Granted the film won't be substanceless fluff that can be easily viewed and just as easily forgotten.
Rise to the challenge.
Um, so what you're saying is that Mel Gibson is depriving us of half the acting.
Yes, that's indeed why I'm complaining.
Seriously: what is wrong with putting subtitles, and why are some people knee-jerkingly defending this stupid idea of Gibson's to forbid subtitles? Why is the audience supposed to be in the dark about what the characters are saying? Something about this really bothers me, and I don't really think it's defensible.
Why not film the whole passion story with no lighting whatsoever for crying out loud. Tell the audience "use your imagination and remember your Bible" and then place a black screen in front of them for two hours. That makes only slightly less sense.
Is the object here to confuse people and to hide aspects of the story from them?