Re: i know it’s not sci fi but…
[quote=”FX”]:? are any of you going to see ‘the passion of the christ’? went to see it last night ,at a special screening for baptist group of all things, and although i am your basic pagan/atheist i found it well done…it was fairly consistent with what we were fed in sunday school, whether or not you believe the new testament, and not antisemitic so much as showing what lengths people will go to to protect the status quo…whether they be pharisees, romans, or militant vegetarians…anyway, was just curious how the rest of you felt about it…particularly liked the satan figure fading in and out of the background, gave it that bergman feel…. 8)[/quote]
Oh as for your post FX:
I totally agree: It’s not anti-semitism. For the most part is it totally 100% consistant with Christian Lore.
Devout Jews are going to whine about the film regardless of how they feel, and devout Christians are going to praise it regardless of how they feel. I watched the news last night and wanted to throw my controller at the screen their replies were so predictable. Make up your own opinion people!
If I personally want to nit-pick I’ve always had a problem with the portrayal of the Roman Empire as weak and overly catering.
Come’on. The Roman Empire has very detailed records of the time which pretty much tell us Pilot was a monster, and the Romans could care less about the everyday Prophets they killed. This is the main reason for lack of historical documentation surrounding Christ.
It’s not that it didn’t happen. Its that the Romans couldn’t care less.
I’m tired of the portrayal that Romans were cruel, and took great delight in the every-day torture of the foreign devils. I’m tired of hearing how heartbroken Pilot was at being forced to kill Christ. He never minded the raping, pillaging, or murder of anyone else in his career before or after the death of Christ.
But my main problem with the film as I hinted above was the blood and gore.
On one hand you have an almost total agreement that it’s unrealistic, but then comes the caveat:
But he’s God!
But the message of the New Testament is that he’s the Son of Man, and he came to Earth to provide the bridge between humanity and God. That everyone should love one another, turn the other cheek and all that good stuff.
Instead of recieving that message we got:
Pulp Fiction: Christ Style
As I said before, is this the film Christ would want made to share his message with the 21st century?
Of all the things he did, of all the things he can be praised for by Christians and non-Christians, his death and torture were the least of it.
Would his death had meant anything without the acts and words he spread before his gorey execution?
And meanwhile Mel Gibson stands to make millions off his death, while in the same breath tells us he was going to commit suicide before deciding to make this film?
I feel like I need to take a shower.