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From: Alvin, Texas.
Originally posted by theshyguy
I heard it got 23 million and then heard it was 26 million. Not bad, nearly made all the money spent on it back on 1 day. i think there are talks of a sequel.
I heard it got 23 million and then heard it was 26 million. Not bad, nearly made all the money spent on it back on 1 day. i think there are talks of a sequel.
The big uproar I hear is over alleged (re)persecution of a certain group that Muslims don't particularly care for.
Okay, I could be wrong here, but assuming what the movie depicts was what really went on way back when, what's the fuss? Do we really have to be so PC to pile on with more revisionist history?
Like Michael Savage brought up, "Do we stop eating pasta because Pontius Pilate oversaw Jesus' death?"
I bet the protesters are hired by PETA or some lousy libby anti-Israel Jews who deserve a whipping anyway.
Didn't plan on seeing it originally, to be honest, but I had to say some last goodbyes before I head offshore on midnight Wedsnesday morning....
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This is a good case of there at times being no such thing as bad publicity, the publicity has been nothing but good for Mel's movie. And I would have to agree I don't know that you can depict crucifixtion without the violence. People have always dreamed up creative ways of torturing each other. The romans used to practice a method of impaling using a short sharpened stake protruding from the ground they would bind the victim hand and foot and impale them through the anus and leave them to die. Some "improved" on that by using a barbed stake and not binding the hands and feet I guess they found that more amusing. Later impaling was practice on more elaborate scales and some actually printed directions on how to impale the victim without causing immediate life threatening injury.
And then there were the purification and other interesting rituals how would you depict any of them.
Remember on thing though, ITS ONLY A MOVIE.
And then there were the purification and other interesting rituals how would you depict any of them.
Remember on thing though, ITS ONLY A MOVIE.
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From: pound
Originally posted by 76supercab2
Way to go Mel!!!! We'll know this whole protest thing was a bunch of hype when the copy cat movies come out of the cans in a few weeks. Remake of the 10 commandments anyone?
Way to go Mel!!!! We'll know this whole protest thing was a bunch of hype when the copy cat movies come out of the cans in a few weeks. Remake of the 10 commandments anyone?
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You misunderstand. My point is 'Hunt for Red October' comes out and the theaters are filled with submarine movies. 'Armageddon' is released and asteroid movies are the in thing. Now 'Passion' comes out and makes a profit. I think we are going to be seeing more bible stories as movies. And if they are released in less than a month they had to be shot at the same time or before 'Passion'.
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Originally posted by 78Explorer
What amazes me is the fact that everyone is in an uproar about the violence...what about all the other violent movies that come and go without 1/10th the attention this one is getting?
IMHO, people are more afraid that it may strike a chord and have a positive outcome for many.
Regards,
Scott
What amazes me is the fact that everyone is in an uproar about the violence...what about all the other violent movies that come and go without 1/10th the attention this one is getting?
IMHO, people are more afraid that it may strike a chord and have a positive outcome for many.
Regards,
Scott
To me, that speaks volumes about where our society is headed.
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From: South...
Originally posted by jpsartre12
Isn't it ironic that an attempt to portray Jesus as accurately as possible, based on the Bible, gets more heat than Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" in which he fictionalizes a relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdeline.
To me, that speaks volumes about where our society is headed.
Isn't it ironic that an attempt to portray Jesus as accurately as possible, based on the Bible, gets more heat than Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" in which he fictionalizes a relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdeline.
To me, that speaks volumes about where our society is headed.
Regards,
Scott
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Originally posted by jpsartre12
Isn't it ironic that an attempt to portray Jesus as accurately as possible, based on the Bible, gets more heat than Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" in which he fictionalizes a relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdeline.
To me, that speaks volumes about where our society is headed.
Isn't it ironic that an attempt to portray Jesus as accurately as possible, based on the Bible, gets more heat than Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" in which he fictionalizes a relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdeline.
To me, that speaks volumes about where our society is headed.
An ironic society for sure.
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http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/123...ibsonpope.html
Just some more of the fantastical publicity Mel was able to stir up to line his pockets.
Just some more of the fantastical publicity Mel was able to stir up to line his pockets.
Last edited by billsco; Feb 27, 2004 at 09:20 AM.
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