[GeronL]

But there are other important concerns in the Avalon Theatre on opening night, such as what to eat? Attending what is perhaps the most violent non-snuff film ever made, it seems inappropriate to down a greasy tub of popcorn while watching our Lord and Savior get tortured for two hours

UGH!! Compare the violence to other films and this is not the most violent.

[Heatseeker]

Great piece - thanks for the post!

[Hugin]

But there are other important concerns in the Avalon Theatre on opening night, such as what to eat?

Why loaves and fishes of course. And a large bottle of water. With any luck it will be wine by the end of the movie.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[Aggressive Calvinist]

On MSNBC tonight, Chris Matthews asked Peggy Noonan on "Hardball" if she thought Mel Gibson would make another film soon.

Peggy Noonan replied that she had talked to people close to Mel Gibson and there is discussion about making a movie "about the good and bad characters of The Reformation".

Stop the presses!

Who would be the good guys in this film, and who would be the "bad" characters?

[xJones]

The ADL's Abe Foxman has said, hyperbolically, that Gibson's telling of Christianity's central narrative is a "setback to more than 40 years of Jewish-Christian relations."

That idiot Foxman has been the biggest setback, and he's too stupid to know it. If he had set up nights for years trying to set back Jewish-Christian relations, he couldn't have done a better job of it.

[Taiwan Bocks]

Mel Gibson achieved a revolution in man's thinking of Jesus.

Glory to God it was Him working through Gibson.

I believe this is partially to prepare true believers for the tribulation shortly ahead.

[texasflower]

Really good article. Thank you for posting it.

[mlmr]

Norm understands that I believe that Messiah-wise, he is waiting for a train that has already left the station. And that when the Messiah comes round again, it's not going to be to conduct nerf-bat interfaith dialogues. I understand that Norm believes that I believe in Santa Claus, albeit, one with nail-prints in His hands.

A gentle funny way of understanding.

[Mamzelle]

Matt Labash is an EVANGELICAL? He's allowed to write for a major neocon publication?

gasp

[hellinahandcart]

In the back of the theater, two cops are present, perhaps to make sure the Jews and Christians don't turn into the Jets and Sharks

LOL! That is a riot. I'm picturing the ballet-rumble right now.

[commish]

"I think I'm sticking with the senior circuit," he says, nodding at the curtained screen, "but I have new respect for the junior circuit."

You know, I think I could really get to like Norm. He is rooting for the wrong team, but at least both our teams have the same General Manager ;-)