# mel gibson christian movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788 "2003-05-22T12:08:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/1 "2003-05-22T12:08:47Z")
i heard mel gibsons starring and directing in a movie about christ, but the dialogues going to be in sanskrit and latin. this true? or am i misinformed? i know hes a big christian, but this appears to be pushing it a bit far? cheers, pauly t šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/2 "2003-05-22T12:11:24Z")
If what I heard was correct, itā€™s not only in Sanskrit and Latin, but there will be NO SUBTITLES. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/3 "2003-05-22T12:12:47Z")
Not only is he making it, heā€™s already finished filming it. [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335345](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0335345) I saw some pictures from the set in a magazine (People, I think) and it looks pretty bloody. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/4 "2003-05-22T12:12:56Z")
Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin. Kind of too far west for Sanskrit. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/5 "2003-05-22T12:23:01Z")
> **[The latest from the StarTribune](https://www.startribune.com/)** > > Follow the StarTribune for the news, photos and videos from the Twin Cities and beyond. Madness. Melā€™s a uber Catholic AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/6 "2003-05-22T12:30:13Z")
hellfire leonard! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/7 "2003-05-22T12:56:45Z")
There was a thread a while ago about Mel and his dadā€™s loony outlooks, but I tried a search on it and came up blank . . . ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/8 "2003-05-22T13:31:18Z")
Mel and ā€œJesusā€ Jim Caviezel have been turning up in interviews on EWTN (Catholic TV) talking about the flick. I watched Melā€™s interview because it seemed so strange for him to be on a channel devoted to the mainstream Catholic Church considering his beliefs about post-Vatican II Catholicism. The most they went into about his differences with the church, was to briefly mention that he attended a church that said the Latin Mass. Mel casually refered to it as a preference, like it was a aesthetic choice only. Which seemed a little disingenuous, since according to the NYTimes article that led to the thread **Eve** mentioned, Mel had the church built and is its sole financial benefactor. Hereā€™s the thread in question:["Mel Gibsonā€™s Paā€“Nuttier Than a Stuckeyā€™s Log](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=0f2f3bd6a277fc51faaa84b7ae54ca&threadid=168622) Please work link, Iā€™m tired of screwing these things upā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/9 "2003-05-22T13:37:06Z")
My wife is actually looking forward to this movie. Gotta admit: he didnā€™t take the easy road, thatā€™s for sure. _Aramaic_? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/10 "2003-05-22T14:26:52Z")
Thanks, **widdershins** ā€”I _swear_ I did a search on ā€œGibsonā€ and came up blank! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/11 "2003-05-22T14:35:50Z")
Well, yeah, _Aramaic_. Itā€™s what Christ spoke. Itā€™d be hard to make a movie envisioned like this one without Aramaic. Melā€™s dadā€™s a lot nuttier than Mel, according to [snopes](http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/gibson.asp). ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/12 "2003-05-22T14:41:24Z")
It was in The Pit, I did a search on ā€œGibson passion catholic vaticanā€. Glad to do my humble part to help a lady out. No one will ever mistake me for a true gentleman, but we do what we can. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/13 "2003-05-22T21:22:32Z")
I will probably see it, although I doubt it will be in wide release so I may have to rent it. I know Catholics who prefer the Latin Mass, although I personally donā€™t know any who feel that Vatican II was a mistake. I think it sounds cool, and I hope it doesnā€™t suck the way John Travoltaā€™s tribute to his religious beliefs did (_Battlefield Earth_ was written by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology). ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/14 "2003-05-22T21:33:42Z")
ā€œbut there will be NO SUBTITLESā€ Yes, that is the truly amazing part. That said, I am quite curious about the film and will probably see it if it gets decent reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/15 "2003-05-22T22:36:38Z")
Those of you who plan on seeing it; do you feel it will be obvious what is happening, since the story is so familiar? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/16 "2003-05-22T22:41:48Z")
Just what I was going to suggest, **Revtim**. Among the Christian audience, evening among the non-practicing, thereā€™s no story more familiar (other than possibly _The Wizard of Oz_!). If the script follows the gospels without any interpolated scenes, it shouldnā€™t be hard to follow whatā€™s going on. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/17 "2003-05-22T22:43:10Z")
It should be noted that although he is the director, Mel is **not** appearing in the film. It should also be noted, for you non-religious types, that [Monica Bellucci](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=ss&group=0234215&photo=Ss/0234215/MX2CT-3215R.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Bellucci,%20Monica) will be playing Mary Magdalene. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/18 "2003-05-22T22:49:32Z")
The sheer audacity of its concept guarantees that this film will either be fantastic beyond belief or will suck on a cosmic scale. Iā€™ll definitely go see it, to find out which. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/19 "2003-05-22T22:50:10Z")
I remember hearing a few years ago on NPR that Aramaic was dying out as a language, particularly the dialect Josh is believed to have spoken. How did they find enough knowledgeable people to put the thing together? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788/20 "2003-05-22T22:58:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FallenAngel \* > \*\*I remember hearing a few years ago on NPR that Aramaic was dying out as a language, particularly the dialect Josh is believed to have spoken. > > How did they find enough knowledgeable people to put the thing together? \*\* One word: money. Melā€™s got it, this is his baby, so Iā€™m sure he brought the full force of his resources to bear on this project of is. I admit Iā€™m intrigued and may try to see it if itā€™s ever released in a place I can get to. What is it called? PASSION? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mel-gibson-christian-movie/176788.md?page=2)