The following is an indictment?
“Jim Caviezel: The catharsis for me to play this role was through Medjugorje, through Gospa [Our Lady]. In preparation, I used all that Medjugorje taught me. Mel Gibson and I were going every day for Mass together. Some days I couldn’t go for Mass, but I was receiving the Eucharist. Somewhere along the line, I heard that the Pope was going for confession every day, so I thought that I should go for confession as often as possible… So, the confession was the preparation for the Eucharist. Ivan Dragicevic and his wife Lorraine gave me a piece of the true cross. I kept this on me all the time. They made a special pocket in my clothes for it. I also had relics of Padre Pio, St. Anthony of Padoua, Ste Maria Goretti, and saint Denisius, the Patron saint of Actors. Another thing was fasting. I read many of the messages continuously. Every day everyone could see me with the rosary in my hands… I ask Mary to guide me and my career... This film is something that I believe was made by Mary for her Son.”Jim sounds like a great guy.
No. It's hysterical anti-Catholicism disguised under a veneer of psuedo-objectivity. Probably the only valid point is that Monica Belluci can be seen naked on the internet (I dont' know this for a fact, but I assume she's not lying about that much). But after all, Belluci is playing Mary Magdalene, and she's a legitimate actress in Europe, not just a porn star as the author claims.
Apparently, there is an underlying assumption guiding this "essay" that the Catholic faith is identical with Gnosticism and the strange mythology about Jesus marrying Mary Magdalen and spawning the "Merovingian" dynasty a la the 1981 camp howler Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Leaving aside the complete unfamiliarity with Catholic theology and the orientation of the traditionalist movement, this might actually be somewhat funny if it were not so serious and self-righteous. Some people are apparently offended that there is a connection between Jesus and the Catholic Church. And, indeed, between Jesus and his Mother Mary, as bizarre as that might seem.
The author seems to be claiming that the film is an occult work(some anti-Catholic bias is evident here), and that it attacks the Bodily Ressurection. Considering the fact that the film is based on the 4 Gospels, and that, according to someone who has seen it, the film clearly shows Jesus's body rising in the tomb and leaving behind His Holy Shroud, I wouldn't take any of it seriously. The attacks on Belluci can be ignored. Who cares what she has done? She's an actress playing a part, pure and simple.