The Passion of the Christ (No Spoiler)

[Handy]

Hey All,
Due to the fact that I slave most of my days away working at my local movie theater, I can no longer formulate an oppinion on a movie that I have not seen yet. (Pretty sure that sentence didn't make any sence but I'm also pretty sure you all caught my meaning). However I have been hearing a lot about the new movie directed by Mel Gibson called The Passion of the Christ. I just wanted to know what all of you thought about it. Do you think that it is worth me seeing it on Friday with my girlfriend. What about all the controversey and stuff.... Let me know

[littlefirework]

I'll let you know in a few hours, although I'm guessing it's not an ideal date film

Which cinema? Odeon? Onex? Just curious.

[Twatybollocks]

Would anyone be watching this movie if so many people had not complained about it?

[squealpiggy]

I would go and see it but I must admit the controversy makes it more appealing...

[Carly]

No spoliers, eh? I hear Jesus dies... but then He comes back to life after a few days. (;

I want to see it. Even though it's all in (Latin?) another language, the story is familiar to most people and thus, in my opinion, would not take away from what is trying to be portrayed.

I look forward to the movie.

[I AM SHEEP]

It's in Aramaic, carly. Without subtitles.

I'd love to go see it if I had a date :(

[Greg]

Originally posted by I AM SHEEP
It's in Aramaic, carly. Without subtitles.

I'd love to go see it if I had a date :(

I heard it was subtitled. Is that correct?

And who needs a date Sheep? I'm going to watch that movie by myself, it doesn't bother me. There's nothing like watching a movie by yourself, it's damn nice.

[Greg]

Your town with one stoplight has a movie theater?

I bet you guys still have the drive-ins over there, right?

I have heard of churches buying out tickets for certain showtimes. Gives their members a private viewing, without being bothered by assholes like me, munching away on popcorn and guzzling a gigantic sprite.

[littlefirework]

Originally posted by Greg
I heard it was subtitled. Is that correct?
Yes. I heard that report months ago about not having subtitles, but they have included them.

And Pinkerbell- you don't prefer subtitles to overdubs? I always prefer to hear the actor's voice; it's part of the performance. Plus, translations can be questionable (in the rare instances that I can actually translate on my own).

[renatzu]

Mel Gibson didn't want any subtitles, but the studio made him
http://www.thepassionofthechrist.com/images/officialposter.jpg

[littlefirework]

Originally posted by Pinkerbell
I prefer to watch movies in ENGLISH. I love to read, but I don't want to during a movie. If I'm going to read, I'll get a book and do just that. And overdubs just look stupid.
:( There are so many great films by people that speak other languages. That makes me so sad. Although I can't argue against reading... so often good writing gets chopped to bits with film's time/budget/creativity constraints.

[ZekeyLizard]

I prefer subtitles.


I watched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with dubbed voice acting.

After about 20 minutes my ears were spouting blood all over my couch it was so bad. I cant even think about the voice acting without my ears hemmoraghing. <poor spellling.

The critics in my town say that The Passion is a very very very good movie.

But.....

They also say its very very very very very gory.

[Handy]

Compleatly off topic but who cares!
The best movie (series) that I have ever seen has to be the Once Upon A Time In China series with Jet Li. I Don't think that it would be the same dubbed.

And BTW littlefirework, I work for the Movie industry monster that is Famous players. A part of that giant Viacom. Its The Colisee out here in the MTL.

[Tart]

I think I'll go see it just because of the hype around it. Plus it's gory, can't go wrong there. ;)

[Rogue]

Originally posted by Tart
I think I'll go see it just because of the hype around it. Plus it's gory, can't go wrong there. ;)

The gore is what is keeping me from wanting to see it. I think i would be even more disgusted by the gore in this film as I am christian.

[Carly]

Originally posted by dark ninja
Mel Gibson didn't want any subtitles, but the studio made him
http://www.thepassionofthechrist.com/images/officialposter.jpg

Jim Caviezel? Wicked! That guy is so amazingly awesome. I can definitely picture him playing the role of Christ.

A few of my friends are really skeptical about this movie. They're saying it would be something to rent, not go to the theater for. What do you guys think?

[Handy]

Well, the movie finally came out last night and guess who was stuck shoveling popcorn to hundreds of devout christians?

Anyways, the movie didn't sell aswell as I thought it would. Eventhought it was only a wednsday night, the crowds werent as spectacularly huge as I feared. However, a lot of pepole were moved by this movie. For each showing about 4 ppl had to leave the theater because it was too gory, and about maybe an eighth of the theater would come out crying at the end. We also had this one guy faint as he came out of the theater.

Have any of you suys seen this movie yet?

[Panto]

Originally posted by Handy
However, a lot of pepole were moved by this movie. For each showing about 4 ppl had to leave the theater because it was too gory, and about maybe an eighth of the theater would come out crying at the end. We also had this one guy faint as he came out of the theater.

Does all the crying, fainting, puking & leaving the cinema for any other reason than the film being crap only happen in N.America?
I've been to quite a few films and the most I've seen in England is a bit of sniffing near the end of Titantic.

[littlefirework]

Yeah, I went yesterday. I was one of those people walking out all dazed. Maybe I'm just wimpy, but I did find it physically difficult to watch the whole thing- which was the point of it, I suppose.

I won't bother to watch it at home. In a theatre, I can really pay complete attention; there are too many distractions at home and it's not the sort of thing where I'd want to re-watch a scene or two that I really liked. Well, maybe I'd re-watch the arrest scene at the beginning to pay more attention to the filming technique. There was an interesting film-speed effect.

