Posted by Mrs. Isis Fabulous at 207.127.233.246 on February 23, 2004 at 09:58:24:
In Reply to: Gibson's Passion for those religious among us.. posted by Gabe on February 23, 2004 at 01:41:02:
Gibson has done a HELL of a marketing job on this flick.
And he's a total loon.
I haven't seen the movie yet so I don't really know whether it's offensive or not. Like Smalls, I question the idea of a biographical film about Jesus that focuses almost solely on his crucifixion (how DO you spell that?). I also question the notion of anyone presenting a Biblical story as "historically accurate". But; it's pointless to base this speculation upon second-hand gossip.
Still, people are riled about it, no? Mel coulda been a used-car salesman...