Another bottle blonde

[fpb]

When it was a matter of getting herself some publicity, Nicole Kidman got herself married to her current partner in a Catholic church, and in white, yet. You may remember my cynicism on the matter.

Now she takes the protagonist role in the movie of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass, and even has the cheek to assure us that as she is so profoundly Catholic, she would never take a Catholic-bashing role, and therefore we may be sure that this is not a Catholic-bashing story at all.

I was insufficiently cynical about Ms.Kidman. It seems clear that her "Catholic" identity is nothing more than an asset to be spent in public when convenient for her and her employers. She is a cold, conscious, deliberate liar. And incidentally, Philip Pullman, who seems to have deliberately toned down his rants against God and the Church for the occasion of this movie's release, comes across as nearly as unprincipled.

Comments

[filialucis]

I just wish some of those ... shall we say ... intellectually challenged individuals who go around claiming that JKR is the actual anti-Christ had put their excess energy to better use by pointing out the actual, and not imagined, anti-religious message in Pullman.

I read my way through that trilogy once and have never been able to bring myself to open it again. Honestly, I wonder how some people manage to go through life without being poisoned by their own vitriol...

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

I loved the series - I'd rather have a Milton fanfic than almost any YA fic written recently. At least there's religion in the story at all - better than the stories where it's all been whitewashed away. Kidman was miscast, though. The Mrs Coulter part should have been a beautiful dark haired lady to play off Lord Asriel's blond. The James Bond cast (with the bond-girl not as the witch, as Mrs C.) would have been perfect. Judy Dench could have played the evil angel. It would have been great.

[jordan179.livejournal.com]

I'm an atheist, and I find Kidman's attitude hypocritical.

[redcoast.livejournal.com]

She looked better when she was a red-head.

[elise-the-great.livejournal.com]

I recently watched Cold Mountain, and it profoundly changed my mental reactions to Ms. Kidman. The sex scene reduced me to hysterical cackling, and now whenever I see her face on paper or screen I can't help but giggle and think, "I've seen her having really ridiculous sex." Same effect, really, as walking into a student lounge and catching an acquaintance in the act-- from that moment on, whenever you see them you are twelve.

Pullman, however... what a horrible waste of genuine talent. The man's angrier than Neil Gaiman and as confusingly surreligious as your average faux-Wiccan high-schooler, but if he cleaned up his act I'd be a total fan of his writing. Alas and rue the day...

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

The nonsense I'm hearing about is not touching you, is it? Reply so we know you're OK. Thanks.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I am not sure what this is about, but I am alive and OK so far as I am aware.

[rfachir.livejournal.com]

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1266505820071112
this was what I heard this morning - not the "no one was hurt" part, but the huge fire.