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I don't understand why THE PASSION getting an Academy Award is so damn important. It was a good movie. It wasn't the best movie this year. It just wasn't. I don't think Mel made this movie to get an Academy Award. And, in a way, I'd rather it not get sullied in with the rest of the stuff that night. It's like in a special class by itself. It's commercial success was unprecedented. Why isn't that enough?

Actually I have a problem with all awards as a whole...and let's face it this year's crop of films has been let's say "below average". And you are also indeed correct in questioning the importance of receiving such an Oscar.

The satisfaction in knowing your film was widely accepted and also subject for world wide debate which should be enough to fulfill that need to produce/direct a box office sensation. But it's all about taking chances and Gibson did just that. But it's also about Gibson snubbing the Big Guys and their Deep Pockets and taking this project on entirely himself. It was a box office money maker as was Moore's film and I believe you can't really have one up their without the other. Whether you win or lose in regard to the Oscar is not the point...but the process of nomination of all films has shown to hold much intentional bias.

The Battle between: In this corner.......Moore's film Fahrenheit 9-11 and in this corner...... Gibson's The Passion of The Christ would alone be a PR Oscar draw just like the Bush/Kerry race captured the attention of all Americans. Let's get ready to rumbleeeeeeee!!!! ;)
No one can take award ceremonies seriously these days.