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The Passion of The Christ
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SpongeScott
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As of March 23, it's just shy of $300 million.
Dizknee_Phreek
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i can't remember if i posted my views of the movie or not. regardless, i'll post them now 
i'm amazed how some people can't look past the violence. yes, it was violent, but i've seen worse. and, to me, that's how it actually happened and it's about damn time some one showed the truth!
imo, this movie was full of hope and love. yeah, i felt horrible that Jesus was beated almost to death and then crucified...and i couldn't fathom how the soldiers could do that to not only him, but any person, and not think twice about it! but, having a strong religious background, i knew He put himself through it out of love. i've always been taught and preached to about His sacrifice, but to see it the way Mel Gibson thought it to be...i don't know...just gave me a new desire to live for Him. it's one thing to hear about something, it's a whole different thing to see it or experience it. and i felt like i was there, experiencing the whole thing first hand. and i felt Mary's emotional torture, even though i'm sure i felt just a small fraction of what Mary actually felt.
i started crying where Mary wanted to run to Jesus (while he was carrying the cross and he fell down) and they did a flashback to when he was a little boy and she helped him up when he fell. for that breif moment, i felt like i knew what it would be like to be a mother. i think that scene showed that no matter if he was the son of God or not, he was still her little boy and he always would be.
back to hope and love...i personally felt a sense of love and hope throughout the entire movie. and i know the resurrection scene is just a few seconds in length, but if nothing else in that movie had given me hope, that would! He overcame brutality of the worst kind, and even death! how can that not give someone hope?
i give it two thumbs up! i can't say that it's an enjoyable movie, but it certainly did what it set out to do.
i'm amazed how some people can't look past the violence. yes, it was violent, but i've seen worse. and, to me, that's how it actually happened and it's about damn time some one showed the truth!
imo, this movie was full of hope and love. yeah, i felt horrible that Jesus was beated almost to death and then crucified...and i couldn't fathom how the soldiers could do that to not only him, but any person, and not think twice about it! but, having a strong religious background, i knew He put himself through it out of love. i've always been taught and preached to about His sacrifice, but to see it the way Mel Gibson thought it to be...i don't know...just gave me a new desire to live for Him. it's one thing to hear about something, it's a whole different thing to see it or experience it. and i felt like i was there, experiencing the whole thing first hand. and i felt Mary's emotional torture, even though i'm sure i felt just a small fraction of what Mary actually felt.
i started crying where Mary wanted to run to Jesus (while he was carrying the cross and he fell down) and they did a flashback to when he was a little boy and she helped him up when he fell. for that breif moment, i felt like i knew what it would be like to be a mother. i think that scene showed that no matter if he was the son of God or not, he was still her little boy and he always would be.
back to hope and love...i personally felt a sense of love and hope throughout the entire movie. and i know the resurrection scene is just a few seconds in length, but if nothing else in that movie had given me hope, that would! He overcame brutality of the worst kind, and even death! how can that not give someone hope?
i give it two thumbs up! i can't say that it's an enjoyable movie, but it certainly did what it set out to do.
Shaman
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After seeing the movie a couple of comments (might aswell since the thread was ressurected, pun intended):
It is not as graphic as people make out to be...I've seen worse...
It is not as depressing as people make out to be...
It is nicely filmed, scripted, and the music/sound is great...the organization of the movie was terrible in my opinion...all those flashbacks took away, I think...although some were important and great flashbacks...like the Mary running to jesus flashback is a keeper...
The presence of evil, though metaphorical, is IMHO useless....
I think the movie is strongly Catholic....though all Christians will relate.....
But at its core, the movie is still your typical biblical film...
I'll be honest I thought the movie was alright...it didn't blow me away though...did keep be glued to it throughout, and I wanted to see more when it was over...but I don't know...I was expecting something more....
There are somethings shown I disagree with...but I'll keep those to myself...as to not cause any heated debate....
BUT GO SEE IT...one of the best films out there right now....Hidalgo was good too...:lookaroun
It is not as graphic as people make out to be...I've seen worse...
It is not as depressing as people make out to be...
It is nicely filmed, scripted, and the music/sound is great...the organization of the movie was terrible in my opinion...all those flashbacks took away, I think...although some were important and great flashbacks...like the Mary running to jesus flashback is a keeper...
The presence of evil, though metaphorical, is IMHO useless....
I think the movie is strongly Catholic....though all Christians will relate.....
But at its core, the movie is still your typical biblical film...
I'll be honest I thought the movie was alright...it didn't blow me away though...did keep be glued to it throughout, and I wanted to see more when it was over...but I don't know...I was expecting something more....
There are somethings shown I disagree with...but I'll keep those to myself...as to not cause any heated debate....
BUT GO SEE IT...one of the best films out there right now....Hidalgo was good too...:lookaroun
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Ehhh, dont blame the romans it was those nasty Jewish types, or something along those lines.
Maria
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I think the part were Pilates (sp?) washes his hands and lets the priests decide what to do is very interesting... made me look at Pilates as a better person than I thought he was, and I´m in the Catholic group! It shows him having a hard time deciding what to do, mostly to protect himself from the people, because he knew Jesus was innocent. A coward I may say, but what a hard thing to do then.
Btw, I never pictured Herod like in the movie! :lookaroun :animwink:
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Damn clever these Romans, they even started fitness routines, but I never knew they could mould rubber.
Shaman
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Forgive me if I wasn't clear...the format of the depiction of the events brutally depicts the suffering and the raw, bloody, last hours of the life of Jesus Christ. Most Christian faiths do not primarily dwell on these events, rather the emphasize the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings. Catholics tend to emphasize on the sacrifice, the cross a powerful image in the catholic church, the images in churches etc...Mel Gibson being catholic depicts the same message in the same raw form, as it is presented in the catholic church...in fact...the powerful protrayal of Mary whom Catholics revere strongly, is also very catholic...add the rosary-type organization of the movie...and thats what I mean when I say its strongly Catholic...its the interpretation that Catholic...
BTW I do consider myself Catholic (although a very liberal one)...
Pumbas Nakasak
Heading for the great escape.
Gave me the chance of visiting several bars, sampling their wears and pretending I was there for the culture.:dazzle:
Don't you just love me?...
No, but really is this movie still out? Has anybody changed their life styles from seeing this film?
No, but really is this movie still out? Has anybody changed their life styles from seeing this film?
barnum42
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Originally posted by Sir Hiss527
Don't you just love me?...
No, but really is this movie still out? Has anybody changed their life styles from seeing this film?
Not here - I still find myself unable to believe in any supreme being. Too much crap gets done in the name of one god or another.
DMC-12
It's HarmonioUS, NOT HarmoniYOU.
So the DVD is coming out this fall right? AUG, Sept? I forget ....so...anyway will there be any extras on the DVD? Like any funny Jesus outtakes or deleted scenes. :lol: Or like Jesus flubing his lines and having to do it in like 4 or 5 takes and he starts cracking up? :lol: :lookaroun
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