Strange, I work at a Catholic university, and not only has no one asked me that, I haven’t heard anybody mention the movie here at all. Not even the priests have talked about it. I haven’t seen any signs advertising student outings to the movie. No e-mail from campus ministry discussing it…nothing.
Of course, this is Niagara Falls, and things tend to happen late here.
NIAGARA FALLS? Slooooowly I turned . . .
Haven’t been asked, don’t expect to be. The minister at my church did mention it on Sunday with some kind of comment about it being a good movie because it shows the amount of agony that Christ went through rather than letting people forget about it like we usually do except for 15 minutes on Good Friday. I thought that was kind of odd. I have no desire to see a movie that focuses primarily on torturing someone. I’m not keen on movies about Jesus in general, but I’d be more keen if less of it seemed to focus on his final days of pain. (I’d also be more likely to want to see it if it reflected the point of view of a religious organization that I respect rather than the point of view of a well-known celebrity)
No one has said anything to me in person, but I got two long drivelly anonymous posts complete with pictures in my LiveJournal. One of the pictures was quite bloody, and I’m quite squeamish - I hate blood, I tend to get dizzy and faint if I see blood. Luckily for me, the bloody picture seems to not be working anymore.
I wrote an angry/funny response to them, even though I don’t think it was a real person. 
And I agree with you: HELL NO, I won’t go!
Nope. In gerneral I read books for entertainment and only watch a movie if I want to totally veg out. At those times I either watch romantic comedies or action films.
DAMN you, Ginger! You stole my post! Ten lashes for beating me to it! You nailed how I feel about it.
No.
But then I told myself not to watch that idiotic religious film - “Time Changer” but I did.
Nah, I have grown to despise Mel Gibson, WELL before this film. Even though he’s not in it I don’t think I can bare to watch it.
I should add that I only watched ‘Time Changer’ because it was on SKY. There is absolutely no chance whatsoever that I will pay and * make physical effort* to attend a cinema for such films.
I haven’t been asked in real life but it’s certainly been discussed ad nauseam on a couple of homeschooling lists I belong to.
No way am I going near it. Stomach-turning stuff.
Whoa! Hold on! It’s me! The one with the kindly face!
Anyway
Nope. I think the yarmulke tells most folks that I might not be the best target to witness at. Should anyone try, I’ll try telling them that I don’t need to see the film- I was there. When they insist that I am not Jesus, I shall forgive them. For when I rose from the tomb mine own disciples did not know me.
Or maybe
“If I wanted to watch a Jewish carpenter get abused I’d visit my cousin Saul at work.”
I’m planning to avoid it at all costs…unless the theatre would issue me a large barf bag and a promise to refund an amount of money proportionate to the amount of vomit produced.
I’m at a Catholic university too, and haven’t heard much talk about it either, although a friend of mine who’s a Miltonist insists that I see it, because he wants to know what I think. (His interest in the film is primarily professional.)
And then another friend of mine wants to know what I as a Catholic think…
For those of you curious about “Slowly I turned . . .”
Probably not until it comes on DVD. I’ve gotten fed up with sitting through 20 minutes of commericals AFTER paying to get in before I can watch the movie. As such, I try to avoid going to the movies unless A.)It’s something I really want to see or B.) It has to be seen on the big screen to be fully appreciated. This movie fits niether.
I saw that. It’s rather morbid and it somewhat bad taste as well, I think.
Strangely enough, one of my friends just mentioned this movie to me.
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Message from ****** (Sat Feb 28 12:39) [—]:
You seen “the passion of the christ yet?”
I heard there’s a good scene where he kicks everybodys’ ass.
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Back in reality, I don’t think I’ll be watching this one any time soon.
Eve:[ *“Slowly I turned…” - ‘By Joey Faye; His most recent claim to fame was as the green grape in the Fruit of the Loom underwear commercials’.
Thanks. :)] *
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If commercials and previews are the only thing that would irk you about The Passion, call up your local theatre, and ask if they’re showing commercials and previews before it. The production company or whoever specifically asked theatres not to put ads and previews before it, screwing up a whole bunch of people who showed up late for the film last night* hoping to skip them.
*(I hang out at my boyfriend’s theatre a lot)
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A lot of people have asked me if I’m going, and I always say no, I’m not really interested.
That reminds me of bitter memories and strife with someone I used to know.
As for seeing the movie, I don’t know… maybe. I’ll figure out who else is seeing it, although it is bloody and everything else that I don’t normally like.
Haven’t been preached to about seeing the movie, although apparently our church is reserving 150 seats in a local theatre on the night of March 12 to see it.