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DaDornta

I saw this today...all I can say is..wow...

Amidst all the controversy over being anti-semetic, I didn't get the feeling the movie producers or actors were trying to portray the Jewish priesthood any diffrently than written in the Bible. This is coming from a history major who's done study in Biblical Archeology and and biblical history.

Of course the priests were mad at Jesus...he threatened to undermine their control/power...

As far as the gore..i'd take a 14 year old kid to it...sure it was dramatic, but not overly-gore-ridden. Saving Private Ryan had more distrubing images of people collecting limbs and intestines being spilled.

The entire movie was subtitled, the words being spoken were either Aramaic or Latin. Kudos on the the actors learning to speak such dead languages!

I liked how the movie ended, I liked how they did Jesus's resurection...(without spoiling) it was just "enough"--if you know what I mean..

I think more people need to see this movie. People were crying and sniffing at the end, and tons of people were about ready to...myself included.

If your not religious at all, I still think it's a worthy piece of cinema to watch. Maybe your views on how Christians act about Jesus will change...

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<i>Maybe your views on how Christians act about Jesus will change...</i>

I've always thought Christians act nothing like Jesus...and that's not going to get changed by some preachy movie.

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DaDornta

You obviously haven't met the right Christians.

Also, more to the point...what I was saying is maybe by watching the movie and seeing a man suffer in a near-dead state for hours on end might show some atheist or agnostic just why Christians revere Jesus.

Plainsman1963

One of the best marketed movies I have ever seen. It was guaranteed to be huge just because of all the controversy that Gibson helped foster concerning it.

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HappyMan

I haven't seen any advertising for it.....just word of mouth and the media........

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Plainsman1963

Yep, why spend money on advertising when it's been in the news for what? The last 6 months?

DaDornta

Yeah but do you remember star wars episode one? How many times a day did you see a bilboard or a taco bell cup with Jar Jar on it? I felt like I couldn't escape Lucas's marketing machine with that movie. Waaay to much hype and marketing...

dopenose

almost every christian i have met are hypocrites. some of the nicest people i've met don't go to church. this is why i don't take religion seriously.

Zeusman

yea, yesterday, the start of lent my sister said somethign along the lines of how people can't eat meat and such. and i told her that it didn't apply to me because i am no longer catholic. she kinda freakd out. i dont see how anyone can be so into a god that has never been proven.

i honestly don't believe the bibles stories. and the whole heaven and hell thing. it just doesnt make any sense to me.

i'll probably see this movie sometime or another. I don't think it will restore my faith in god or anything. I just wanna see what all the hype was about.

oh and the gore thing. I think it was just built up because this is a god to millions of poeple.

wee need more Jimmy Pops in this world
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Heh heh...I told everyone I gave up coke (not the drink) for lent...good times