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I'm planning to see the Passion. What I'm looking forward to is hearing what Aramaic sounds like. From my point of view, the story of Jesus is part of the story of the struggle against the Roman Empire. There were many Jews who opposed the Romans and their puppet king Herod. This eventually broke out into open revolt more than once and the Romans lost several entire legions in Judea. Many of my fellow Jews are concerned about the Passion instigating anti-Jewish feelings. I'm not worried about that here, in the US. As for elsewhere, time will tell (the arabs already hate us - so, big deal). But I understand their concern. In a way, Jesus' life can be viewed as a snapshot of Jewish history.

"What I'm looking forward to is hearing what Aramaic sounds like."

Me too, actually. I wonder if the authentic pronounciation can be known for certain, today? Anyway, I feel a duty to support this film by going to see it, but I am nervous about watching the sustained violence.

I was surprised. The language was beautiful and sounded completely natural. Also, the sub-titles, which I thought would be a big drag and hard to follow were not distracting AT ALL.