As posted to Narses on the other thread:
In the recent movie "Signs", Gibson plays a married man with two children who had a crisis of faith six months prior which caused him to leave his ministry.Throughout the film, folks have a hard time remembering not to call him "Father", a drugstore clerk insists on "clearing her conscience" by detailing her sins to him and -- at the close of the film when his faith is restored, he again dons his Roman collar and returns the crucifix to his wall.
Particularly given the absolute dearth of adverts, I can only conclude that the focus of the film with regard to "Product Placement" was married priests.
I am extremely uneasy about anyone's looking to Mel Gibson for some witness to the faith. I say this as a longtime (since "Year of Living Dangerously") fan who has no reason to believe he's not a good man.
He may also be a faithful Catholic but this article -- coming on the heels of his big-screen pitch for married priests moreso than in advance of his playing Christ -- does not bode well. I suspect Hollywood (agit prop dogs of the White House) knows they have a goldmine as far as the Catholic Gibson is concerned.
Does not bode well.
However later on they showed that he was not Roman Catholic priest but I believe Anglican
I beleive that the character was an Anglican priest, or else how could he be married w/ children. I don't recall that the crucifix was returned to the wall, although I looked for it.
In general though I found the movie a muddle that was a very poor representation of faith and religion, and I agree that people looking for God aren't likely to find Him in a movie theater.
That being said, I'm glad to see Gibson is a faithful son of the church and I respect him for taking a stand when so many take the easy way.
I'll wait for the movie on Christ to come out before passing judgement (although I'm not optimistic).