WARNING: Don't See Passion Of Christ!!!!!!!

[Blah2004]

The reason is the movie may be "historically" accurate but do we really need to see a man/God brutalized to death.

It is not about Jews being badmouthed. The story has always included Jews being blamed and such. Bottom line is the movie is bad to Jews because of the blood/torture involved. Thus some people will leave hating Jews for the brutality they see on the screen.

People will not leave the movie with a new or strengthened faith. They will leave with a feeling of having watched an execution.

Btw I am a Catholic and respect Jesus and such.

You dumb Trolls will probably fill this thread with your usual crap but the truth is go flame elsewhere or whatever you call it. I am here to speak the truth.

Seeing this movie means your out for blood!!!

[Calli]

I won't go and see it since there is nothing in it that it would be of any interest to me. I don't believe that crap anyway. But what you posted here is just what a lot of people were saying about this movie since the news about its story came out. I was amazed then already how this religion once again manages to prove how full of hatred it is, what its suppose to be a story about a religion of love and blah blah will only be a tool to start more hate and suffering. Thanks, Mel. *Translation: fuck you, Mel*

[Fundamentalism]

Originally posted by Blah2004
You dumb Trolls will probably fill this thread with your usual crap but the truth is go flame elsewhere or whatever you call it. I am here to speak the truth.

Seeing this movie means your out for blood!!!

If you'ld like some respect for your opinion then you'ld be better of showing some respect first. Being called a 'dumb troll' doesn't exactly inspire me to take your feelings into account when posting a reply to your topic.

Secondly, yes, censorship has provided a great way for maintaining freedom and peace in the world... not.

You, dear sir, are not only advocating hate yourself, but you are also down right ignorant pushing for censorship the way you do.

Might I suggest trying your crap somewhere else where there are people that might actually give a fuck about what you have to say?

[Calli]

^He was right, honey. The only reason why this thread hasn''t derailed yet with the usual Gagh nonsense is cause he and the others are not online yet.

Or did you think that he was speaking to you when he adressed "dumb trolls"? *kiss*

[Laker_Girl]

Originally posted by Blah2004
The reason is the movie may be "historically" accurate but do we really need to see a man/God brutalized to death.

It is not about Jews being badmouthed. The story has always included Jews being blamed and such. Bottom line is the movie is bad to Jews because of the blood/torture involved. Thus some people will leave hating Jews for the brutality they see on the screen.

People will not leave the movie with a new or strengthened faith. They will leave with a feeling of having watched an execution.

Btw I am a Catholic and respect Jesus and such.

You dumb Trolls will probably fill this thread with your usual crap but the truth is go flame elsewhere or whatever you call it. I am here to speak the truth.

Seeing this movie means your out for blood!!!

What a completely ignorant statement from someone who is "Catholic and respects Christ and such."

Since you're Catholic and you'd kiss a man's ring why wouldn't you take that man's advice and see this film?

If you're Catholic and you've read the Bible then you know the Jews are not to be blamed for Christ's death.

Let me give you a refresher, Christ was born to die for our sins. Oh but he didn't have to die that way? He did and God knew, God knows all.

Moronic thead, thanks for contributing.

[curiousa2z]

You dumb Trolls

Hello Loser. Welcome to Troll Kingdom.
So you still haven't grasped the concept that it was the Romans nailing people up on the cross, (it's a fairly well-known story, doofus) and you waltz in here calling the denizens of TK dumb Trolls?
Pissant shmuck.

[Tisiphone]

People will not leave the movie with a new or strengthened faith. They will leave with a feeling of having watched an execution.

Idiot. That's what did happen! You think people can't picture in their own minds his death? Only by seeing it in a theatre will they realize the horror of getting nails hammered into a man's flesh? Get real.

Shit, why am I responding? <sucker>

-Cy
Who's drunk and hopes she makes sense

[Imperium]

^Drunkard

[gettinglayed]

If it is as historicaly acurate as possible. Who cares if it made certain people groups look bad.
If it was not accurate then derail it for it's inacuricies.

in other words put up or shut up.

GettingLayed (who has not seen the film),

[cognac]

Originally posted by Blah2004
Seeing this movie means your out for blood!!!

And popcorn! For Christ's sake, don't forget the popcorn!

Thus some people will leave hating Jews for the brutality they see on the screen.

People will not leave the movie with a new or strengthened faith. They will leave with a feeling of having watched an execution.

Like Tisiphone pointed out, that's what happened. What YOU need to do is turn that frown upside down and say to the Jew-haters: "Aww, but see what he went and did for our sake with the suffering and all! Such a sweetie! Let's learn something from this and be kind to each other from now on."

Btw, that "dumb trolls" remark was uncalled for. :cry:

[Calli]

Strange, I didn't feel adressed with the "dumb trolls" remark. What does that say about ya all?

[Parallaxis]

Well the movie doesn’t try to be as historically accurate as possible, it tries to be as BIBLICALLY accurate as possible (which it exceeds at) but there is a huge difference between the two. Unfortunately debating the differences between the two has little to do with Mel’s movie as he wasn’t trying to base it on a history text book.

[cognac]

Originally posted by Calli
Strange, I didn't feel adressed with the "dumb trolls" remark. What does that say about ya all?

