[DentsRun]

The success of "The Passion" will no doubt cause Hollywood to try making religious-themed films. But I'm guessing they'll screw everything up by making politically correct religious-themed films. Real religion isn't politically correct. The movie makers don't, won't and never will get that. They'll turn out technicolor pap on the grounds that Christians are too stupid to know any better. Then when no one comes, they'll conclude the solution is to make religious films with drugs and sex. Then when they get boycotted and picketed in response, they'll conclude, "What did I tell you? You can't please that audience because that audience is nuts."

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Sadly you are correct. The hollywierd types will dismiss Gibson's film as a fluke and take "elements" and then not understand why their religious PC bloodfest was not a hit.

Next they will dismiss the rare-vieweres and push them asided. Imagine how hollyweird would react to a Gibson-like treatment of President Bush's day on 9/11?

The suits at hollywood HAVE to dismiss conservative audiences. It means their worldview of a "liberal" view as the default position is dead wrong. (look at the original startrek and their foundering efforts to get back to a more conservative bent with enterprise after voyager drove traditional audienes away.What can I say, I like trek.)

The other fear that hollywood has, what happens if there are more Gibsons out there? What happens if there is another film that wipes out the competition which is NOT kowtowing to the hollyweird worldview? Does this mean they will not be so willing, or have the money, to finance the next MichaelMoore movie? Tim Robins?Clooney?

What will the shareholders say? (Disney shareholders are busy teaching Eisner that lesson.)


I don't think hollywood has the mental capacity to do this right. It is not in their brain or life experience.