[Aquinasfan]

Thanks for the heads up. I've been trying to keep my expectations within reason. I'm glad that's no longer necessary.

THIS MOVIE WILL BE A BLOCKBUSTER.

(One of the top ten grossers of all-time)

[PoorMuttly]

"Satan character?!!"

What's that all about ?

[beachn4fun]

Every Christian needs to see this film at least once. Just to remember, in our current comfort zones while evil is closing in, the price that was paid...

this is exactly what Mel said he wanted to portray in this film.

[bray]

Praise be to Jesus, my savior and king!

Pray for GW and The Way

[NYer]

Patrick Madrid is running this story on his blog today. Someone there commented:

"Here is the description I posted on the Rosary Army website after seeing the trailer at last Saturday's Eucharistic Congress:

"There was no English spoken in the scenes shown and the actors were all speaking Latin and Aramaic. The images that stuck out the most were the gratuitousness of the scourging of Jesus before his Crucifixion, Mary stepping on the head of a snake, and the slow motion scene of the Pharisees throwing a bag of silver clear across a room to Judas Iscariot, who has trouble catching it and coins spill all over the floor. They also showed many images of the Crucifixion itself, which definitely reminded me of the end of Braveheart and how much Gibson went for realism. They showed the end of a nail being placed in Jesus' palm, pushed down, and then the hammer about to strike, but stopped short of actually showing the piercing. I won't be surprised at all, though, if they do show that in the movie." The showed the trailer twice and supposedly before the first showing (I only saw the second) they announced the movie would be released on Ash Wednesday.

There were a lot of scenes in the trailer of a yellowish looking snake slithering, and a distinct image of a foot stepping down on it. I don't remember seeing a Pieta-like image in the trailer. The image of Judas and the bag of coins is what really got me."

[fightu4it]

"And best of all is a final look right into the camera of Mary, holding her dead Son. She is looking at all of us with a kind of , "Look what you've done"/This is for you" expression. A cinematic Pieta worthy of Michelangelo."

Typical Hollywood take.

It was,after all, preordained.

It sounds as if Hollywood is offering a guilt trip; whereas Jesus was offering salvation.

[narses]

Good post, thanks.

[RightOnline]

What excites me about the prospect of this film is that, by its very nature, it will be the antithesis of all the "Islam hugging" that's been shoved down our throats lately. You all know EXACTLY what I'm talking about...........how Islam is gaining converts left and right because of all the recent exposure by the media (instigated by ACTS OF TERRORISM AND BARBARISM AROUND THE WORLD, I MUST REMIND EVERYONE).

With his star quality, Gibson will draw audiences around the globe with this film, and Christianity will be exposed to millions. The world will see that this is a faith based upon love.........not one based upon hatred, death, fire, and sword like Islam, or even elephant gods (Hinduism) or other idiotic Eastern religions that are so totally demonic and empty.

This film is like red meat put before a (spiritually) starving world, and for that alone, I thank Mel Gibson.

[Bigg Red]

ping

[afraidfortherepublic]

Thank you for posting this. I'm so tired of all the carping about this work. I don't see many movies, but this one will be a "must see."

I own two Gibson movies: Gallipoli and The Patriot. When this is out on video or DVD, it sounds like it will be "must add" to my collection.