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Entry: The Broken Compass Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_broken_compass#11498 Post contents: I often wonder why so much time is spent discussing such inanities as "Golden Compass" when, really, the best attitude to take is to simply ignore it. It is certainly understandable why good people are angry with it and want to say something about it, as Mr Piatak admirably did, and, no, I do not think we should bury our heads in the sand about it. But I think we should look at it in its proper perspective. That perspective is this: we are dealing with a Hollywood that, aside from their swimming in perversions both sexual and religious, has totally lost - and I mean, completely - lost the art of movie making. Look at this nonentity who "directed" this movie. Who will remember him in five years? I mean, let's face it: a David Lean he ain't. Hollywood writers used to have Faulkner, Du Maurier and Chandler among their group. They used to have honest-to-goodness real music composers working there, like Miklos Rozsa, Alfred Newman and Bernard Herrmann. Special effects creators like Ray Harryhausen used to enchant us with wonder and with awe, instaed of today's effects boys who have forgotten what charm is. And, lastly, we used to have directors who could direct: John Ford, Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock. And the actors and actresses working today? Please. Who working today in that God-forsaken town can even come within one hundred miles of the men mentioned above? To ask the question is to answer it. It's funny to me to see these gesticulating amateurs railing against the Catholic Church, the Church that built civilization. Letter writer "c max", above, answered them simply and beautifully. The peurile ravings of Dan Brown (does anyone remember the "DaVinci Code" movie?) and Mr Pullman area a great source of amusement especially when you actually read them and find that their Gunning-Fog rating is at about the fourth grade level. I don't mean to belittle anyone who wants to put these pipsqueaks in their place. To them I say, "Go for it". To the US Catholic Bishops on the other hand, that sad collection of cowards, heretics, arrogant buffoons and poofs, I say go out and get a real job because you've utterly failed in the work you were given to do. Perhaps Benedict might start governing the Church a little more forcefully by throwing to the winds the Levadas and Mahonys, too. We can pray for that. Yes, go on and discuss this Hollywood "masterpiece" as much as you believe necessary but don't forget the one central fact about it: it is a piece of junk. Sent at: 2008 09 05