[I still care]

There was this totally inept film critic on Fox who said that the Passion was a bad movie about Jesus; he suggested that people go so "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Scorcese instead if they wanted to see a movie about Jesus.

I laughed myself off the sofa. Clueless.

[Gumdrop]

I think the Fox film critic was Roger Friedman. He was way over the top with his criticism, IMHO. He, like many others, of the Jewish faith seem to have pre-conceived ideas about Christians and about the story of the Passion. It is most unfortunate. I/we all need to pray for these people. They need to be inspired by the Holy Spirit so thay may have more hope and joy in their lives. Roger seemd to be totally filled up with fear of this movie to the point of not being rational. Pity him and pray for him too.

[Snuffington]

There was this totally inept film critic on Fox who said that the Passion was a bad movie about Jesus; he suggested that people go so "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Scorcese instead if they wanted to see a movie about Jesus.

I remember seeing the Last Temptation of Christ back in my college days. Lesson Learned: controversial does not equal good. Because Last Temptation was a pretty boring movie (not walk-out terrible, but nothing very memorable either), and its artistic vision was like stock-footage from a few dozen other movies about Jesus.

And incidentally, even back then I grasped that the "shocking" theology behind it was pretty shallow stuff.