[NYer]

[NYer]

"From all the depictions I've read, what actually happened to Jesus Christ is worse than anything we're showing. Mel and I grappled with going all the way with it. But we couldn't do that, to Him, or to our audience. The third whip they used on Him had hooks in it, which literally tore the flesh off His body. He was shredded.

[wardaddy]

Excellent actor. Excellent choice for this role. My wife and I both really like this fellow's work. I'm glad to hear he's a good man too.

[BaBaStooey]

caveziel bump!

[lawgirl]

Jim Caviezel is one of my FAVORITE actors of all time and I have been talking about him for ages. He is amazing---I think he is probably best known to people as The Count of Monte Cristo. He is a VERY devout Catholic, and has turned down a lot of roles due to too much sex/violence/etc. He is fantastic and will make a great Jesus I am sure.

[MHGinTN]

Thank you, Mel, for your faithfulness. God bless you.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

The temperature is frigid. [...] Jim Caviezel, who plays Jesus in the new Mel Gibson film The Passion, is beyond cold. Beyond bone-tired. [...] the actor has been trussed, practically naked, to a cross in a field in southern Italy for the past 15 days.

"After my first day on the cross, I had borderline hypothermia"

This is a very disturbing report. I'm really disappointed in Mel Gibson, who is the producer. Couldn't he have found a warmer climate for Caviezel to do his difficult outdoor scenes in? Mel Gibson loses several points for this. I hope I never forget how poorly he treats his fellow actors.

[ohioWfan]

And what Jesus Christ went through on the cross to redeem us from our sins is far worse than can be portrayed on film, or even imagined.

This will be troubling to watch. I agree, homeschool. I pray that God blesses this work.

[NYer]

Apparently, his portrayal of Christ is so eerily real, so true, that the good folk of Matera are regularly rocked by the sight of Caviezel as he walks the tumbled streets, attends daily communion at Don Angelo's church, and chants his rosary.

Sorry .... forgot to bump you!!

[Maximilian]

Maybe Mel Gibson can't find a distributor, but I think there's a large amount of excitement about this movie. I've seen lots of publicity already and they haven't even finished filming. There' going to be a many people lined up to buy tickets as soon as this thing opens.

This will be the greatest movie of all time -- both spiritually and artistically -- if they can succeed in what they're attempting. So far all the buzz has been that they're succeeding beyond what they had even hoped for.

Thank God for a man like Mel Gibson. What courage and what vision.

(One caveat about the article: Medjugore? Please. Oh well, we should be grateful that there are at least a couple of faithful Catholics like Gibson and Caviezel in Hollywood.)

[Desdemona]

Wow. This one should be great. Thank God for people like Mel Gibson and Jim Caviezel.

[NYer]

Bump!

[Paul Atreides]

I won't be surprised to hear Hollywood thoroughly demonize this movie. The critics as well.

[big'ol_freeper]

Caviezel bump

[rmvh]

"This film asks basic questions: It asks why are we not happy?

I'm happy and have had a great life thus far....

My experience with Hollyweird is that it is 99% full of human misfits, most of whom are completely self absorbed and in need of psychiatric assitance.

Some of these entertainers, with only high school educations, fancy themselves as great strategic thinkers and want to administer our national defense policy... among other things.

Perhaps Mr. Gibson will prove me wrong this time...I hope so.

[sheltonmac]

Do we know if this movie will include the resurrection? After all, Christ's death is absolutely meaningless apart from the resurrection. (I Cor. 15:12-19)

[eastsider]

"When it hits the cross, several feet up in the air, it's just bone-chilling. Crazy. The cross starts to sway and you think, it's going to break. All you do is shake -- and pray -- all day."

In my freshman year at college, I landed the part of Jesus in a midieval miracle play. The director had a 50-lb, 10-foot wooden cross built for me that fit into a base and was bolted into position. It was equipped with a footrest and a particularly uncomfortable "seat," and I was lashed to the cross at my shoulders.

On opening night, the executioners got carried away while raising the cross with me on it. I usually had my eyes closed, but I felt something wrong. I opened my eyes to find that the executioners had failed to stop the cross upright, and found myself rushing face first toward the stage, lashed to the cross. Fortunately, the base into which the cross fit kept the foot of the cross raised, so I escaped what would have been a massive injury because my body was suspended between the head of the cross -- which hit the stage -- and the raised foot of the cross.

When the cross hit the stage, there was dead silence in the audience and the actors on stage were frozen in place. Finally, one of the executioners came over to me, saw that I was dazed but otherwise okay, then brought down the house by shouting, "Quick! We have to get him up before the Sabbath!"

I feel this guy's pain.

[GirlShortstop]

Isn't he wonderful?   I saw him interviewed on EWTN and thoroughly enjoyed a breath of fresh air from Hollyweird.   Audio of the EWTN interview

[Fred Mertz]

How will I know what they're saying if they won't use subtitles?

[Libertina]

The actors will speak only the ancient languages of Hebrew, Latin and Aramaic. There will be no subtitles. (Hollywood is agog.)
I am too.

[.45MAN]

Thanks for the bump. This movie sounds like a keeper.