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I never saw the movie. I never believed for ONE MINUTE that MG made this movie because of his Christian beliefs and or share the gospel. I believe it was to MAKE MONEY and the way he managed to convince churches to turn out in droves made him a LOT of money. I would like an honest assessment of that movie from Christian Freepers here who have seen it.

I think he did it for both. I don't think he would have made this particular movie for money alone. If he wanted money he would have just hooked up with some of his Hollywood buddies and wrote a movie with a bunch of violence and sex in it. This movie ticked off a lot of Hollywood people for a number of reasons and I think they are still out to get him. I still stand behind him on his making of The Passion. For the most part, it was a brilliant work of art that gave justice to the biblical account of Christ's crucifuxion--a real eye opener. I really think God blessed Mel for his reverential effort to tell the truth to the masses.

I know Mel messed up big time and I hope he gets help for his alcohol problem more than anything else. He has apologized for what he said about Jews and he looks like a man who is not stuck on himself and is willing to do what it takes to make things right. I say cut the man a break. It would be a huge mistake to bail out on the guy who proved that Jesus can make it on the big screen.

God bless you.

Good point.

Several Christian friends (and my parents) were adamant about seeing it, especially when the MSM and Hollywood "badmouthed" it so much. They told me THEY DID find it rather "gory and violent" to watch, even thought they KNOW from reading the Bible that is what Christ endured.

In the movie's defense, however, I don't think my mom has been to see a movie in a theater since "Grease," and she can NEVER stay awake long enough to watch a movie on DVD at home, so she has not seen ANY movie in years and is therefore oblivious to the types of violence shown in movies nowdays.

I will probably eventually rent it. I DO HATE subtitles though as I find it very distracting to have to read and watch the scene above the dialogue. I think he should have started the movie speaking in Aramaic and then made a transition into English, just for easier viewing of the movie (sort of the way they did in "Hunt for Red October").