[GraniteStateConservative]

Gibson, of course, is free to skip over the incomparable glories of Jesus’ temperament and to devote himself, as he does, to Jesus’ pain and martyrdom in the last twelve hours of his life.

As if that's not a worthwhile focus for a movie on Jesus. Gibson wants people to appreciate how much of a physical sacrifice Jesus' torture and death was, so we'd more appreciate the significance of it. He did it for us. He didn't eat bon-bons for us. He suffered and died for us.

[mlmr]

I agree. Radica leftists seem to have a Jesus, Jesus Meek and Mild view of Christ. He DID leave the manger and changed the world.

[N. Theknow]

Gibson wants people to appreciate how much of a physical sacrifice Jesus' torture and death was, so we'd more appreciate the significance of it. He did it for us. He didn't eat bon-bons for us. He suffered and died for us.

Actually, the events bring the whole atheistic house of cards crashing down. One of their favorite wailing points is "How could a mericiful God allow (fill in the blank with whatever they want to blame Him with) this to happen."

But, to those of us who realize that it was our sins that were responsible for each lash of the whip and piercing of the thorns and nails, we know that God did not save His only begotten Son, so why should our lives be a walk in the park.

I asked Jesus how much he loved me. He stretched out his hands and said, "This much!" And then he died.

[Zack Nguyen]

Gibson, of course, is free to skip over the incomparable glories of Jesus’ temperament and to devote himself, as he does, to Jesus’ pain and martyrdom in the last twelve hours of his life.

The the New Yorker reviewer is hinting at, in my view, is that he/she would rather regard Christ as a really nice guy rtaher than the Son of God who suffered atonement for our sins.