[veronica]

You are not seriously asserting that Mel Gibson made this movie to make money, are you?

What's wrong with making money? There is a great deal of money to be made in Hollywood and there is no shame in doing so.

Ya, a movie in foreign languages with subtitles gaurantees a box office score.

Let's get real. If Gibson had not been interested in making money he would have released his film with little fanfare, and not engaged in a protracted and well-planned PR campaign that went on for over six months. Nor would he have made lucrative merchandizing deals which pad the bottom line.

That is not to say he was not sincerely interested in sharing his vision of The Passion with world, and that he did so due to deeply-held beliefs.

As this movie has garnered such wildly different reactions from a broad spectrum of viewers, it is clearly open to interpretation and it's viewing is clearly a personal experience.

A discussion of the movie ought to be able to undertaken without people slinging mud and making blanket statements which impugn the character of those who agree, or disagree, with the way the story is told.

[Just mythoughts]

"Let's get real. If Gibson had not been interested in making money he would have released his film with little fanfare, and not engaged in a protracted and well-planned PR campaign that went on for over six months. Nor would he have made lucrative merchandizing deals which pad the bottom line."

Nice try veronica, however you leave out what started the PR campaign, a THEFT occurred which began an organized uprising to STOP this movie from ever being made.

It wasn't Mel PR moves that drew my attention it was the ADL's PR campaign that drew my attention.

[NeoCaveman]

What's wrong with making money? There is a great deal of money to be made in Hollywood and there is no shame in doing so.

There is nothing wrong with making money. Ascribing it as his #1 motivitation (unless your a mind reader) is slimy.

Ya, a movie in foreign languages with subtitles gaurantees a box office score.

Let's get real. If Gibson had not been interested in making money he would have released his film with little fanfare, and not engaged in a protracted and well-planned PR campaign that went on for over six months. Nor would he have made lucrative merchandizing deals which pad the bottom line.

You don't think there was substantial financial risk in making this movie? Look how long it took to get a distributor.

That is not to say he was not sincerely interested in sharing his vision of The Passion with world, and that he did so due to deeply-held beliefs.

Thank you

As this movie has garnered such wildly different reactions from a broad spectrum of viewers, it is clearly open to interpretation and it's viewing is clearly a personal experience.

Of course

A discussion of the movie ought to be able to undertaken without people slinging mud and making blanket statements which impugn the character of those who agree, or disagree, with the way the story is told.

I was responding to a mud slinging.

Perhaps open discussion is just a one way street.