http://www.rexworld.com/2008/01/23/the-golden-compass-was-better-than-i-expected/ the world according to rex Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.rexworld.com/2008/01/23/the-golden-compass-was-better-than-i-expected/#comment-9000 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:24:35 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2008/01/23/the-golden-compass-was-better-than-i-expected/#comment-9000 Thanks, it's definitely on my reading list. Just haven't gotten around to it yet but I'm hoping to in the next couple months. Especially after seeing the movie, which I did like. Thanks, it’s definitely on my reading list. Just haven’t gotten around to it yet but I’m hoping to in the next couple months. Especially after seeing the movie, which I did like.

]]> http://www.rexworld.com/2008/01/23/the-golden-compass-was-better-than-i-expected/#comment-8997 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:58:54 +0000 http://www.rexworld.com/2008/01/23/the-golden-compass-was-better-than-i-expected/#comment-8997 The best fiction of the last 30 years is the "His Dark Materials" series. The first book is the weakest, and the movie made from it even more so... the cast was great, the acting was great, the special effects were great, but I thought the screenplay sucked, compared to what it could have been. They will never make the sequels given the lack of money made on the first movie and the inescapable anti-God, and anti-institutionalized religion themes of The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The fact that the first movie ever got made just blows me away. It is truly great stuff, though, and everyone should read it. It reflects a true respect for, and understanding of religious traditions, while criticizing them. It also is the first clear articulation of a philosophy of life that I've held since I was in college and have never heard so clearly expressed by anyone else. You've got to read the books. They are great, and have many references to great literature of the past (particularly John Milton's Paradise Lost). Long live the mulefa! Don't wait for heaven... build on earth. The best fiction of the last 30 years is the “His Dark Materials” series. The first book is the weakest, and the movie made from it even more so… the cast was great, the acting was great, the special effects were great, but I thought the screenplay sucked, compared to what it could have been. They will never make the sequels given the lack of money made on the first movie and the inescapable anti-God, and anti-institutionalized religion themes of The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. The fact that the first movie ever got made just blows me away. It is truly great stuff, though, and everyone should read it. It reflects a true respect for, and understanding of religious traditions, while criticizing them. It also is the first clear articulation of a philosophy of life that I’ve held since I was in college and have never heard so clearly expressed by anyone else. You’ve got to read the books. They are great, and have many references to great literature of the past (particularly John Milton’s Paradise Lost). Long live the mulefa! Don’t wait for heaven… build on earth.

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