On the point of subtitles- they were rather spare. There were sections that they didn't translate at all.

Verdict- I wouldn't see it unless you really want to. There really aren't many surprises in it (maybe a few). It's more of a matter of deciding if you want to watch someone being tortured and killed over a few hours- while his mother watches. Also add in the factor of religious conviction if it applies to you.

[Playbus]

posted by Her Pinkness
Drive-ins are so much better than regular theatres, and the food is a lot cheaper. Also, instead of paying $5.50 per movie, it's like $7.00 per car. So you can pack as many people as you want in there, see two movies, and you've saved like A LOT of money. I love them! When it gets warmer I'm going again!


Wow! Do they have drive in movies in the UK anywhere? I've never seen one here in my life, but I haven't visited every square inch of the country so maybe there are some........

[Dibbie]

Pretty sure that's a no Playbus - none that I know of anyway

[Dr_nwa]

apparently a rich christian in the states rented out an entire 20 screen multiplex so the people from his church to go and see it. before dawn...
the theology department in my uni is absolutely buzzing about this movie. they are currently organising a special screening for the students next term. (it doesn't come out in the uk until after this term finishes.)
I am definately going to see it, as i think Mel gibson has absolute balls to make a movie that has attracted so much controversy.

[littlefirework]

Originally posted by Panto
Does all the crying, fainting, puking & leaving the cinema for any other reason than the film being crap only happen in N.America?
Maybe so. I worked for a cinema chain for a long time and there's definitely a fair amount of crying at dramas, and it's not at all unusual for people to walk out of violent or sexually explicit films. Fainting... have only heard of people fainting in The Exorcist and Malice, but that's not at all scientific. Just saying it's much more rare. Never even heard of anyone puking other than for unrelated illness.

[Panto]

I heard people puked after the Blair Witch Project (although that might've just been their excuse to leave)

[Carly]

Originally posted by Work?
I am definately going to see it, as i think Mel gibson has absolute balls to make a movie that has attracted so much controversy.

I absolutely agree with this. Mel Gibson is a very bold man. Kudos to him.

[littlefirework]

On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart commented on the Mel Gibson controversy:
note: I'm paraphrasing from memory, but it's close
Oh it's soooo brave of Mel Gibson to make a Pro-Jesus film in America. Somewhere Salman Rushdie is playing the world's smallest sitar.
I certainly give Gibson credit for putting up his own money and making the film he wanted to make regardless of what others thought. It really does seem that distribution and sales were a secondary concern to him- which is truly great. That said, Stewart has a point.

[Cjw]

I heard people puked after the Blair Witch Project

Thats probably to do with motion sickness due to the shaky camera work:rolleyes:

[Handy]

I almost puked after watching Freddy Got Fingered.
Could possibly be related to that sceen with the elephant....
You all know what im talking bout right?

To anyone that has seen it though.
I pre-bought the tickets in fear of the movie selling out, but the crowds havent been too bad. However I'm having second thoughts about taking my girlfriend to see this movie.
Any Advice?

[littlefirework]

Being such a touchy subject, it's really hard to advise without knowing her. I'd maybe ask her what she thinks about seeing it. Also- do consider offering up that you two can walk out if she changes her mind about staying. I'd definitely err on the side of caution and courtesy. Maybe she'll be able to watch without personalizing any of it and roll her eyes at you for being so worried. But, that's better than being resentful about having been made to watch something that really upsets her.

[electro_cheese]

This film is pro-Christian yes? I don't see this being popular at all in England but maybe that's just me. In Europe religion is at an all time low, in N. America it is at an all time high, this is partially what I'm basing this prediction on ;) Also why are people saying that it is a controversial film? Because you see Jesus getting killed? Come on, get over it I have seen more controversial material in a paper bag though, seriously though I think this whole thing has been done before in Life of Brian :D

[Handy]

Just came back from the movie about 21 min ago...
All I can say is woah.
Homestly one of the better films I've seen in a long time. Well visually at least. Even though I have no previous knowledge of the Christian faith I still foud this film had the ability to spark emotions. I won't go into too many details as to spoil it for the rest of you but I strongly reccomend that all of you go see it.

For thoese of you who did see it...
Did you find the film to be as controversial as you thought it would be? Did you notice ant of the anti-semitism? I really had a hard time finding it. Perhaps because I did not have a compleat understanding of the story.

As fot this whole thing going date-wise...
It actually was an excellent choice in movie. It sparked some great convoprsation between me g/f and I. Bout topics you would never have the opportunity to bring up.

Hit me back on the flip side

[Scribbly]

(as I posted in the other 'the passion' thread:)

I just saw it and I must say that I wasn't that impressed. All the blood and gore weren't THAT stunning, because the standards these days are just way lower than they used to be (or higher, depends how you look at it). The acting and everything was ok I guess, but the movie itself was rather dull.

I was forced to go to church till I was about 14, which had a reversed effect on me (instead of me being intersted, I just started to get really annoyed by jesus and pals, every sunday).. so you're listening to an atheist.

My point is that I already knew the story, so there weren't any suprises. There wasn't excitement, no joy, no comedey, no love story, no thriller, no horror..what the hell was it then? I guess it belonged in the section 'gore'.

Now that I think about it; I really think it's a bad movie. All it had was blood and whipping (I have nothing against violence in movies.. eg: I love kill bill ).