[RenegadeReporter]

I'm probably the only Christian in American not going to see this movie. I try to articulate my reasons: http://lashawnbarber.blogspot.com//archives/2004_02_01_lashawnbarber_archive.html#107718805765142519

[rmichaelj]

Sorry to hear you won't be going. I think if anything the movie will in a small way demonstrate the fullness of just what Christ went through for us, and by that can serve to deepen your Faith. Also, as I understand it, the flashbacks in the film serve to give a relation between the events of Jesus's life and what he experienced at the end of it. (e.g. the last supper and being raised on the cross).
As to why the gospels were not detailed in their account of the Passion, it probably had to do with the fact that in the time that they were written, everyone was all too familiar with what a crucifixion and scourging was like. That is something that has been lost in these times (at least in the Western world.)
Regardless, why not wait a while, talk to people you know who have seen it, and if you choose, you may want to see it later??

[MarMema]

You are not alone. Having waxed and waned I have come to the same conclusion. So has this writer, I think.