[BittenBuggy]

Anyone seen Gibsons "The Passion" yet? Not sure if I want to subject myself to the gore, but if its good I'll give it a shot.

[Andreth]

We're going to see it tomorrow afternoon, but I was just sitting here discussing it with my brother. He saw it opening night and he said it's the best movie he's seen in a long time. But the gore really, really got to him, and this is somebody who was a drill instructor in the Army for five years. He said the scene where they used the cat o'nine tails on him and scourged him was the most horrible thing he's ever seen. So be prepared. But he says it's worth it.

[LuthienTinuviel]

I think it's banned in my country. Something about sensitivity and that some over-zealous wackos might start a scandel etc etc...

damn the censorship board.

[miriel361]

Thanks for the warning. I'll probably give it a miss. I hate blood and gore although I love Mel Gibson. I spent most of my time with my head pressed into my husband's shoulder when we saw Black Hawk down.

And the first half of Kill Bill almost killed me.

And when I donate blood, I always look the other way...

[Maram68]

I am waiting for its release here. Hubby and I went through this theme-related frenzy with "The last temptation of Christ" and are looking forward to this as well.
What I think is a funny detail is the fact that it will be showed in a theater owned and run by the Salesian Congregation (Catholic priests) ... and this in a quite catholic country ...

[BittenBuggy]

Well, my brother-in-law really wants me to go see it, he says it's great, but then again, he's a pervy little sadist.

I don't know, I think I'll wait til you go see it Andreth, and then you can tell me if it's worth it. I don't trust a man's opinion on this one.

[LuthienTinuviel]

*mourns*

Well, enjoy it folks. I won't be able to watch it unless from pirated VCDs or Singapore. Lol.

[BittenBuggy]

[queenoftheshire]

My friends and I have been talking about it for a while. I'm sure I'll go, but I'm not sure when. I think that htis is a great thing because so many people are now getting a kind of visual to thier faith. The Passion and Easter are the biggest holidays in the Catholic church at least and this might bring many more people to realize thier faith.
Whoa...Hope I didn't go on a rampage back there...

[PoweroftheBook]

I saw it...

I've never cried at a movie before, but I started sobbing at the whipping scene, and didn't stop till I was out in the car about 15 minutes after the movie ended.

'Passion' in Latin means 'to submit to suffering.' As much as it pained me to watch every lash fall, all I could keep thinking every time another pain was endured was 'He did that for me, for us, for everyone.'

Addressing the subject of violence, I saw nothing in it that was worse than the amount of blood and gore shown in 'Kill Bill' or 'Lethal Weapon'. What I did see, however, was an audience with a deeper connection to the violence being shown on screen. (There was dead silence in the auditorium throughout the movie, even as we were all clearing up to leave)

It was less a movie and more of a spiritual epiphany for me, at least, as I hadn't attended church in nearly two years, and often felt very cut off from other Christians at the highly Wiccan, extremely 'all-accepting' university that I am attending. 'The Passion of Christ' reminded me of what it was and what it is to be a Christian.

The last scene shows Christ (as portrayed by the actor), arising from the tomb, and walking out, never glancing around at the surroundings. To me, at least, this was the decision that one could make for oneself, whether to move forward believing, or not to.

Anyway, that's my two cents. Highly recommend it!!!

The Power of the Book

[Moralanqua]

I was tempted (HUUGE Jim Caviziel fan) but then i heard there was no elves or Orli in leather so now i wont bother.

Wasnt there this amount of fuss when the Charlie Heston movie Moses came out?

[BittenBuggy]

PotB, thanks so much for those comments! Being an athiest and not a Christian, I don't know if the movie will be important to me 'spiritually' but I am certainly interested I have always loved the story of Jesus and look forward to seeing it on screen. Also, I'm a huge fan of Mel's directing, I still sob my way through Brave Heart once a month


Mora....*sigh* what are we going to do with you?

[Moralanqua]

BB - watch Braveheart with me?

I have no religious affiliation so these sorta movies dont fuffle me. I'll watch it for the gore when it comes on council telly. I'd rather fork out my fiver on seeing ROTK again or renting a decent religious movie like 'Stigmata'...

[BittenBuggy]

[Hathor]

I won't go. Not my thing. Nothing to do with religion, as I'm a strange agnostic and tend to ignore the whole thing as a rule. Nothing to do with the gore, either, or the subtitles.

In fact, there are two reasons I'm not going: Mel Gibson irks me the wrong way after Braveheart, and because of all the fuss made over it. Also the fact that I got a stupid amount of spam through my LiveJournal about it, which was irritating in the supreme.

Strange, but true. Maybe I'll catch it on DVD. Maybe not.