Violent film lovers suddenly sensitive

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, February 25, 2004

[Billthedrill]

They don't want much, all they want is to show someone being scourged, have a crown of thorns jammed on his head, and be nailed to a wooden cross and spitted with a spear in a bloodless, humane, and tasteful manner. What do they think the Crucifixion is about, anyway, a stern scolding and a staple gun?

[softengine]

Revealing their hypocrisy is the key to their defeat.

[Porterville]

There were only a few reviews out when I did it.. here it is:

Let us just compare a what they said about blood bath movies in the past, and what they say abut the Passion... it is a hoot:

From Rotten Tomatoes.

Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC

"Kill Bill not only lives up to the hype, it exceeds it, with some of the most amazing fight sequences ever filmed." -- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC

"The basic message of Christianity -- love your brother -- is obscured under torrents of blood to the point of benumbing the audience." -- Bill Muller, ARIZONA REPUBLIC

Or Kirk Honeycutt's exact words about Kill Bill. "The film is hugely watchable." -- Kirk Honeycutt,

Blood is the dominant leitmotif of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill -- Vol. 1." It oozes, drips, flows, gushes, splatters and geysers in lush crimson to oily black. Scalps, limbs and heads are freely removed from characters'

What Mr. Homeycutt says about the Passion:

"True believers will bear witness to holy writ. Others -- nonbelievers or even less literal-minded Christians -- will be troubled by the film's staunch adherence to a story line and characters that have been used by bigots to fuel hatred for centuries.

As the film arrives swathed in controversy over its near-pornographic violence and concerns about its potential to incite anti-Semitism, the opening weekend's boxoffice should surpass its reported $25 million cost. That combination of controversy, curiosity and conviction could continue the movie's good fortune for weeks to come.

[savedbygrace]

Thanks. It's good to collect these all on the same thread.

[Porterville]

Here is a link to another FR story about a critic who actually wrote the book on Terrantino.

Big Cow Critic

[TASMANIANRED]

Liberals are afraid. They are very afraid . The liberal mouthpieces in the press are doing everything they can to obsfucate what they are really afraid.

They have done their level best for the past 30 years to marginalize and delegitimize Christians. The educational system while punishing children for carrying bibles and then confiscating them has forced them to study Islam and to practice Islam.

What they are afraid of is for the vast majority of Christians to renew and invigorate their faiths.

The tyrany of the minority as exemplified by this gay marriage crapola in San Francisco is very afraid of the backlash they are engendering.