Does anyone else plan to see the movie? I saw a lot of previews for it and watched several interviews, and I for one am really looking foreward to this movie, maybe even more than I anticipated lord of the rings.

When is it coming out? I thought there was a lot of controversy about it or something...

it is already out (its the 25th here) there si controversy because he is taking a very literal approach to the movie. People are saying that it is anti-semetic because of this, but even teh ADL (anti-defamation league) says that it is now. But the name, in conunction with how powerful it is emotionally. I think that the interview did a good job with dealing with that issue.

I can't wait to see it, it looks really intense.

I saw it. GREAT, INTENSE. No other words to describe it. Christian, Atheist, Buddest, it doesnt matter. The sheer film making quality was amazing. The violence is ultra realistic, almost to a nausiating degree.

More later.

i'm not going to see it, because i just can't stand violence like that! come on, i cried watching Jesus Christ, Super Star.

I certainly plan on seeing it....I can't wait to see it. I just dont know how its going make me react....but im still goin

Originally posted by RightWingManiac
I saw it. GREAT, INTENSE. No other words to describe it. Christian, Atheist, Buddest, it doesnt matter. The sheer film making quality was amazing. The violence is ultra realistic, almost to a nausiating degree.

More later.

i agree, i dont even consider myself a "Christian", per se, but this movie is awesome. be prepared, however, for LOTS of blood.

the only thing i didnt like was that the devil was played up WAY too much, they should have left him out after that first scene.

I'm considering seeing it. After all the controversy, I'm really curious.

As for potential anti-Semitism-anybody who has those feelings would have them whether the movie came out or not. I don't think this movie's going to promote that.

"The violence is ultra realistic, almost to a nausiating degree"
"because i just can't stand violence like that! "
"be prepared, however, for LOTS of blood."


Well honestly people think about it. When a man is lashed, stabbed in the side, a crown of thorns on his head, stones thrown at him, and has his hands and feet nailed to a cross, he isn't going to be pouring flowers and sunshine from his body now is he? I think it will be fairly accurate to what would have hapened. I mean I don't know much about the bible but I do know that the last part of Jesus's life really did blow ass.

Originally posted by PathRifter
"The violence is ultra realistic, almost to a nausiating degree"
"because i just can't stand violence like that! "
"be prepared, however, for LOTS of blood."


Well honestly people think about it. When a man is lashed, stabbed in the side, a crown of thorns on his head, stones thrown at him, and has his hands and feet nailed to a cross, he isn't going to be pouring flowers and sunshine from his body now is he? I think it will be fairly accurate to what would have hapened. I mean I don't know much about the bible but I do know that the last part of Jesus's life really did blow ass.

Exactly! Like it or not, the Bible is a violent book. Crucifixions are violent acts. Just as you can't make a movie about the Holocaust without putting in the brutality of that time period, you can't make a movie about the crucifixion of Christ without the brutality of that time period, too.

My dad's hoping that this movie will force people to think about how we treat each other every day-how cruel we can be to each other, and will make people say, "Enough's enough".

I am seeing it soon.

In a big theatre. With my very Christian and very opinionated and very loud grandmother.

My school is making a big deal out of it. No one said a thing when "Dogma" came out. :laugh:


I have plans on going to see it, but my dad is going to want to come along. And he is very, VERY Christian. He's going to talk non-stop about the movie...

Yes, but will he scream during the crucifixion?

I thought Dogma rocked, by the way.

I liked it...very realistic. The few statements he makes and the flashbacks keep things in perspective. They did an excellent job with his personality. He didn't look very gracefull though with his front and back hacked up like hamburger meat.

i'll see it, if it ever comes out in finland!

lol...maybe in 3 months. about the time it comes out on DVD.

I'm going to go see it tonight...I'll post what I think when I see it, I guess. Hopefully, it exceeds my expectations.

was there a thread on this because if not then WHOA. I heard this movie was really intense, gory, and emotional. anyone seen it yet?

Apparently, Jesus dies at the end of it.




btw: YAWN.

Originally posted by LilRedToya
was there a thread on this

Aparently so.

You've been merged. :)

I guess this movie is said to send "people scrambling back to church". I wanna see it...spiritual movies get to me.

It is very realistic and emotional. I couldn't stop crying, but now that I think about it I think it brainwashes people. Heh.

This movie brainwashes people about as much as my video games teach me how to become a killing machine.

Originally posted by PathRifter
This movie brainwashes people about as much as my video games teach me how to become a killing machine.

indeed. i have a lot of friends who dont want to see it because they "dont like christians always trying to convert them". im like, dude, go see it for the same reason you went to see braveheart: a man who believes in something so strongly he's willing to die for it. not only that, but a man whose death literally changed the world.

i dont know why anyone wouldnt want to watch it.

I'm not watching it because I'm convinced I'll be bored shitless, for one.

Originally posted by proletariat
I'm not watching it because I'm convinced I'll be bored shitless, for one.

i guess thats a decent reason, but im also fairly certain you wouldnt be.

whatever.

Am looking forward to seeing it. I believe it will have an impact on my life, just as it has on several thousands of people who have already viewed it. ^.^

I hear it's so popular that they're making it into a book.

Originally posted by Aibohphobia
I hear it's so popular that they're making it into a book.
*slaps knee*

Originally posted by Aibohphobia
I hear it's so popular that they're making it into a book.

that was a stroke of genius.

