Posted by shitty speller...DEAL WITH IT! at 24-205-35-70.gln-eres.charterpipeline.net on February 25, 2004 at 23:36:40:
yes, we had trailers and ads. When the first trailer showed and there was that card that said "the follwering trailer has been rated for all audiences by the mpaa" some dude shouted "no in this theater!"
Overall I would give it an A-/B+
everything in this movie was amazing. Beautiful, hautning score, great acting, great cinematography, great makeup, etc etc etc.
If all gibson wanted to do was make a movie about the last few hours of Chirist's life, he has suceeded greatly. If he wanted to tell the story and passion of Jesus, he has failed misserably. Passion of the christ? should be death of the christ. can't fault hte movie if he wanted to do that, but as my mormon friend I saw it with said "that just didn't go far enough"
First of all, if you dont know the story of Jesus, brush up on it a bit. I knew nothing of his story and the movie doesn't tell much at all. I left with a shitload of questions and would have had more, but those were answered in reviews I had read prior.
Satan was interesting. Loved the look of it, but hated the scene in hell and what the fuck was up with the son of satan and the devil kids? Very odd, and if my friend is right, is no where to be found in the bible.
the fim is very intense, but i think it was over hyped. yes, very bloody and graphic but not "people running out of the theater" intense. Still, you hear, see and practicly feel every single wound jesus suffers. Amazingly detailed scenes of tourture.
was the film anti semetic? no. Yes, there were mean and "villanious" jews but there were also jews who objected. Also, the jews were not being malicous, they were only doing what they truely felt. The romans were the ones who came off bad. Exluding the govenor and his wife, every roman in this movie was a wild animal.
This is a great, powerful film. Its impossible to knock a movie cause you want more, but I really wish Mel had padded it out for people who were unfamilar with the story. We get nearly no introduction and no conclusion, cept for a brief scene (more of a shot) that shows jesus resurected.
I wanted more, but what i got was great. Shit, i might actually pick up this bible thing to read.