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uh crucifixion WAS a burtal, gory process. PASt performances have cleansed it up significantly. To show it for what it really was, is to reaffirm the suffering and the commitment that God made to us when he sent his son down - knowing what would happen.

the movie is a reaffirmation of faith, and we can gain more appreciation for what Jesus endured only if we see it all, in all it's bloody detail.

Too many churches have made Christ an effeminate icon, tender, forgiving, loving, and non-judgemental...too many churches have forgotten that God sent His Son to live in a brutal time, to die a brutal death...

Very few churches emphasize in sermon or song the commitment unto death that God asks from all of us...as a result, I think Christians (or CINOs) back down in the face of demonstrable evil--we have forgotten the example of perfect obedience to the will of God that Christ gave us. Some can't even stand up to social penalties for following His word, even fewer to economic penalties, fewer still to penalties of law...which is why you don't see very many bishops in jail for protesting abortion (I'm Catholic).

I think Mel Gibson's film is important for many reasons, but one of them is the example of Perfect Love, and Perfect Obedience.

The reviewer doesn't seem to know that the meaning of "Passion" means SUFFERING. The suffering of the Christ is the focus of the movie, so to be accurate as to Christ's suffering, the gore is a necessary part of the movie.