[truthandlife]

'Passion' ping

[4CJ]

11. Thou shalt EMPLOY Hollywood superstars, production crews etc.

They miss their piece of the pie.

[dansangel]

In breaking or bending so many of Hollywood's basic rules -- studio development executives would probably give them the punchier name Ten Commands rather than Ten Commandments -- Gibson showed considerable courage that's paid off big-time for him.

GOOD! As one who has completely boycotted Hollywierd for the past 3 and a half years, I applaud Mr. Gibson's courage. Our foray into the theaters to see "The Passion" twice broke our boycott (in a sense), but it was more than well worth it.

I hope the Hollywierd moguls consume themselves with jealousy. Idiots.

[ex-snook]

The Gibson film was preaching Christ crucified. Critics of the film think it was about them.

What they do not grasp is "And Paul says in his letters that to preach Jesus crucified is a stumbling block and a scandal and that is not the wisdom of the world. " Then and now those rejecting Christ just adopt new guises.

The Christ they want is a military leader to conquer land and peoples or one who dies of old age while preaching. They got neither. Instead, what the world got was God's message of redemption. The suffering film shows no greater love than One willingly giving His life as a sacrifice for sin. His Blood is the Passover of the Lamb. Thank God.

[Aquinasfan]

Moreover, given reports of how distributors around town turned down the chance to release "Passion," it's clear that nobody saw this as being the moneymaker it's become.

If "nobody" excludes people outside of Hollywood.

Regardless, God knew how big this movie would become. And he saw to it that Mel reaped the reward for being a good and faithful servant.

[NordP]

Great read - thanks for the ping!