The Passion
I’m off to see The Passion of the Christ today, on opening day. I bought our tickets last night from Fandango for this evening’s showing. According to early reviews, the movie is graphic in its depiction of Jesus’ last hours leading to his crucifixion, a conscious move Mel Gibson took in order to drive the film’s message. When violence is central to the film’s thrust, it’s not hard to see why people ask, “Who Killed Jesus?” (as Newsweek did on its cover last week). It is puzzling though how the media is pandering to those who like to see the film as a “blame game” of sorts when the question doesn’t even enter the believer’s mind. There is no outrage about “man’s inhumanity to man.” Nor man’s “inhumanity” to God. It is clear from the Scriptures that Jesus gave His life willingly.
Tags: Christ, film, Jesus, passionofthechrist
February 26th, 2004 at 2:15 am
Exactly.
And when did violence in movies ever caused so much brouhaha? Can’t wait to see it for myself. I’m sure I can think of other movies which would be more violent than this one.
February 26th, 2004 at 12:55 pm
Any reviews, Daniel? I’d love to read what you think.
February 27th, 2004 at 11:53 pm
Sure, Benito, here it is: http://www.deebeedee.com/blog/archives/000422.php.
February 27th, 2004 at 11:58 pm
Hi Mark, isn’t Kill Bill 2 coming out soon? I wonder if it’ll be bloodier than the first Kill Bill (which I haven’t seen either).