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"Mel Gibbon's New Film"

Ah that fantastic actor come dodgy fundamentalist.
Wasn't he great in... no wait, that was Bruse Willis... he was good in.. hmm... Danny Glover was good in the Lethal Weapons, does that count?...
Well he was in.. no, that sucked too.

Nevertheless, Christian America's second favourite pin-up is bringing his new gig to the UK.
What I want to know is this:

Will you go to see The Passion of the Christ ?


Personally, I'm in 2.. no, 3 minds about it:

- I'd quite like to go judge for myself whether it really is anti-semitic, and by the sounds of things it's probably a fairly good gore fest.

- But I'm tempted to avoid it as I don't want to support the success of Gibson's venture or expose myself to a couple of hours of Christianity.

- I'm also tempted to avoid it as, for us non-believers, it'd probably be little more than a boring gore fest and I really can't be bothered with that.



Without turning the thread into a soapbox for preaching your (supposed) religious beliefs (you know who you are, get your own forum ;^p ), what are your views?
Lets keep it to the film please people!

I think I'll wait For Harry Potter 3 instead :p

Dirty Tiltawhirl!!!! They told me you weren't around anymore.

'The Passion of the Christ' has got awful violence, even for an 18.

Yip. Appararently there's a 20 minute long flogging scene and the crucifixion is another 20 minutes of violence. Then you've got all crown of thorns and walking with a cross on his back to endure, not exactly light hearted viewing.

Is it an 18?

I don't think I want to watch somebody being crucified. I know that things like that happened, but like Titanic or Saving Private Ryan, I don't need to watch a film about it to make me apprieciate that fact.

Might give it a watch at some point, historians don't deny that Jesus certainly existed, whether he was the son of god remains to be seen though. Apparently the film doesn't go into any of the rising from the dead part of the story and just goes for the factual part.

Rosalind wrote:
> No. I didn't go see Gladiator because it was too bloody. I imagine
> this will be similar.

In a review I read, it says its created a totally new genre of film, "Religio-porn"
Due to its apparant love of violence.

No. I didn't go see Gladiator because it was too bloody. I imagine this will be similar.

Are you going to see 'The Passion of the Christ'?

Well if you could just.....

Yeah okay, Happy now. :oD

I am answering your post, using no quotes. I realise now I do not have to quote entire posts and carry them on three separate posts. Happy yet?