Il Trovatore vs. The Golden Compass

Last week Jared and I were out almost every night only to plop down on the couch Friday evening in exhaustion from the week. We went to go see Il Trovatore at the Zürich Opera house Wednesday evening. I had wanted to see the opera ever since they featured music from it in, A Night at the Opera my favorite Marx Brothers movie that I used to watch when I was younger.

Except in the Zürich version there was lots of leather and even really buffed shirtless men fighting, which is always exciting;) The gypsy had bright red hair.

Then Thursday night Google rented out the theater for us to see The Golden Compass. I thought it was wonderful. Not too long, as fantasy movies tend to be. Despite the controversy, (you're only drawing more attention to the movie by speaking out against it,) we saw it anyway, which I would do with anything. Anyhow, there were not "religious under tones"...at least any that your young children would notice. Who cares if the author of the books is an atheist. C.S. Lewis was a Christian and I'm sure plenty of atheist parents took their children to see the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Those of you who won't take your children to go see this movie get over it and stop sheltering your child from the world so much. Disney movies are even worse with their propaganda for bare midriffs, large breasted weak "heroins" always needing to be rescued by some tight pants wearing or loin clothed unrealistically muscular male (unless you're my Jared. He has the perfect amount of muscles:) Also, not to mention how every step-mother is wicked which they're not in real life. Yes, I wanted to be a princess one day, then I realized it would be boring and hard work and I'd be confined to a castle...then I wanted to be a firefighter.

Comparison of the two..........really long intermissions in the middle of each show.