"You don't need to be a Jesuit scholar..."

"... to figure out that the film's bad guys who keep complaining about heretics -- led by Nicole Kidman, looking even more like a CGI character than those bears -- are clearly meant to be reps of the Catholic Church, even before you get a glimpse of their Vatican-like headquarters."

That is Lou Lumenick of The New York Post writing about "The Golden Compass." This after he had written: "Bill Donohue of the Catholic League has been publicizing the movie by claiming it's an anti-religious tract, as much as it pains me to say so, this self-appointed no-nothing may actually have something of a point."

Congratulations, Lou: you are now a nitwit.

In related news, The Times thinks the movie stinks.

Comments

[Pau]

And apparently you don't need to be a New York Post journalist to know that the term is "know-nothing" and that the main quality of being one was virulent anti-Catholic sentiment.

[Carl Olson]

Pau; Yes, that was a (somewhat) funny error. And strange.

[Ed Peters]

"You don't need to be a Jesuit scholar..."

I agree. But it sure helps to know some.

[rcb]

Considering some of the scholars "in the Jesuit tradition" I've met...

Nice to see it panned by the Times of London.
Hopefully the movie turns out to be a dog with the critics and heads to DVD bargain bin oblivion.