Okay so as most everyone knows, I saw Twilight, loved it, read the series twice afterwards. Love them too. So, to say that I'm excited about the new Director, Chris Weitz, probably is an understatement. I'm SUPER excited about the new director. I think he's going to take the special effects aspect of the movie to new heights. And I'm thrilled!
So this past New Year's, some friends and hubby and I went to dinner and then they came back to our house...not really an important part of the venting, just part of the story. So, towards the end of dinner as we're finishing up our drinks, etc, my friend says that she's not really excited about the new director because he also happens to be the writer of The Golden Compass. And then she goes on to say something about how since he's anti-Christian, she doesn't know if she'll like the movie blah blah blah. So she goes on to talk about how she refused to watch The Golden Compass because of the comments Weitz said before the movie came out, and of course because of his reasoning for writing the screen play in the first place. Apparently the rumors are that he wrote the screen play as a response to the Chronicles of Narnia. And while I may not necessarily agree with his points of view, or the reasoning behind it, to me, the movie business is all about being entertained.
So his being an atheist, doesn't really bother me. I think it will have no bearing on the movie he's now going to direct for the Twilight series. My problem with my friend is that I dont understand why it matters to her either. Why is it that we can make movies about the devil and his/her role in different people's lives, but we can't make movie that shows the other side of Christianity? Are we really that prejudiced against other humans?
I don't understand it. The movie business is about entertainment. You're not always going to agree with what someone has done or what they believe, but either you are entertained, or you're not. The rest shouldn't matter. Plus, I mean, can you really hold a grudge against someone who also worked on About a Boy, and the American Pie series? C'mon! Grow up America, GROW UP!
.....just needed to get that mess off my chest!
1 comment:
I think someone that refuses to watch a movie because of the writer's religious affiliation is technically a bigot. Had the writer been a Muslim, would she have said the same thing? Or what if the writer was a Hindu..would that have made a difference? If she/he answered yes to either of those, then it sounds to me like they're afraid of anything outside their nice, warm, fuzzy comfortable zone. Somehow atheism is fair game for excessive criticism, but Christianity is not. Hello hypocrisy. I think it's pretty obvious why people are raised to believe one thing and then they never stray from it...because they are afraid to open their mind to any other possibilities. Besides, what's the worst that could happen by watching this movie....someone might mention evolution or the Big Bang? Oh noes!
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