I won’t go see it. Mr. Purl wants to, but I refuse. Religious movies generally don’t interest me, gore movies certainly don’t interest me (I find them terribly boring), and funding Mel Gibson’s insanity appeals to me least of all. I mean, “I was going to jump out a window, but God told me to make this movie instead”? Guy is nuts. Nothing about this movie sounds appealing to me in any way. The only way this could be less appealing to me is if they somehow combined religion and gore with reality TV and country music. “The Passion of the Nashville Star Christ”… (shudder).
Absolutely not. First of all, exceedingly violent movies are nothing I want to spend money on. Second of all, I’m sick of myths which, though interesting, are constantly being shoved in my face as historical fact by sanctimonious, intolerant assholes. Third of all, I can’t imagine wanting to see another movie directed by Mr. Gibson. Braveheart did nothing for me.
No, I won’t be seeing it either. Don’t fancy watching a guy get killed over two hours, I’ve better things to spend my money on, and I know the story, I don’t need to go through it again. Just not my cup o’ tea, guv’.
No desire to see it. I’m an atheist, but I’d be very intrigued by a movie that tried to show an historical picture of Jesus’s life, including his teachings. Frankly, the whole death-cult side of Christianity creeps me out; I’m a lot more interested in the Love-your-neighbor side of the religion.
From everything I’ve heard, Gibson has created a pornographic work. That wouldn’t be a bad thing, except that he’s substituted violence for sex, and whereas sex is good and wonderful, violence ain’t. I’ve got nothing against violent movies when the violence is appropriate – that is, when it’s either in a good cause or mindless entertainment – but this sounds disgusting to me. And I’m really not interested in seeing Jesus snuff porn.
I haven’t the slightest bit of interest the subject matter, or now that I’ve read this thread on it, no interest in anything else about it, either. I can’t watch gore of any stripe. I carry around too many images from movies that I wish I could erase from my brain - this movie sounds like you’d need a lobotomy to get rid of it.
But hey, Eve, I’m all for The Passion Of Tim Conway!
No, I won’t see the movie. These fundies who are getting so much out of it miss what we (ex) Catholics were brought up with. The movie has about forty-five minutes of torture - I don’t want to see it any more than I want to see a revisit of John McCain’s torture, or torture of any being, human or animal. I couldn’t watch the first part of “Private Ryan” let alone the violence that Gibson thinks necessary to bring a message home.
From the Catholic guilt perspective:
We were never shielded from the crucifixion - Catholic ‘crosses’ include the body of Christ nailed to the cross. Protestant crosses are only the cross - the body isn’t there. This depiction is something we were raised with. It isn’t new. I can only assume that protestants are brought up with ‘Crucifixion Lignt.’ Catholics call it ‘the crucifix,’ not ‘the cross.’
Grade school. If a kid was whining about a broken leg or grandma dying of cancer, the kindhearted nun would tell the kid to straighten up, that nothing could compare to Jesus’ suffering on the cross, that the kid should be lucky that it’s only a broken leg and that grandma should feel fortunate that she wasn’t wearing a crown of thorns while undergoing chemotherapy. Thanks, Sister, for your empathy.
We did the stations of the cross thing where you proceed around the church, stopping at each of fourteen stations where a depiction of JC’s perp walk hung. There are little chants that you do at each station. We were exposed to this early on. This movie is nothing new to us. You can see magnificent reproductions of the Stations at the Vatican.
Early Catholicism (that which Gibson and his Dad subscribe to) promoted self-flagellation (no, not the fun stuff!) That’s when the pentitent whips him/her-self to appreciate and endure the suffering of Christ. Have you read “The daVinci Code?” No, it’s not accurate, but does explain the actions of the albino “monk” believer. The church has long since done away with this practice. To me, it appears that Gibson wants to bring back the guilt and misery of being a True Believer.
PotC. Heh heh. When I say it I think of Anson Williams.
Recovering Catholic here. Not gonna see it. But I might buy one of those nifty spike necklaces.
I choose not to watch any depiction of violence. I’ve seen enough of it in my career as a nurse.
They fact that it is a story about Jesus is irrevelent to me.
My belief system is personal. I don’t,however, believe in Religion.
I think I will give it a miss in the cinema, although depending on what I read/hear about it, it might get a rent, although as an atheist I can’t really see it holding that much interest. Without the religious interest seems to me like it’s just a film about a famous person being tortured to death (not that there aren’t famous people I would like to see have this treatment applied to them though, perhaps if it were Jim Carrey being tortured to death…).
Passion of the Carribean, on the other hand, if it had Keira Knightley, I would definately see
