Thank you for acknowledging that little morsel of fact.
I disagree, that's the only thing "$MM Baby" was about.
I give people more credit than that. If people don't get the point, it wasn't very well done. This movie was very well done, and the point was assisted suicide and nothing else. That people are talking about that and asking the stars about it proves the point.
I didn't see it. You are right though, there was a great deal of talk about the violence. And ultimately that's why we didn't see it.
This movie was well done, but it has a controversial plot point that is being blown out of proportion. It is easy to center in on that and forget about the rest of the movie.
People miss the point a lot, American Psycho the book was very misunderstood when it came out. So many times disturbing images become all a movie is known for when it really strives for something bigger. I don't think this movie is striving to make a great political point. Even if it were a propaganda piece it failed miserably for many reasons. As a very good film it excelled.
There is a recut version of The Passion coming out in April that eliminates 5 minutes of the more brutal scenes. There are rumors of it becoming a yearly release at Easter.