Gibson favors gore over drama [Phila. Inquirer gives Passion 2-star review]

2/24/2004 | Carrie Rickey

[Cronos]

Ok. Gibson makes a film that emphasises the physical torment. Let him or someone else make another film that expresses the spiritual torment. Sheesh, these guys are nitpicking.

[Cronos]

Someone needs to study up on the Romans a bit. For all their contributions to civilization, they were also a very brutal state

That's true. Caesar carried out a genocide of the Gauls when he invade Gaul. Earlier, after the Second Punic war ended in a truce, the Romans reneged and attacked Carthage in the third Punic war. THey slaughtered everyone and sold the women and children into slavery. Then they leveled the city and plowed salt in furrows into the land so nothing would ever grow again. They destroyed it utterly and totally

[Cronos]

I hated Gladiator because it distorted history -- it did NOT present facts. Like Commodius dying after a few months on the throne when he actually was Princep for 12 years.

[Cronos]

I'm not surprised at all by Rickey's review. She did give THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST four stars, calling it "audacious". She's probably not interested in a film that details the truth about Our Lord.

Nuff said. Anything she says about the Passion is junk.

[Sloth]

Braveheart contains excruciating sequences of impalement and a heart ripped from a live man's chest

Where is this heart business in Braveheart? I don't recall it.

[lugsoul]

Actually, he does start making things up. The Satan character stalking Jesus throughout. The demons tormenting Judas. The pillow talk betwee Pilate and his wife. Veronica wiping Jesus' brow.

[M1Tanker]

Good point.

[new cruelty]

The author clearly misses the point of the movie.

More than that, she assumes everyone misses the point by proclaiming "Even for the faithful...".

So much from one sentence. : )

[17th Miss Regt]

More than that, she assumes everyone misses the point

Breathtaking arrogance, isn't it?

[wai-ming]

So if you pressured me to kill your wife because she violated your religion [as the Jews pressured the Romans to kill Jesus] that would make me less of a killer

No. But if I commissioned you to kill my wife, I wouldn't be guiltless either.

The Romans "executioners" killed people on a regular basis. To them, Jesus was just another name on the list. The Jews wanted him killed because he called himself the Son of God, and that was an affront to their beliefs at the time.

[foreverfree]

Sorry I forgot the link...

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[foreverfree]

If this film were about the murder of Matthew Shepherd, and done in EXACTLY the same way, the reviewer would hardly be able to type his review

Or in this case, her review.

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