IT looks like a good movie but it's probably not sumthing i will end up buying because most people said that the story isn't anything new, it's just the bible put into movie form more or less, and the story is quite simple anyway

I just got back from the movies and i must say.......whoa. It had more of an impact on me because for the last few months i was really beginning to question my faith but after seeing this movie i just don't know why i would do that. It was really heart-wrenching and i couldn't stop crying...i don't know that i would watch it again for the fact that i barely made it through this one without bawling...i waited until i got to the car for that.

I intend to see it soon. I think, regardless of any religious affiliation any one person holds, it is safe enough to say that we all, in some way, could be touched by viewing this film.

I loved this movie. It was the best I have seen in a long time. It was so real and I am glad I saw it. I read it in the Bible and everything, but I never understood what He had to go through. I am happy that He did too:)

Originally posted by polarbear
I intend to see it soon. I think, regardless of any religious affiliation any one person holds, it is safe enough to say that we all, in some way, could be touched by viewing this film.


Yes!!!!! :)

You people are all massive pussies.

Oh, another point, if Jesus' pain is oh so special... what about the other two guys who were crucified too? How is Jesus' pain so much more horrific than theirs, or any other person that was crucified?
So don't ramble on about Jesus' pain as if it's some uniquely horrific event. Things just as bad or worse happen to people on a bloody daily basis, only they don't have massive religious cults springing up after them. :rolleyes:

Because the other w thieves that were crucified were most likely not beaten beyond human recognition for one thing. Second, the ENTIRE point of the crucifixion of Christ was that he was God's son, when he was crucified he was separated from the constant communication he had with God, the only thing he'd ever known. Also Jesus, being God incarnate, was perfect and sinless, by being crucified he took the sins of the world on him and became sin incarnate. Also, as the story goes, while he was dead for 3 days he was in Hell paying for our sins. So that's what makes his pain so special.

Originally posted by Tyler Durden182
Because the other w thieves that were crucified were most likely not beaten beyond human recognition for one thing. Second, the ENTIRE point of the crucifixion of Christ was that he was God's son, when he was crucified he was separated from the constant communication he had with God, the only thing he'd ever known. Also Jesus, being God incarnate, was perfect and sinless, by being crucified he took the sins of the world on him and became sin incarnate. Also, as the story goes, while he was dead for 3 days he was in Hell paying for our sins. So that's what makes his pain so special.
The only thing you said there that is vaguely relevent is the whole 'beaten beyong recognition thing'. You don't know for a fact that the thieves weren't beaten silly. And I don't know from what authority you can claim it's even 'likely' they were treated better than Jesus, for some reason. Therefore, I think it's safe to presume that all the people that were crucified on that day were treated the same, more or less.
The rest simply doesn't apply (from my point of view), because I don't believe in God, or life after death. But I believe you are pulling that 'Jesus in Hell' thing right out of your ass. I'm almost 100% certain that isn't in the bible.
Yeah.

Justin, it is not His death that makes it special to us. For those of us who believe in him, He was God incarnate. This means at any time, He could have come down off the cross and kicked anybody’s tail that he pleased. he could have just gone up to Satan himself and killed him, thus negating Hell. but he didn’t, because God wanted us to have a choice. And for that choice, he had to completely submit himself to his creation, and "die." It would be like you allowing yourself to be murdered by a single ant. It showed him giving up everything so that we could choose to be with him.

Now you may not believe in this, and I will not preach at you about it because again, it is your choice. I am just trying to state why I think that his death was so much more important than the others. When it all boils down to it, if you believe in Jesus, His death will mean something to you, if you don’t believe in him, it will mean nothing more than any of the other pointless deaths that occurred throughout history

Originally posted by Shadowknight
Justin, it is not His death that makes it special to us. For those of us who believe in him, He was God incarnate. This means at any time, He could have come down off the cross and kicked anybody’s tail that he pleased. he could have just gone up to Satan himself and killed him, thus negating Hell. but he didn’t, because God wanted us to have a choice. And for that choice, he had to completely submit himself to his creation, and "die." It would be like you allowing yourself to be murdered by a single ant. It showed him giving up everything so that we could choose to be with him.

Now you may not believe in this, and I will not preach at you about it because again, it is your choice. I am just trying to state why I think that his death was so much more important than the others. When it all boils down to it, if you believe in Jesus, His death will mean something to you, if you don’t believe in him, it will mean nothing more than any of the other pointless deaths that occurred throughout history



That was Music to My EARS!!!!!:angel:

hmmm....I guess I'm the only one that's seen it that didn't really like it. I was REALLY excited to see it and everything, because I'd heard about all these people that couldn't talk for two hours after they saw it, but I don't know...maybe I had *too* high of expectations for it or something. I think they should have centered more on His life than his death. The flashbacks kind of told us of what He was like, but you don't know what a kind, forgiving person He really was. Just my 2 cents.

I got it illegaly on DVD but I havent watched it yet.

Originally posted by tootrickyforyou
hmmm....I guess I'm the only one that's seen it that didn't really like it. I was REALLY excited to see it and everything, because I'd heard about all these people that couldn't talk for two hours after they saw it, but I don't know...maybe I had *too* high of expectations for it or something. I think they should have centered more on His life than his death.

I like the movie.. but I agree that I was a bit let down by the fact that it was the "passion" of christ and we only saw his final hours. I'm not a very religious person but I would love to see the rest of his life (even just the adult part) made into a movie.