[Scott from the Left Coast]

LOL! Yes, I bet it does strike mothers differently than jaded middle-aged men! Those breaks were necessary, the pace would just have gotten out of hand without them. The counter-balance to the obvious mother/child play at that point was the shot of Satan with the anti-Christ in his/her/its (Satan was uniquely and perfectly, in my view, androgynous) arms.

[JenB]

Oh, was the ugly baby-thing supposed to be the Antichrist? I was just weirded out by that.

Gibson made a very good choice with his portrayal of Satan.

[2Jedismom]

Brings to mind these lyrics...

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Did you know
That your baby boy will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered
Will soon deliver you

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Did you know
That your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know
That your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little boy
You’ve kissed the face of God

Mary, did you know?
The blind will see
The deaf will hear
And the dead will live again
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of the lamb

Mary, did you know
That your baby boy is lord of all creation?
Did you know
That your baby boy will one day rules the nations?
Did you know
That your baby boy is heaven’s perfect lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding
Is the great I Am