Comments on: Passion http://pribek.net/2006/08/04/passion/ Trouble Ain't Over Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stephanie Vann http://pribek.net/2006/08/04/passion/#comment-24 Stephanie Vann Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:37:50 +0000 http://pribek.net/?p=26#comment-24 Going to see a movie simply on the strength of publicity isn't usually my style. If it sounds like my sort of film, I'll go. If it doesn't, I won't. I didn't see Passion because the subject matter didn't grab me and I don't go to see films just to see if the critics are accurate. However, that being said, I'm aware that there are people that will do that and it is true that there was a lot of pre-release publicity. I find it hard to believe that that wasn't intentional. Going to see a movie simply on the strength of publicity isn’t usually my style. If it sounds like my sort of film, I’ll go. If it doesn’t, I won’t. I didn’t see Passion because the subject matter didn’t grab me and I don’t go to see films just to see if the critics are accurate. However, that being said, I’m aware that there are people that will do that and it is true that there was a lot of pre-release publicity. I find it hard to believe that that wasn’t intentional.

]]> By: Stacey http://pribek.net/2006/08/04/passion/#comment-23 Stacey Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:35:34 +0000 http://pribek.net/?p=26#comment-23 Jack, I only know about all these Mel Gibson shenanigans from reading about them on your blog...I don't get out much. But, I also saw the Passion of Christ (with my FAVORITE grandmother) and thought I'd put in my two cents...I get your points about being overdramatized, etc...but I was actually very moved by it, and I thought it was biblically accurate. But then again, I DON'T GET OUT MUCH. I had also just had a baby, so maybe it was the hormones? Jack, I only know about all these Mel Gibson shenanigans from reading about them on your blog…I don’t get out much.

But, I also saw the Passion of Christ (with my FAVORITE grandmother) and thought I’d put in my two cents…I get your points about being overdramatized, etc…but I was actually very moved by it, and I thought it was biblically accurate. But then again, I DON’T GET OUT MUCH. I had also just had a baby, so maybe it was the hormones?

]]> By: Jayne d'Arcy http://pribek.net/2006/08/04/passion/#comment-22 Jayne d'Arcy Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:03:52 +0000 http://pribek.net/?p=26#comment-22 I think you've hit the nail on the head, there, brother Jack. I think Gibson did get drunk, but I believe his publicists for Apocolypta are using it to their advantage. Controversy raises awareness about any movie. But, I don't know. It might backfire this time. I'm not interested in Gibson, but am interested in the movie because I've always been fascinated by the Aztecs. Nobody makes movies about them, unless it's a documentary, so here's something I might like. As for the Passion of Christ, I chose not to see it after I heard about the violence. I think there is only one movie made that does justice to this part of Christ's life; one that has always drawn me in spiritually and emotionally; Jesus of Nazareth (1977). I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, there, brother Jack. I think Gibson did get drunk, but I believe his publicists for Apocolypta are using it to their advantage. Controversy raises awareness about any movie. But, I don’t know. It might backfire this time. I’m not interested in Gibson, but am interested in the movie because I’ve always been fascinated by the Aztecs. Nobody makes movies about them, unless it’s a documentary, so here’s something I might like.

As for the Passion of Christ, I chose not to see it after I heard about the violence. I think there is only one movie made that does justice to this part of Christ’s life; one that has always drawn me in spiritually and emotionally; Jesus of Nazareth (1977).

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