Mel Gibson was driven to make the Passion of the Christ, and he refused all compromises. This one sounds opportunistic. “Let’s do a Bible movie—it’s certain to make a lot of money. And we’ll even consult the Evangelicals to increase our audience!”
They were only too ready to compromise, as the removal of Satan and the three temptations of Christ demonstrates. The director might as well have been Jan Brewer, after caving like that.
RE: Mel Gibson was driven to make the Passion of the Christ, and he refused all compromises.
Ever since his self-destructive, drunken, anti-semitic slur, the man hasn’t had a decent run in the movies at all.
He’s being treated like a leper by producers.
More than opportunistic. Roma Downey and her hubby spliced it together from leftover footage from their mini-series.
It may deliver the right message, but high-end production it is not.
“The Passion of the Christ” was Gibson’s masterpiece, despite the graphic depiction of violence, and despite what demons now drive him. As Pope John Paul II said, “It is as it was.”