I guess any dramatic presentation of the Passion outside of church is going to be deemed "anti-Semitic" by Semites - unless it shows a sinning Jesus as in some forgettable films of the past. Which means the critics want it shunted off into a corner and outside of the mainstream, where hopefully it will be ignored by more and more people - though that hasn't happened for 2000 years, now has it?
Why don't these critics summon the nerve and just say what they really think - that Christianity as a whole is anti-Semitic? That's the 500-lb elephant in the room. All this dancing around about whether "proto-Christians" are treated more favorably than (other) Semites in the film is ridiculous.
Bravo to a courageous man who has gone up tenfold in my estimation over this. I foolishly bought into Mel Gibson's screen image of the Lethal Weapon films and thought he was a liberal loser. Glad my eyes have been opened.
Those attempting to smear Gibson seem to have changed tatics, now he's some nut with a Christ complex. Disgraceful hit piece by the anti Christians.