She went to see the Passion of Christ yesterday and it was her first trip to a movie theater since the premiere of My Fair Lady.
HairOfTheDog was concerned as we discussed on a thread yesterday about a woman having a heart attack during a showing of thePassion at a theater in the midwest.
I will talk to her at length later but I thought I would give you some of her interesting thoughts.
Mel Gibson was truer to the Gospels than Cecil B. Demille was to the Book of Exodus. Most people might not get the connection to Genesis 3:15 during the movie but it is unmistakable. He shall wound your heel, but you shall wound his head." There were a lot of other scripture reference3s that people might not get. Both old and New Testaments.
If Jewish people are upset about this they are looking for an excuse to be upset. The line, "His blood is on us" was not in the movie and that would be the only reason why someone might come away from it with anti-semitic feelings.
Gory? No, I have spent 88 years trying to visualize how awful the cross and the flogging would have been. All my life I have been prepared to see how brutal mankind can be.
As a Latin teacher she had several comments on that. I will probably start a thread for her experience if you find this interesting.