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Posted on 02/23/2004 4:56:38 PM PST by carlo3b
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST.. (A HIT OR A MISS?).. Live thread!Contrary to popular media pronouncements, the first of the commercial showing of this long awaited, landmark, and controversial film has already debuted and the misconceptions that the fate of this endeavor hangs in the balance.. That is HOGWASH.. The Passion of the Christ is on the brink of a record breaking opening, in spite of the limited available screens, and the all out, and outragous efforts on the part of the National Media's near unanimous rejection, and the Hollywood establishment roadblocks to stymie this motion picture and it's brilliant and courageous director/producer..
I just receive a call from friends that attended a church sponsored midday showing of the movie with more than 850 of their fellow flock. The collective response was "it was sobering and breathtaking, and they existed with a profound feeling of moral inadequacy".
I toyed with the idea of accepting an invitation to book a private showing at a local theater for this weekend, however after calling a few local churches to help fill the seats I discovered that all (I call 12) of the parishes and neighborhood churches had already secured their own private dates with sellout crowds.. Every one of them had sold the seats within a day of their announcements... I just may book a threater in three weeks for all of my friends and family, that wish to watch it again, and again..
Your comments...
Reminds me of the scene in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" where they're reading some of the online chat about their upcoming movie. Hilarious scene, but none of it's suitable for posting here. :-)
And in the end of the film, they use their movie profits to fly around the country and personally kick the snot out of their amateur critics.
at the sidebar:.. What most people I know miss about this event is that the Jews picking Barabbas as the one to be released that year instead of Jesus IS that Barabbas means transliterated "Son of the Father".... as the final insult... i.e. crucifiying the real one and releaseing a known criminal with that name.. a real "DIS" to the messiah..
And judgeing by what some Jews are doing these days.. not a lot has changed with some, however I know many Jews that are also christians and many that are JINO's.. whats changed.... not a hell of a lot.. I would say... This movie has the POWER to separate them into groups, which is not an easy task. Because of that,
THIS MOVIE IS DYNAMITE STRAPPED TO THE SPIRIT and SOUL...
(Mel did a good thing and should be rewarded)
Then just pray for Jesus to love "MC-H" THROUGH you!
Never, ever, give up GARLIC; it is the best heart medicine in the world...maybe that's why you have such a big one.
Clog dancing is popular at The Big Texan in Amarillo on Wednesday nights, and believe it or not while it doesn't compare to Dirty Dancing, it sure beats that Flatley bozo. (I don't think he is really Irish; I think he is an East Ender.
I read a review today on the movie, and the gist was that it was a very cruel movie...
Well, excuse me, but I have always been under the impression that the reason the United States Constitution specifically prohibits cruel and unusual punishment was to prevent anyone from making us drag our own killing device through the street, letting some noncom pound some spikes through us and then hang us out to die...that always seemed pretty damn cruel to me.
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Asked by Bart and Guber about the movie's afterlife, Gibson intimated it would be fiercely protected: "It's like one of your children," he posited, explaining he didn't envision any extra shots or sequences for the eventual DVD edition.He also said his company would ride close herd on the subtitling abroad to make sure the translations were in sync with the original English. He seemed to be uninterested in an eventual network airing: Unlikely, he said, given that "we'd want them to do it in one piece, with no commercials."
As for what he'll do after resting a while in his hammock, Gibson hinted there were myriad other stories in the Bible that deserve celluloid treatment.
"There are good stories in that book --- it's worth looking into them."
YO, ABE FOXMAN... HE IS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN!!!!!!. HA!
I think that is disrespectful.
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