“From a technical standpoint, this is a solid movie. From a religious standpoint, it’s about as spiritually meaningful as a monster truck rally. When you bring the story of his last 12 hours down to the physical plane, you rob it of its transcendent qualities.”
–Mike
“I loved this movie! It was the most powerful movie I have ever seen. I recommend this to people of all religions.”
–Veronica
“Found the movie incredibly moving and powerful. It was disturbing and hard to watch at times, but justifiably so. It has definitely opened up a discussion on religion in general. Most movies aren’t nearly as effective in engaging the public in an open dialogue.”
–Heather
“For this place and time, the movie is an appropriate depiction of Jesus’ last 12 hours. It’s not a watered-down version like so many before it. Today’s audiences have been conditioned to violence. So consider all the complaints hypocritical.”
–Julia
“Although this movie may help some understand the great sacrifice Christ endured, it presents an excessive, unrelenting and sadomasochistic assault on one’s psyche, resorting to cheap, almost comical characters and special effects in the process; both of which rob the movie of its potential sacredness.”
–Anita
” ‘The Passion’ was disappointing. There was little to no story in it; it was solely gore and violence.”
–AJ.
“The movie is not as controversial as I thought it was going to be. I liked it because it gave me a mental view on what Jesus went through. Although the movie was made to spark your emotion, it did not make me cry or feel too sad because, after all, it was only just a movie.”
–Alexis
“This movie is no more anti-Semitic than ‘Schindler’s List’ was anti-German or ‘Gandhi’ was anti-British. It was a beautiful portrayal of the greatest act of love.”
–Kathryn
“This is a masterpiece! Very powerful and moving. Gruesome and violent? Yeah, but what movie nowadays isn’t?”
–Val V.
“How sad are we? We will sit through fictional movies about murder, rape and kidnapping without a complaint. But when someone finally steps up to the plate and illustrates what Christ went through, it’s considered violent and gruesome!”
–Janelle
What do you think?
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