The $64,000 question is WHY they went to the Catholic church. Because, ultimately, a Catholic had the moxie to produce this film, when a thousand evangelical multimillionaires did not? That the Samaritan did what the Israelites refused to do?
Certainly it is far better to seek one's allegiance to God through a thousand laboriously learned technicalities of a "proper biblical faith," than to place one's simple salvational trust in the person of Jesus Christ. (irony)
Gibson has said it's a very Marian film, and it surprises him how positively Protestants have reacted. I read his words.
My own point in that IS NOT that that a Christians should therefore not go to the film; Christians I respect have said that it just isn't really there.
My point (in this) is simply that it is a legitimate concern for Christians.
Dan