The Passion of Christ was a 10 out of 10, for me anyway. I can't think of how it could have been better. It was one of the best pieces of "filmed art" I have ever seen. It's like Michelangelo's The Pieta...a work of art. If there can be any complaints about it, they almost have to be political, though I believe the Jews who fear it miss the point. However, any Christian who takes away from it that "the Jews are at fault" are also entirely missing Christ's point, since Mr. JC made it abundantly clear that it was his choice and no one had any power over him and none of the people doing it were at fault. As a non-Christian, Non-Jew, I didn't see any politically or racially inflammatory anything in it. If the complaints aren't political, then the only other thing I could see was if someone just wanted to be "entertained". I don't know if looking at the Sistine Chapel or The Pieta or David or Van Gogh or Da Vinci is "entertaining" either. Beautiful, stunning, touching, but not entertaining. This film was beautiful, stunning, touching. And Mel Gibson's direction was utterly unbelievable. I put the direction on par with Orson Welles, or my new favorite, Peter Jackson. It was....art.
This film is what art is about...a true artist with a passion for his art, and then let the public decide. This particular member of the public was moved, quite literally, to tears by it. And isn't that what all great art strives to do? Tears of sadness, and of joy. Thanks Mel. Just...thanks.
This film is what art is about...a true artist with a passion for his art, and then let the public decide. This particular member of the public was moved, quite literally, to tears by it. And isn't that what all great art strives to do? Tears of sadness, and of joy. Thanks Mel. Just...thanks.
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