on the passion (andrew, if you are reading this, i would like one of those 2 dollar tickets)
1) the excuse of using the bible and only the bible is bullshit, one gets what one wants from it (albert shwitzer wrote a book called the historical jesus where he desected various users opinons about christ, and how they used the gospel--they tended to ignore what would be inconveient (i do this too--noticing the sexual other too much, for example, or assuming an anti captialist bias)
2) Catholicism is a big tent, and a huge number of people are in it, from radical marxists to crypto fascists, & there is always tension b/w the folk church and rome.
3) its not authentic if it doesnt have greek.
4) it seems v. odd that he is forgrounding the flaying, and backgroding the crucifixion.
5) Caphias (sp) role should be watched v. carefully, the blood curse that he may have said has been cut and reentered several times.
6) how much satan is in this movie scares me (he is nowhere in the gospels)
7) the use of certain catholic mystics is worrisome.
8) THE DUDE MADE FUCKING BRAVEHEART !!
9) i am going to see it ( a friends local pentecostal church rented out a theater for sat. morning.
10)vanity project or tool for evangicalism, people underestimate the sheer cultural power of religous fundementalism (cf the book American Jesus, the current president, and left behind et al being the only cultural resistance that has not been excorparated.
11) astroturfing is bad mmmkay
12) gibson is not my kind of radical, but how many catholics allow me fully into the church...xian love is a two way street. (collary (sp) christ talked about speaking against false teachings as it being better to have a millstone arround a childs neck...& i think gibsons teachings are false/dangerous...im catholic b/c of v2 and i like this pope)