Lame pun, based on whether or not you can “peddle atheism” (Peddle? Pedal? geddit? Look I’m sorry, ok?)
Well, it’s got Nicole Kidman in it and she’s not exactly one of my favourite actors (she says, as politely as possible*) but the Golden Compass movie can’t be all bad. According to the BBC:
The author of the book on which the new film The Golden Compass is based has hit back at critics who accuse him of peddling “candy-coated atheism”.
Philip Pullman dismissed as “absolute rubbish” accusations by the US-based Catholic League that the film promotes atheism and denigrates Christianity.
So now, I suppose we’ve all got to watch it then? Bah.
* Well, I have never seen her in anything good. She is a wooden actress. She has an annoying face. Plus, she’s responsible for appearing in the most irritating perfume adverts ever. And that’s in a field where the bar is set so low that an ant with a spinal injury would have trouble limboing through.
Who cares about an atheist movie? I want some of this ‘candy-coated atheism’! It sounds deliciously rational.
Apparently this film has had a bit of secular slating as well. The times review of it (online) is a bit harsh.
This is a comment on the times review of the film:
How funny is that!