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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:15 PM Original message |
Author's disgust as religious right halts new Compass movie |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Or it could be that the first movie wasn't very good. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It was great |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Are you kidding? It was awful. And I wanted to like it. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I had never heard of it before I saw the movie and I loved it - and have watched it since |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Well, to each his own. I found it almost unwatchable... |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Loved the movie |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Your thought is fatally flawed |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It seems to me that campaigns to stifle films usually backfire. In any case, for this |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. With Video, HBO, PPV, and now iTunes, all films eventually make a profit now. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. That's a poor result |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. It netted over $100 million |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No it isn't. Look at it in comparison to films with similar budgets. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is hard to turn an excellent book into a movie. Take the Lord of the Rings movies for example. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. As someone who's read LOTR numerous times, I disagree with you. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Totally disagree |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Ah, but you missed my point. I loved the movies. That isn't the issue. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. I found it diverting and would have loved it at the age of 8-12, |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Make the movie elsewhere. South Africa, Australia, or some other enlightened country. nt |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I agree. This isn't the only country that can make films. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Geolden Comapass was a "meh" in my book. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. What ending? |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The book ending was exponetaly darker than the movie. |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not surprised. These people have nothing better to do. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. I absolutely love Pullman's trilogy. I loved the film as well, although the ending wasn't |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. I thought the film was staggeringly dull |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. "Global success"...? |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. New Line was a small fish eaten by a much bigger fish |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is for the best, though. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I enjoyed the book |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You'd have to read Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass to really find out why the fundies are pissed. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. They're in my bedside queue, so I'll get to them in a couple of weeks |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. I understand very well why the fundies are upset. Don't agree but understand |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. I want a second movie! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Love the movie, which did very well outside of Vatican USA |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah, right |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Two points |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Hmm, they have the bqackers but they were scared off by militant catholics? Don't buy it. |
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1awake (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-16-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Whatever the reason, |
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