Serious as a heart attack. Mel Gibson believes the power of the story imagery is so intense that his motion picture, The Passion, needs no translation to distract you from the purity of the religious experience.
The Passion will be the complete spiritual antithesis of The Matrix Trilogy, the latter having as much spiritual significance as a dopey video game.
Undoubtedly The Passion will be the box office antithesis of the money machine Matrix as well, but I will be first on line despite this.