Like the title says, The Golden Compass has won an Oscar. Hooray.
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I was in a theater recently and noticed posters for an upcoming film, Prince Caspian, the second book of C.S. Lewis' Christian propoganda for children series. I expect to see the folks who were up in arms about The Golden Compass clammering for a boycott of Prince Caspian. After all, to quote Fox News contributor Father Jonathan Morris:
The Oscar for The Golden Compass was special effects. I guess that means figuring out a way for a polar bear to have his jaw torn off without shedding a drop of blood.