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Gibson favors gore over drama [Phila. Inquirer gives Passion 2-star review]
2/24/2004
| Carrie Rickey
Posted on 02/25/2004 5:03:14 AM PST by foreverfree
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To: foreverfree
Ok. Gibson makes a film that emphasises the physical torment. Let him or someone else make another film that expresses the spiritual torment. Sheesh, these guys are nitpicking.
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02/25/2004 6:27:50 AM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: RogueIsland
Someone needs to study up on the Romans a bit. For all their contributions to civilization, they were also a very brutal state
That's true. Caesar carried out a genocide of the Gauls when he invade Gaul. Earlier, after the Second Punic war ended in a truce, the Romans reneged and attacked Carthage in the third Punic war. THey slaughtered everyone and sold the women and children into slavery. Then they leveled the city and plowed salt in furrows into the land so nothing would ever grow again. They destroyed it utterly and totally
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:34:03 AM PST
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Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: M1Tanker
I hated Gladiator because it distorted history -- it did NOT present facts. Like Commodius dying after a few months on the throne when he actually was Princep for 12 years.
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:41:58 AM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: Clintons a commie
I'm not surprised at all by Rickey's review. She did give THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST four stars, calling it "audacious". She's probably not interested in a film that details the truth about Our Lord.
Nuff said. Anything she says about the Passion is junk.
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:43:29 AM PST
by
Cronos
(W2K4!)
To: foreverfree
Braveheart contains excruciating sequences of impalement and a heart ripped from a live man's chest Where is this heart business in Braveheart? I don't recall it.
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:49:55 AM PST
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Actually, he does start making things up. The Satan character stalking Jesus throughout. The demons tormenting Judas. The pillow talk betwee Pilate and his wife. Veronica wiping Jesus' brow.
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:57:25 AM PST
by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: 11th Earl of Mar
Good point.
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posted on
02/25/2004 6:58:22 AM PST
by
M1Tanker
(Modern "progressive" liberalism is just NAZIism without the "twisted cross")
To: 17th Miss Regt
The author clearly misses the point of the movie. More than that, she assumes everyone misses the point by proclaiming "Even for the faithful...".
So much from one sentence. : )
To: new cruelty
More than that, she assumes everyone misses the pointBreathtaking arrogance, isn't it?
To: 11th Earl of Mar
So if you pressured me to kill your wife because she violated your religion [as the Jews pressured the Romans to kill Jesus] that would make me less of a killer No. But if I commissioned you to kill my wife, I wouldn't be guiltless either.
The Romans "executioners" killed people on a regular basis. To them, Jesus was just another name on the list. The Jews wanted him killed because he called himself the Son of God, and that was an affront to their beliefs at the time.
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02/25/2004 4:57:30 PM PST
by
wai-ming
To: foreverfree
Sorry I forgot the
link...
foreverfree
To: Skooz
If this film were about the murder of Matthew Shepherd, and done in EXACTLY the same way, the reviewer would hardly be able to type his review Or in this case, her review.
foreverfree
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