The Passion of Jesus Christ

[Crash]

This is going to be a thread about the upcoming movie: the passion of jesus christ. THis is the one that mel gibson is directing and has been getting so much flack for. I totally and completely want to see this movie. About 3 years ago I had a dream about how graphic the end of Jesus' life was, how they beat him and really humiliated him. (I dreamed this after watching jesus christ superstar) I am amazed to see that a movie was made that is almost identical to my dream - kinda creepy actually.

So what are your thoughts on it so far, it comes out Feb 24th I think.

here is the trailer for it if you haven't seen it.

http://www.thepassionofthechrist.com...rs/w_high.html

here is the much more graphic (but better) trailer:

http://members.shaw.ca/chuglet/the-passion.mov

[Rndm_Perfection]

Mel Gibson's good, and he'll most definately do a good job directing the emotions. As long as the movie has good scripting, it should be more than epic.

[Professor S]

There is a lot of flack about this movie because of how violent it is and how it portrays Christ, but as far as I know it follows the Bible... so I'm not sure what everyone is getting all upset about.

What were you expecting? Christ to jump of the cross at the end of the movie and mow down Pilot with an AK-47 and then do a little soft shoe?

[Jonbo298]

Yeah, people are temperamental to this because its depicted the way it should be. The day before the movie comes out, I want to see some debates on the movie. I might see it just to see how good it is. I'm not as interested in the movie itself, just want to see it since its gonna stir up quite some controversy

[Canyarion]

Hm.... What's this movie MORE about? I mean, what IS the passion??

Just graphics is boring.

[The Duggler]

Originally Posted by The Strangler

so I'm not sure what everyone is getting all upset about.

Isn't there that whole thing about the movie making the jews look bad or something?

[Canyarion]

Well, the jews WERE kinda bad because they rejected the Messiah. They WERE the people of God, but they didn't accept their new king...

Dunno what the movie tells about them though..

[rottwylor]

I would rather go see Alien Vs. Predator....

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Nitram

Isn't there that whole thing about the movie making the jews look bad or something?

Well if people were going to get upset about the movie then they should condemn the Bible as well. In the Bible it is Jews that betray him to his death. But you also have to realize that up to that point there were no Christians, only Jews and those that followed the old Roman religions. So while Jews did betray him, it was the Romans who persecuted and killed him.

You can't re-write the Bible for political correctness, so why should the movie about his life according to the Bible be re-written?

And for the record, I'm not Christian and I don't hold anything against Jews, in fact I'm one of Israel's biggest supporters.

The Bible is what it is, and so should the movie. As the Pope said: "It is as it was."

[TheGame]

+Rep Strangler

I think the movie should be interesting... I don't normally see any movies on the big screen unless it's a sequal to a movie I love. I don't know if I will see this one... chances are someone from church will buy me a ticket anyway