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1 posted on 02/24/2004 5:50:48 PM PST by Sir Valentino
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To: Sir Valentino
If you thought Braveheart was Mel Gibson's masterpiece, you have *SEVERELY* underestimated this man's talent!

Was it better than Mad Max? ;-)

2 posted on 02/24/2004 5:52:23 PM PST by South40 (My vote helped defeat cruz bustamante; did yours?)
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To: Sir Valentino
OK. Will do.
3 posted on 02/24/2004 5:53:43 PM PST by Kay
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To: Sir Valentino
Thanks, for the review!
4 posted on 02/24/2004 5:53:57 PM PST by Paul Atreides (Is it really so difficult to post the entire article?)
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To: Sir Valentino
A six year old? You sure about that?
5 posted on 02/24/2004 5:54:47 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Guns!)
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To: Sir Valentino
Great review, however someone has already started a thread to contain the review of this movie, to try and keep them in one place for easier viewing. Do you mind posting this there also? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1084596/posts?page=1
6 posted on 02/24/2004 5:55:12 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Now EX-democrat!!)
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To: Sir Valentino
That would be a thumbs up.

Good to have word from someone who has seen it and isn't a professional critic.
7 posted on 02/24/2004 5:56:28 PM PST by rogueleader
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To: Sir Valentino
Do yourself a *FAVOR*. See The Passion of the Christ!

I wouldn't miss it for the world!

8 posted on 02/24/2004 5:57:12 PM PST by Luke FReeman (The price for eternal life has been paid.)
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To: Sir Valentino
but the Passion of the Christ easily *OUTCLASSES* all films that came before it.

Well, let's not get carried away.

A century from now, the history books will speak of Mel Gibson as a towering artist of equal stature with Michelangelo, Beethoven, and Shakespeare

Too late. ....you're way carried away :)

9 posted on 02/24/2004 5:59:23 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Sir Valentino
Nonsense. It can't possibly be any better than this:


11 posted on 02/24/2004 6:02:57 PM PST by ambrose ("John Kerry has blood of American soldiers on his hands" - Lt. Col. Oliver North)
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To: Sir Valentino
There must REALLY be a dark side that wants to discourage a lot of people from seeing this movie! Below is what Drudge is running on his website:


NEWSROOM SOURCES: NYT TO SLAM GIBSON'S 'PASSION' IN REVIEW TOMORROW: 'Gibson has constructed an unnerving and painful spectacle that is also, in the end, a depressing one... It is disheartening to see a film made with evident and abundant religious conviction that is at the same time so utterly lacking in grace.... What makes the movie so grim and ugly is Gibson's inability to think beyond the conventional logic of movie narrative'...
13 posted on 02/24/2004 6:05:30 PM PST by Maria S ("I will do whatever the Americans want…I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid." Gaddafi, 9/03)
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To: Sir Valentino
A century from now, the history books will speak of Mel Gibson as a towering artist of equal stature with Michelangelo, Beethoven, and Shakespeare.

So.... I guess you thought the *MOVIE* was *OK*?

15 posted on 02/24/2004 6:06:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Sir Valentino
Nobody is going to be driven to *HATE* by this meditation on Christ's *LOVE*.

Hooray! This is what I have been waiting to hear! By His stripes we are healed. BTW, your list of masterpieces is incomplete without Handel's "Messiah," or are you saying that nothing other than KJV approaches the sublimeness of that work?

20 posted on 02/24/2004 6:12:27 PM PST by gusopol3
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To: Sir Valentino
I have tix to the 10pm Wednesday show. My fiancee couldn't wait until the weekend.
21 posted on 02/24/2004 6:13:54 PM PST by Callahan
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To: Sir Valentino
Glad to hear it! I want this movie to be a powerful affirmation of Christianity.

IMHO, six it a little young for the brutality Christ endured. At six it should all be about "Christ is Love" and Peace and flowers and stuff. It's just my opinion and that and a buck sixty-five will get you a grande-drip at Starbucks. Peace Out.
26 posted on 02/24/2004 6:18:49 PM PST by RoarkMan (no tag line entered)
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To: Sir Valentino
I am looking forward to seeing it when the crowds thin out a bit.
35 posted on 02/24/2004 6:37:44 PM PST by Ditter
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38 posted on 02/24/2004 6:40:32 PM PST by nutmeg (Why vote for Bush? Imagine Commander in Chief John F'in Kerry!)
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To: Sir Valentino
I don't know about 6 years old. Like you said, this movie's a great work of art and will be available to be seen forever afterwards. Don't let your enthusiasm risk traumatizing your child. You don't want her to someday end up becoming a Scientologist, or worse yet, a Muslim. I still have memories of freaking out at 5 years old and having to be taken out of the theatre after seeing the mauled killer whale carcass from the movie Jaws.
42 posted on 02/24/2004 6:54:52 PM PST by ValenB4
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To: Sir Valentino
Uh, oh -- another comparison with Braveheart.

Your review is added to several others I've seen which have expressed one version or another of the "if you liked Braveheart, you'll love The Passion" formula. I hate to say it, but I wasn't all that impressed with Braveheart. A small part of me is beginning to wonder if I might wind up being let down by the Passion, too. I hope not, but if that's the case, so be it.

43 posted on 02/24/2004 6:56:23 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: Sir Valentino
In *NO* way do I consider it inappropriate for my daughter Tobi (age 6), and I will be taking her to see it this weekend.

I sincerely hope you re-think that.

45 posted on 02/24/2004 7:00:30 PM PST by Lisa Lupner
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To: Sir Valentino
Yes, some of the imagery is *BRUTAL*, but it is essential to understanding Christ's sacrifice. In *NO* way do I consider it inappropriate for my daughter Tobi (age 6), and I will be taking her to see it this weekend.

Essential for a six year old? Are you kidding me?

47 posted on 02/24/2004 7:04:37 PM PST by workerbee
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