[babygene]

"Is the bible enough or not?"

Gibson film if from the bible. He didn't portray anything new. He added exactly zero. However the people of the time probably had a different perception of violence than we do today.

As I said, the reason people react so strongly to the violence In the movie, as opposed to other violence we are subjected to in the media today, is that this is personal. It's about someone we love. Other than that, it's not that violent by comparison with other movies.

[bvw]

"with other movies."

It is all a movie. You are right. No less fictionalized as pure a product of CURRENT imagination than was say, Blade Runner.