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Gibston blew it. I had hopes that The Passion Recut would be edited down from the Jesus Chainsaw Massacre that was the original. I was hoping for something I could reasonably bring my older kids to see. Nope! The film is still rated R and he only cut 6 minutes. Everyone who wanted to see The Passion has probably already seen it. The only way to have attracted more people to see it would have been to tone it WAY down for a more general audience. Gibson did not do that - not even close.

Now, don't start flaming me - YES, I saw The Passion when it originally came out. It was just too much - it focused far more on the method of Christ's death (and the sadism of the Romans) and His agony than it did His ministry, His sacrifice, His atonement for the sins of the world, and His resurrection. The strongest message the film gave was, "OW! That really had to hurt!", "Ewww! That's gross!", and "Wow! I can't believe He went through all that for me." Yes, the latter is a good message but one that could have been achieved without having to wade through all of the gratuitous blood and gore. How do I know this? I've seen it done in other much lesser known films.

You must consider that the film was about the last 3 days of Jesus not His prior 3 years of ministry. That said, having seen both [and the DVD] I do not think it will be a movie theatre classic. The DVD works much better. It is more an individual experience and not a group.

"YES, I saw The Passion when it originally came out. It was just too much - it focused far more on the method of Christ's death (and the sadism of the Romans) and His agony than it did His ministry, His sacrifice, His atonement for the sins of the world, and His resurrection. The strongest message the film gave was, "OW! That really had to hurt!", "Ewww! That's gross!", and "Wow! I can't believe He went through all that for me." Yes, the latter is a good message but one that could have been achieved without having to wade through all of the gratuitous blood and gore. How do I know this? I've seen it done in other much lesser known films."

I, for one, agree whole-heartedly with this review.