My Experience at a Preview of Mel Gibsons's "Passion of The Christ"

me | January 21, 2004 | prairiebreeze

[prairiebreeze]

Sorry that the Q & A didn't format better. I was previewing and editing my post, received a phone call and forgot to preview the Q&A portion (which I did behorehand on MS Word).

Luckily the majority of Freepers are able to read and should have little problem. ;)

Prairie

[m1-lightning]

Gibson's "The Passion" previewed at Willow Creek church

[Mo1]

Thanks for the Ping Prairie .. I've on a several year boycott of Hollywood movies in theaters..

But I decided to give an exception to this movie of Mel's. I'm looking forward to seeing it ... Thank you so much for your opinion of it

[prairiebreeze]

Some discussion was given as to why this preview was done in my area. The subject was broached sort of like, "we decided to hold a previewing in the Midwest instead of just in Hollywood (or the west coast) as normally done..."...at which point Mel sort of snorted and said "Normal??".

LOL, I think he was taking a stab at the Hollyweirds but it was a very brief exchange and I didn't want to state that as a certainty.

Prairie

[knighthawk]

Bump!

[prairiebreeze]

thanks for the link ml

[Shoreratte]

Thank you so much for this post. I am mostly a lurker on FR, but I so much appreciate the time you took to write this review, that I wanted to add my thanks to the others. Am looking forward to seeing this movie.

[Peach]

Prairie -

As I read, I had a few tears coursing down my cheeks. This will be one of the most important movies made in our lifetime, I expect.

It sounds so moving I'm almost afraid to watch it in a movie theater and may opt for the privacy of our home. But watch it I will.

You had quite a wonderful experience yesterday.

Mary Beth

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

...people who don’t know anything about Christ can be saved by the merits of Christ
"Nice trick."

BC, In Romans 2, it is mentioned that those "without the law" {knowledge} will be judged less harshly than those "with the law". It says something about "believers" {those who know} who act outside the law will be judged harshly, while the "gentiles" {nonbelievers} who follow the laws unknowingly will be judged for their deeds.

I find this interesting, for a devout friend of mine once asked, "WHAT will you SAY when in front of the judges?" I refuse to attend "services". It occurs to me that anybody who thinks they can talk their way into heaven has a real problem. Peace and love, George.

[prairiebreeze]

I'm more than a little overwhelmed. Use your own judgement as to theater vs. home. The big screen offers things that a TV doesn't IMO but some will feel more comfortable outside the theater.

As we walked into the actual auditorium, there were people stationed at each entrance handing out Kleenex. We were welcome to take as many as we wanted.

Prairie

[Peach]

I would like to see it on the big screen, but there have been a few movies that I've seen (Sophie's Choice being one) that I made a complete blubbering fool of myself. The only way to prevent that is to deny my feelings and I don't want to do that but would rather "experience" fully the movie.

We shall see. I'm overwhelmed just reading your review, prairie. God Bless Mel Gibson for making the choices to make this movie - the determination, the $$, the investment of time, etc.

It will be interesting to see how Hollyweird reacts to the movie and to him, although I hope they aren't so negative that it pollutes the airwaves and people's desire to see for themselves.

[prairiebreeze]

In a huge auditorium filled with mostly clergy and church goers, there were many sniffles to be heard.

Sometimes I just wanted to jump up and yell "STOP IT" during the more graphic parts.

Prairie

[prairiebreeze]

Mel Gibson remarked he had been in the editing room until 3 AM the night before he came to this preview. He's working hard

Prairie

[rwfromkansas]

My college's student govt. President wants to buy tickets for every person on campus.

I think this will be a HUGE film, as when he attempted to get a huge group of tickets from Dickinson Theaters, they flat said they are not giving group tickets or even advance tickets for this film because of the overwhelming demand they have had for it.

I am hoping to somehow get into one of the press pre-showings they will be showing in early February, as I am Editor of the college paper. But, I doubt that and if I have to go to KC, I doubt I will even try. But, I would like to be able to preview this before it shows in the main theaters.

[rwfromkansas]

Like you do with any film. Read the newspapers, call your area theaters.

I don't think there will be a problem finding a theater.

Most local theaters around here, even ones who would not normally show an independent film like this, will be showing the Passion.

[rwfromkansas]

I think he was just referring to the Jews. Romans makes it clear eventually they will be saved, and that OT Jews were saved by faith alone just like we are.

[rwfromkansas]

They will have media showings in early February, but not sure if they are done with the regular showings or not yet.

[BibChr]

I don't get your point. Are you saying that Jesus was mistaken?

Dan

[rwfromkansas]

The theater impacts you much more than home....see it in the theater.

From what I have heard of previews so far, if you start wailing and crying, you would not be even remotely close to being the only one.

[Peach]

You're probably right about that...