The fact that it did otherwise is attributed to it ultimately being a family movie.Īs mentioned, some of the biggest critics with how the film turned out were none other than the fans of the original books. This was in spite of the belief that the controversy would propel the film's box office earnings. Groups such as the Catholic League held boycotts of the film, feeling successful in their pursuits when the film's box office results were less than satisfying. This angered fans of the source material, but it wasn't enough for those whose religious sensibilities it supposedly offended. Outright references to religion and God are never explicitly made in the film, despite being central themes in the books. Instead, the Magisterium is meant to be a stand in for dogmatic religions in general, but even this sugarcoating isn't enough. With the gaudy, ostentatious buildings that it meets in, the comparisons to Catholicism are obvious, even with the film's attempt to neuter the content. For instance, the film makes constant references to the Magisterium, but this group is usually called the far less anonymous moniker of "the Church" in the book.
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