[Guenevere]

DaFoe just doesn't 'get it'...does he :^

[NCC-1701]

"...They go to see movies because they want to have a good time..."

If seeing a movie about the death of the Son of God is "having a good time", then why not have one showing the groung-level depiction of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. DeFoe can star in it so the rest of us can "have a good time" watching people evaporate. Sheeesh, what a prick. The Passion of the Christ is, in Mel's words, "the anti-date movie". Just from the trailers, it's going to be a powerful experience, tear-jerker, and anti-good time movie. It's been said that those who have played Jesus Christ have not had any success afterward. I hope Jim Caviezel is the exception to that. Cant't wait to see the movie.

[Caipirabob]

"People aren't going to go see Gibson's movie just because it's controversial. They go to see movies because they want to have a good time."

Well for Pete's sake, what could be more fun for a liberal than to watch a Christian icon get crucified?!?

Methinks Mel's going to be overwhelmed in this "kingdom" and the next over the success of this film...

[JoeSchem]

I don't think the issue is how much money the picture will make. It is something that simply had to be made.

For that reason, I suspect it will have a 'quiet' box office take, then be released onto video and become the most successful motion picture in history for the next thousand years.