That we all are having a wee bit of fun with the fool, whilst you on the other hand are taking a more dry approach and thus displaying your apathy (for the subject)?

In any case, have some popcorn.

[DarthSikle]

fucking catholics. pedophile priests and a faggot pope.

[NeonMercuryASH]

Who killed Christ? Probably Pilate. That business about washing his hands, was to cover his ass. That he was publicly excuted, indicated he was a little more well heeled than most. Executed in public meant that the family could not inheirit his property. It reverted to the state.
The fact is, is that Ancient Rome was as two faced as they came, having stabbed every ally they ever had in the back.
The violence would probably be par for that time frame, which means that we really have come a long way.

[Cosmic Average]

I think they should put all the books they left out of the bible back in.

Abd which version of the bible?

[Red Whacker]

^Alongside Mothergoose.

[Blah2004]

NOTE TO LOSERS

Why get so hung up on "dumb trolls".
I hate you and you hate me okay !?!?!
For guys so wrapped up in stupid shows like "Angel" and "Star Crap" you sure take offense easy. Chill.

:who?me?:

[curiousa2z]

^^gee you sure take offense easy....that why you sent me all those PMs, BlahLoser?

which I did not read, incidently.

I don't waste my time on illiterate cretins who don't even have the guts to flame in the open.

You really are a pissant schmuck.

[Cosmic Average]

Pilate is seen going through his well-known doubts before finally washing his hands of the matter and turning Jesus over to the priests, but Caiaphas, who also had doubts, is not seen as sympathetically. The critic Steven D. Greydanus, in a useful analysis of the film, writes: "The film omits the canonical line from John's gospel in which Caiaphas argues that it is better for one man to die for the people [so] that the nation be saved.

"Had Gibson retained this line, perhaps giving Caiaphas a measure of the inner conflict he gave to Pilate, it could have underscored the similarities between Caiaphas and Pilate and helped defuse the issue of anti-Semitism."

http://www.sun-times.com/output/ebert1/cst-ftr-passion24.html

[Parallaxis]

So much for it being BIBLICALLY accurate. Whats it say in Revelations about "he who takes away from my work" ?

[curiousa2z]

just saw briefly on the CBC - it's opened to sold - out shows in Canada, apparently.

[Parallaxis]

Its sold out here too.

[Violently Happy]

I went to see it. It was awsome. I heard some guy went to see it in a red satan suit and nearly caused a riot.

Do you think they'll make a sequal? :who?me?:

[Laker_Girl]

My holy roller friend saw it and was supposed to go with me to see it this weekend but decided it was too emotionally draining to see it again so soon. :roll: She said, "I live the passion of the Christ everyday and the movie was just so emotional for me." Mmmm'kaaaaaay...

[Fenris Ulf]

I saw it last night.... my gawd it was INTENSE. I woke up this morning all sore 'cause I had every muscle in my body clenched for an hour and a half (or from whenever the scourging started, anyway...) This was one gut-wrenching, gripping film.

I tried to force myself not to turn away from the screen, but I still flinched a few times. When the credits began to roll, no one even stirred. When folks finally started moving, everyone was subdued; some were crying.

As to the film itself:

Nearly every shot was composed like a freaking Renaissance oil painting in motion. The supernatural elements were well done and pretty convincing, from the appearance of Satan to Judas's madness and that strange golden sheen in Christ's eyes.

As to the portrayal of the Jews: yeah, there's bloodthirsy rabble, but there's also people in the crowd crying during the walk to Calvary... it's pretty much the bible story we all grew up reading; take that for what it's worth.

I defy anyone to really WATCH this movie without experiencing a strong reaction. Personally, I felt

a) shock.

b) awe,

c) horror at what humans were (and still are) capapble of inflicting upon each other;

d) thinking (hoping) that we really have made some small progress in the time since, in that "human rights" have become an important and widespread concept, if not an actual practice;

e) a new sense of respect for the core of the Christian doctrine

e) as a cinephile, total amazement and absorption in the work of Art that is this film.

Thank you and goodnight.

[Cosmic Average]

Originally posted by Violently Happy
I went to see it. It was awsome. I heard some guy went to see it in a red satan suit and nearly caused a riot.

Do you think they'll make a sequal? :who?me?:

Passion of Christ 2: He's Back, Baby

"And, this time, it's personal."

[WordInterrupted]

Christ 2: Judgement Day

[Parallaxis]

Actually, all joking aside, Gibson does have like a billion other stories in the bible to produce into a movie.

I'm afraid of what we'll get next.

2 hours of people dieing horribly in the flood?
An hour and a half of God whooping up on Adam before he tosses him out of eden?
A 45min slow motion kill shot of David slaying Golaith?

[Fenris Ulf]

^Point. I recall being relieved that Gibson didn't attempt to show all six hours Jesus supposedly spent on the cross before finally dying.

[Laker_Girl]

^It's Mel Gibson not Kevin Costner.

[Gagh]

Luckily, I never saw it.

[eloisel]

Actually, The Passion of Christ is an excellently made movie. It was extremely difficult to watch as it is very realistically bloody. I think Gibson intended to show the sacrifice of Christ was not some namby pamby lip service type words spoken in church and on holidays. In that, he succeeded.

[curiousa2z]

I'd forgotten about this thread.

[Techman]

Hadn't planned to.