerely, Bob Smith”

Well now, Bob. First of all… get your spelling correct. No one likes a die-hard bible-thumper, much less one that did not graduate middle school. Second of all… it is NOT full of lies, it is called (ya know, that thing we were talking about before) – FICTION! Hell, it’s in the genre of fanstasy! That’s gotta tell you something! I doubt you even have a daughter, and if you did… I really really pity her. She’s probably already growing moss in her hair because of how wet it is under that rock where she must reside.Oh, and also… just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean I won’t.So please, people… if we wanted to follow your self-righteous ways, we would. Stop trying to stuff your ideas, beliefs and morals down others’ throats. Just because this movie is portraying a different fantasy other than your own doesn’t mean that OTHER people shouldn’t be able to enjoy it.