Hello, Jeanie. Who's Bothering You Now?

Although I had not planned on seeing “The Golden Compass” this weekend when it arrives in theatres, I must admit the recent hang-wringing over the film from various Christian groups (whom claim it’s a vehicle for the author’s atheist beliefs) has my curiosity piqued: do these concerns have any basis in reality, or are they of the Helen Lovejoy brand of moral hysteria we’ve come to expect from corners of the Christian faith who also claim “Harry Potter” is a doorway to damnation?

Either way, I’m not sure I care.

Warning: Godless bears ahead!

Yet since it’s a moral imperative of mine to do anything—well, within reason—that irks the conservative right, I’ll be checking out “Compass” over the weekend.

Hopefully, it’ll be a nice palate cleanser before the month’s remaining flicks arrive including “I am Legend” on December 14^th, which I am truthfully seeing only to check out the new “Dark Knight” teaser, in addition to the film’s first seven minutes at IMAX venues.

The notion of Heath Ledger as the Joker is beginning to grow on me. Too bad the film doesn’t arrive for seven months.