February 25, 2004

The Passion of The Christ

Posted by ryan at 11:24 PM in religion . | 9 Comments

The Passion of The Christ came out today. In case you live under a rock, "The Passion" is about the final 12 hours of Jesus' life and has been widely criticized as being anti-Semitic. The film is so violent that it was given an R rating.

I'm curious if anyone has seen it, refuses to see it, etc etc. I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. note: I have not seen it. I am always a bit skeptical when a movie like this comes out, fueling people to take the movie as (excuse the pun) gospel truth.

One woman died while watching it.


 

Comments

Roger Ebert said it probably deserved an NC-17 rating for it's violence. He said it was the most violent movie he had ever seen. He liked it though. I think I'll end up seeing it sometime this week.

Posted by: villageidiot at February 25, 2004 11:28 PM

I am planning on seeing it, however I am not planning on giving Mel any of my money for it. So I'll either download it or pay for another movie and sneak in.

Posted by: agent1073 at February 26, 2004 12:09 AM

Interesting. Why won't you pay to see it? If you go and pay for one movie and watch it, what movie will you pay for?

Posted by: ryan at February 26, 2004 12:43 AM

I'm not sure what to think about the movie either. I want to go see it. However, I also don't want to be depressed when I leave the theatre.

Posted by: adam m at February 26, 2004 2:00 AM

Go see it at the Arena Grand. They sell beer there ;)

Posted by: polamex at February 26, 2004 8:31 AM

I don't really want to spend my time seeing it when I've got work I can do. Besides, I already know how the movie ends!!;)

Posted by: Hefner at February 26, 2004 3:35 PM

How realistic can this movie be?... Jesus is played by a white man.

Posted by: ryan at February 26, 2004 8:32 PM

Im with adam.. Im sure id be really upset after seeing something this violent. I have heard the following things from people who saw the movie so far:

The scene where Jesus is being lashed is in slo-mo.. so you watch ~80 lashings over the course of like, 5min.

Herod is portrayed as some sort of drag queen figure

Pilate is made out to be nearly a saint.

Ill probably be convinced by friends to go see it sometime in the next 2 weeks id guess....

Posted by: gizmo at February 26, 2004 8:46 PM

I didn't think I would like porn, but hey, time makes fools of us all.

Posted by: villageidiot at February 26, 2004 8:52 PM