[jdogbearhunter]

Has anyone here seen it more than once? I'm just curious as to how you might have come away from the movie - i.e., was the second viewing equally moving as the first? Was it perhaps more moving, since the mind could transcend the shock from the scourging of Christ - and now reflect more purely on his suffering, and of Mary's suffering.

[The Mayor]

we have only seen it once, but, we are bringing our kids.
I think the 2nd will have a different effect on us.

I think your right

"perhaps more moving, since the mind could transcend the shock from the scourging of Christ - and now reflect more purely on his suffering,"

[dansangel]

More moving, by far. I saw it with .45MAN last Tuesday with our Church and again yesterday. I am *so* grateful to have seen it a second time. As much as I thought I had paid attention to every detail the first time, I actually saw an entire scene yesterday that I had missed previously.

I would go to see it again and again. Last I heard the DVD was due to come out in June-July. We have boycotted Hollywood so thoroughly these past 3 and a half years, we don't own a DVD player - but, we were out pricing them this weekend in anticipation. Our "collection" may only have *one.*

[NYer]

since the mind could transcend the shock from the scourging of Christ - and now reflect more purely on his suffering, and of Mary's suffering.

A reviewer on EWTN Thursday, said that when he first viewed the film, he found himself comparing his reactions to all that he had read. The second time he watched it, he did so for himself. It was even more powerful. Did yo notice that the entire movie is viewed through Mary's eyes?

...and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
Luke 2:34:35

[TheWriterInTexas]

My girlfriend and her husband saw it yesterday, while I watched their kids. She took her eldest daughter to see it this morning and found it more moving and awe inspiring the second time.

My husband and I saw it tonight. I'm a chatty person by nature, and I am still stunned to a near speachlessness. It's going to be days before I can think about it without tears clogging my throat, before I absorb the enormity of it.

Put it this way, I am re-examining my relationship with God. It's been particularly one sided. He's done all the giving, and I have vowed to change that immediately.

In a word: profound.