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More Hollywood Snubs of Gibson's 'Passion'
NewsMax.com ^ | Jan 6, 2005

Posted on 01/06/2005 2:54:25 PM PST by gina girl

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/1/6/153719.shtml


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: entertainment; melgibson; movies; snub; thepassion; zzzzzz
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To: Borges

Will we get the pleasure of watching Kevin stalking little boys and then raping them. Your choice in movie fare is very .....strange.


21 posted on 01/06/2005 3:18:37 PM PST by marty60
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To: Drew68

Scorsese will get his this year. You can find quibbles with just about any awards show but the Oscars have been better then most at capturing the zeitgiest.


22 posted on 01/06/2005 3:18:37 PM PST by Borges
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To: Unam Sanctam
It's not a political movie, it's a religious movie.

That's dangerous, red-state thinking.

In the blue-state mindset, politics and religion are synonymous.

23 posted on 01/06/2005 3:18:38 PM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: sierrahome

Looks like the movie was worth it. ;) Good luck.


24 posted on 01/06/2005 3:19:07 PM PST by Bogey78O (Hillary Clinton + Fertility pills + Scott Peterson + rowboat = Success)
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To: Borges
Commercial success is not the primary criteria for merit awards. If that's your criteria then the two best films of last year were 'Shrek 2' and 'Spiderman 2', both of which made more money then The Passion. The Passion has all the makings of what Hollywood would deem a perfect movie -- its subject is flawed for them and thats all. If this movie had been about something more accepting -- still had the beatiful imagery, subtitles, and blockbuster profits it'd be #1. Its an artists movie.
25 posted on 01/06/2005 3:19:56 PM PST by Naspino (Not creative enough to have a tagline.)
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To: marty60
I haven't seen the movie. Don't know anything about it really. My only point was that judging an actor by the morality of the character he is playing is not wise. Actors pretend they are someone else for a living.
26 posted on 01/06/2005 3:20:24 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Actors sign a contract . He could show a little integretiy.


27 posted on 01/06/2005 3:23:11 PM PST by marty60
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To: Borges
'The Last Temptation of Christ' wasn't nominated for a Best Picture Oscar either and no one claimed that was a sign of Hollywood's inherent conservatism.

Except 'The Last Temptation' was a steaming pile of dung.

28 posted on 01/06/2005 3:24:26 PM PST by AAABEST (Lord have mercy on us)
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To: Drew68

Drew68, The name of the movie was The Passion of the Christ. It was not about the Life of Christ.


29 posted on 01/06/2005 3:24:26 PM PST by jimbergin
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To: gina girl

It really doesn't matter what the shallow anti-Jesus hollywood types think about this film. The fact that it has and will continue to make an eternal life-changing impact for millions of people is much more important. Mel can store up his treasures in heaven...I'm sure the Academy Awards will not make it there.


30 posted on 01/06/2005 3:24:48 PM PST by I'm ALL Right! (Welcome to my addiction.)
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To: gina girl

The Academy can shove their golden idol straight up their butts,------- sideways.


31 posted on 01/06/2005 3:27:09 PM PST by sgtbono2002
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To: marty60

Look if you believe that only the virtuous should be depicted that's fine. It just doesn't bear any relation to the history of art or drama. Regards.


32 posted on 01/06/2005 3:28:18 PM PST by Borges
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To: gina girl
Tin-plated dictators and pedophiles movies get awards from Hollyweird, but a movie that made more money then all those films combined and shock Hollyweird to its core, they ignore as it was nothing.

The morals of Hollyweird couldn't be any more clear then seeing this snub as Mel Gibson and his incredibly successful film, The Passion of the Christ. It's obvious, Hollyweird adores EVIL and hates GOOD.

Mel, I'm sure you know many many people appreciate your talent. You don't need junk awards from Hollyweird to tell you that you are one of the best film makers of our time.

P.S. Mad Max 4 please :) Make it more like The Road Warrior, not Beyond Thunderdom.
33 posted on 01/06/2005 3:28:22 PM PST by Stringfellow Hawke (#6: Be seeing you!)
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To: sgtbono2002
The Academy can shove their golden idol straight up their butts,------- sideways.

'Sideways' has a good change this year!
34 posted on 01/06/2005 3:29:11 PM PST by Borges
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To: jimbergin

I admit that I'm still surprised by how many people don't understand what a Passion Play is.


35 posted on 01/06/2005 3:29:37 PM PST by Wormwood (Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!)
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To: Borges

should be 'chance'


36 posted on 01/06/2005 3:29:46 PM PST by Borges
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To: gina girl

This is just more validation for Mel and his movie in my opinion.


37 posted on 01/06/2005 3:30:12 PM PST by msnimje
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To: Wormwood

For my money, the greatest film about a Passion of sorts is 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' it can bring about religious feeling in the lowest heathen.


38 posted on 01/06/2005 3:31:13 PM PST by Borges
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To: gina girl

IMO, The Passion of the Christ was a great movie, and I am not a Christian. I can see how Hollyweird won't appreciate the movie on a "philosophical level," but if they cannot appreciate it artistically, then they truly are hypocrites. If the AFI can list "Birth of Nation" as one the best 100 films of the 20th century, then they should able to acknowledge the beauty in the Passion. Maia Morgernstern & cinematographer Caled Deschanel, at the very least, should be nominated for Oscars for their breathtaking work.


39 posted on 01/06/2005 3:31:16 PM PST by two134711
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To: Drew68
Incidentally, I lost all respects for the Academy Awards after Kevin Costner's PC-drenched Dances With Wolves beat out Scorsese's magisterial Goodfellas for top honors in 1991.

That, and the fact that Hitchcock never won, shows what a joke the award is.

40 posted on 01/06/2005 3:32:37 PM PST by CaptainK
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