The Passion of the Christ
Star Wars was marketed with toy light sabres (I had one) and with Darth Vader figurines.
Harry Potter with fake glasses and wizard hats.
Mel Gibson's upcoming The Passion of the Christ with nails, of course,
and 
mugs!
I've just been to the website. For a film that prides itself on its historical accuracy it's kind of annoying that Jesus and Mary are both white, but hey.
Anyway.
Discuss!
Harry Potter with fake glasses and wizard hats.
Mel Gibson's upcoming The Passion of the Christ with nails, of course,
and mugs!I've just been to the website. For a film that prides itself on its historical accuracy it's kind of annoying that Jesus and Mary are both white, but hey.
Anyway.
Discuss!
Comments
Mel Gibson is a member of an orthodox Christian sect I don't have time to look up now because I'm meeting my brother for lunch and must run.
anti-Vatican Catholic
Excuse my ignorance but wouldn´t that be a contradiction?
The second vatican council is somewhat controversial and lead to the splinter group of which gibson (and his father) are part.
I don't know about the BBC, or whatever, but in the States this has been beaten to damn death.
Not that I care that you posted about it. I didn't know about the merchandising. That's actually a pretty cool necklace. Too bad I'm an atheist. Maybe I can get one and say it's to scare off vampires. Or Jews. Cause I hate them damn Jews.
Originally posted by Ganondorf
Yeah, I think I've heard about enough of this story for the past year....
I second that, these talking heads havnt even seen the movie yet (outside of a few rabies and a talk-radio host), so why are they trashing it?
Am I gonna catch this movie when it hits the cinemas, you ask?
No!
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/...her/index.html
Originally posted by KANE
Mel Gibson's father dismissed the Holocaust as being 'mostly fiction'.
Am I gonna catch this movie when it hits the cinemas, you ask?
No!
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/...her/index.html
salon? wow thats believable
KANE, Look at this quote from that article:
Hutton Gibson follows a tiny wing of traditionalist Catholicism that views the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council as a conspiracy between Jews and Masons to take over the church.
Or this:
In this latest interview, Gibson said Jews want to take over the world. He did not know why Jews would want to achieve that, but said ``it's all about control. They're after one world religion and one world government.''
Do you really think that this is true?
Mel Gibson can direct his movie in any way he likes. Same goes for any Jewish director, do you think that Schindler's List was historically accurate?
truth always lies somewhere in the middle.
Let's not get too carried away
Originally posted by Ganondorf
I think it's pretty well-known in the news world that Gibson's father is a Holocaust denier.
Hey i don't think he denies it, he's opinion is that Jews make it bigger than it actually was.
Mel Gibson is an ultra-conservative Catholic. I believe he is a member of Opus Dei, a Catholic group that does not follow the teachings of the Vatican II or the pope. One could think of him something like a 'fundamentalist Catholic', which is very different than any other 'fundamentalist Christian'.
The movie (from my understanding) is based heavily on the Gospel of John. The Gospel of John is the fourth Gospel of the New Testament. It was written by a Gentile (as opposed to Mark, Matthew, and Luke who were Jews) at a time when Christianity diverged from Judaism. There is a certain amount of anti-Jewish sentiment in the Gospel of John as it reflects the tensions between Christians and Jews at the end of the first century.
That being said, I'm uncertain if anyone could tell the story of the Passion without some in the Jewish community feeling offended. Some Jews are very easily offended whenever anyone brings up the notion that they put Christ the death while some Christians will use this as fodder for their anti-Semetic views.
The truth is that the actions of the Jewish leadership did coerce the Romans to put Christ to death because Jesus threatened their power. This by no means puts the onus on the entire Jewish race for Christ's death.
However repulsive the father may be, I can't allow myself to condem the son without evidence they are alike on these matters.
Originally posted by piwozniak
Hey i don't think he denies it, he's opinion is that Jews make it bigger than it actually was.
Actually, you are correct.
My only criticism of the film's production would be that I think they stopped short of their goal when they hired caucasian actor to play Christ. Jim Caviezel just completed work on a little film shot primarily here in Atlanta (1 week in Scotland) called "Stroke of Genius: The Bobby Jones Story"....yes, he played Bobby Jones. He often flew out of town to speak to various religious organizations, very active in his own church. So anyone who sees the film might consider that he wasn't just doing it for the paycheck.
All I got...
I want a t-shirt that says "I got nailed at Golgotha".
Originally posted by billybobsky
When did "Jesus" become the son of god historically?
Didn't they start with that business about 100 years after he died? That was around the time the virgin birth was snuck in anyway.
I really do not understand why people cannot see that this and all sorts of other religious teachings are utter crap -- not their moral sentiments but the back story behind them.