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I read the books a while back, they were so popular I had to get on a wait list for 6 months for each of the books!
And I saw the movie last week. And speaking as someone who is hugely critical of books turned into movies, I say they did a decent job material wise to squeeze it into two hours, so it got my thumbs up from a movie point of view.
I also think from a Christian point of view that the purposeful theme behind the serious are an interesting lesson in morality to think about. BUT if all your going to do is see the movie then criticize it because you didn't 'get it' then thats ignorance and presumption rolled into one. To give a fair judgement of it you HAVE to read the books, you won't understand the movie themes if you haven't read the books. That is because movies focus on suspense, dialogue and pretty scenery. The books have the external dialogue but they also have the internal dialogue (from the main character) that you don't see or hear in the movies, and its that internal dialogue that has all the important information that everyone so readily wants to debate and argue about.
Just like here in CC we don't really tolerate people who debate and criticise Jesus when all theyve seen is the 'Passion of the Christ' or worse one of those weird Jesus movies from the 70s where he speaks in King James and looks radioactive, but they haven't even bothered to read the bible.
SO, in the rules of honest God discerning debate, you can't give your opinion let alone criticism of it til you've read the books! Otherwise we'll know its skewed and useless.
And I saw the movie last week. And speaking as someone who is hugely critical of books turned into movies, I say they did a decent job material wise to squeeze it into two hours, so it got my thumbs up from a movie point of view.
I also think from a Christian point of view that the purposeful theme behind the serious are an interesting lesson in morality to think about. BUT if all your going to do is see the movie then criticize it because you didn't 'get it' then thats ignorance and presumption rolled into one. To give a fair judgement of it you HAVE to read the books, you won't understand the movie themes if you haven't read the books. That is because movies focus on suspense, dialogue and pretty scenery. The books have the external dialogue but they also have the internal dialogue (from the main character) that you don't see or hear in the movies, and its that internal dialogue that has all the important information that everyone so readily wants to debate and argue about.
Just like here in CC we don't really tolerate people who debate and criticise Jesus when all theyve seen is the 'Passion of the Christ' or worse one of those weird Jesus movies from the 70s where he speaks in King James and looks radioactive, but they haven't even bothered to read the bible.
SO, in the rules of honest God discerning debate, you can't give your opinion let alone criticism of it til you've read the books! Otherwise we'll know its skewed and useless.
That would be silly.
