Realism or brutality – has

NY Daily News ^ | February 18, 2004 | TAMER EL-GHOBASHY and CORKY SIEMASZKO

[AD from SpringBay]

Oh oh - it's R rated and violent. That's really an oddity among movies these days. Perhaps there should be an outcry? Perhaps Mr. Gibson should ignore the brutality of the originals and include more modern and subtle tones of recent Bible interpretation. Maybe a homosexual element or a mookish side-kick for the savior? Perhaps a happier ending? Or what if he has the board of Directors for the NRA replacing the Sanhedrin? Would these make the film more palatable?

[Sam's Army]

Yeah, this must be the latest DNC talking point on the matter; the (ahem) folks over at DU were decrying the violence yesterday of the movie and had plenty of posts mocking Jesus to boot.

Makes ya wonder when some folks protest so much...

[Agnes Heep]

Based on everything I've seen written about the movie, it's not historically accurate, and probably overdone for dramatic effect. It sounds as if Gibson is picking up where "Braveheart" left off--with a nice, gruesome torture scene to get people's blood up--a pornography of violence, as it were. Other than being, like Wallace, a sympathetic victim, Jesus has very little to do with it.

[Sam's Army]

What exactly have you written about the movie?

It think it's supposed to make you cringe, the Romans would have it no other way, correct?

[twntaipan]

And your assessment is based on what? Those who have actually seen the movie and are well versed in the Gospels say it is quite faithful to the Scriptures. Just whom are you parroting when you offer your opinion?

[Sam's Army]

Make that "seen written"

[Skooz]

"As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men"
Isaiah 52:14

Kind of hard to soft peddle that.

[jwalsh07]

Based on everything I've seen written about the movie, it's not historically accurate, and probably overdone for dramatic effect.

Just goes to show that you can't believe what you read in the press.

[Cubs Fan]

Based on everything I've seen written about the movie

That's the problem the people writing about the movie are predominently leftists out to destroy anything Christian, using any means necessary.

[reegs]

...it's an exercise in cinematic sadism...

It is truly shocking to see how much this movie is being smeared before it has even been released.

Somehow, a realistic portrayal of our Lord's suffering is "sadistic," but gore-fests like "Natural Born Killers" is high art. Should I expect any better from the media? Do you think we'll hear about the many people who will come to Christ through this film?

[Copernicus]

This is a joke? The Soviet Socialist Left disturbed by graphic violence?

This has happened before. Can someone jog my memory?

Didn't Pat Robertson produce a video back in the 1980's based on Dante's Inferno that was banned from air on the (then) fledgling MTV, because it was "too violent"?

I have some vague memory of this.

Best regards,

[Sam's Army]

"It sounds as if Gibson is picking up where "Braveheart" left off"

That's one of the most unreal statements I've ever read, with all due respect.

[smith288]

The reality is that is WAS brutal. Its not an "or" question.

[PetroniusMaximus]

Here's an interensting article on the ADL and why they seem to have such a problem with this movie

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0601/pearlston.asp

[twntaipan]

And the so-called biblical experts those ant-Christ articles quote are liberal in every sense of the word. The begin with an agenda, cut and paste the most attested document of antiquity as they like, and then declare this movie not historically accurate.

[freedomson]

Yeah, too violent.

But all should praise 'Kill Bill'.

[Sloth]

Yeah, because in reality, lashings followed by crucifixion would be a relatively peaceful affair, with only minor discomfort and minimal bleeding. Why is Mel trying to portray it as something so unpleasant?

< /sarcasm>

[af_vet_1981]

Just whom are you parroting when you offer your opinion?

You could ask yourself the same question and see how it sounds. She offered her opinion.

[stuartcr]

Another reality is that the Romans did the same to about another 250000 or so people.