Don't know if anyone has heard about this, but I thought I would drop a note about it. Mel Gibson has written, produced and directed a movie about the life and death of Jesus Christ. If this isn't your thing, ignore this, but if it is, check out:

http://www.passion-movie.com 

I for one am very much looking forward to this. It's a story that I feel should be (re)told today and it looks like Mel Gibson is the man to do it. The trailer leaves me breathless.

Lance

Wow.. that looks like it is going to be great! Do you have any idea when it is coming out?

Ezell

But the entire film is in Latin!?!

I saw a clip on TBN about what went into making this. Amazing. The scene where Jesus(I can't remember the actor's name?!)is being whipped was describbed in detail by him. They had a piece of wood on his back and they would flail him with the cat o' nine tails but on one occasion the whip went around the wood and struck the actor full force on part of his back that wasn't covered by the wood. He screamed out in agony(they were showing the clip as he's talking about this too!)and then the 2nd blow missed it's target as well and he described it as all of the air in his body was forced out and he couldn't scream or tell them that something wrong had happened, they captured a real whipping on film and it made the final cut(prolly 'cause it's realism!), but the actor said that he was struck on twice and he can't imagine the pain of what Jesus had to endure, that and carry his own cross. Which the actor had to do the next day during shooting and the pain from the "whipping" was making it tough for his arms to go above his shoulders.

I'll see it, but I think that it's a shame Mel chose to use Latin. Mel doesn't put his name on bad films. Even Mad Max which was done on a limited budget is a good film, but The Patriot, Braveheart, We Were Soldiers,Ransom, and Payback are legendary movies that belong in any collector's collection!

let's just pretend anti-semitism doesn't matter.

Let's just portray it accuratly!

Man, I hope this is good... but I'm skeptical. This is such a dangerous, sensitive subject and it seems just about impossible to properly convey it, but I guess there's a chance that it could be good. Because I'm too lazy to do research right now - anyone know if Mel is a Christian? I never heard anything about that...

From the website:

Q. Is Mel Gibson a Christian?

(A) Director, actor, and producer Mel Gibson is a practicing Christian that attends Sunday services.

Get it right...

Good thing we have noted historian, philosopher, and theologian Mel Gibson working on the project! LOL!

Maybe his dad can help get things right, maybe between denying the Holocaust ever happened.

I think it's going to be a Great Movie.. I myself and the Wife along with many others are looking forward to this Movie... I know Mel has caught allot of flack from folks in Hollywood about it and all
www.newsmax.com is doing an artical on him about the movie it's coming out in there magazine this month...

BTW did you say something Doc?

Hog

Mel Gibson Talks to NewsMax Magazine
Find out his revelations . . .
NewsMax Magazine Exclusive – The media have speculated endlessly about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ." The New York Times and other powerful voices have attacked it without seeing it and don't want you to see it either.
But only the November issue of NewsMax Magazine has the inside scoop on this controversial movie.

In NewsMax's cover story, "Mel's Passion," James Hirsen, unlike the Times’ Frank Rich, actually knows what he’s talking about – Hirsen has seen the film and even witnessed its creation.

Now he shares this behind-the-scenes look at “The Passion” just for NewsMax readers. In fact, Mel Gibson has personally thanked NewsMax for our coverage of his movie and gave Hirsen a look behind the screen – one he now shares in this exclusive report in NewsMax Magazine. You can get this report FREE - Just Click Here Now!

In Hirsen's special report for NewsMax Magazine, find out:


what made Gibson decide to tell, for the first time on film, the unvarnished reality of Jesus’ execution.

how the naysayers’ attack on “The Passion” is backfiring.

the stark pro and con opinions of rabbis (those who have seen the movie like it; those who denounce it haven’t seen it).

what the Vatican and evangelical Christians have to say.

the hidden agenda and real target of those who attack “The Passion.”

why it took so long for Gibson to make his dream project.

the unusual way he found the actors to play Jesus, Mary and Mary Magdalene.

the extraordinary, some say supernatural, things that happened on the set of the film.

what the movie is really about.

...and a revealing glimpse of the real Mel Gibson.
This special Mel Gibson edition of NewsMax Magazine is available online – and even check out our FREE offer: Just Click Here Now!

NewsMax’s November edition is also just hitting newsstands, including many Barnes & Noble bookstores and Wal-Marts.

There's much more in the November edition:


the shocking spread of legalized murder in America.

details of Bill O'Reilly's private meeting with Bill Clinton.

how the communist Chinese are spying inside the U.S.

California’s disastrous decision to welcome illegal aliens and even terrorists.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plans to save California.

how actor Kevin Costner is making nice with Fidel Castro.

how Osama bin Laden could easily get Social Security in the U.S.

how you can be tracked down ... by your own cell phone.

Wesley Clark’s bold campaign for president.

why Rush Limbaugh regrets quitting ESPN.

the rise of communism in Nicaragua ... again.

new questions about the Patriot Act.

why some Democrat congressmen are supporting President Bush on Iraq and lashing out at their own party.

a visit with Matt Drudge and explanation of how he makes more than $1 million a year off of his Web site.

why the YMCA is under fire.

the golden investment of the year.

how to keep inflation from destroying your retirement.

your favorite columnists, including Michelle Malkin, Christopher Ruddy, Bill O’Reilly, Barry Farber and Ed Koch.
Most of these articles are exclusive to the magazine and not available on NewsMax.com. Click Here to subscribe to NewsMax Magazine and learn what the media establishment refuses to tell you.

Enjoy!!!!!
Hog

Cool, finally someone who actually has seen the film will comment on it. It's so ludicrous that people are denouncing the film without even seeing it. To me, you lose all credibility if you do that.

John,
Nobody is paying to see Mel's dad.
If you have a fetish with him, deal with it.
If you simply need to be an ****, please continue. You're doing a great job and I wouldn't want to slow you down.

Johnny, you're "credentials" aren't living up to your hype either!

You're hypersensitive to issues you don't believe in. From a philosophical standpoint, I'd have to say that you stuck your foot in a bear trap! Either that or you're really that big of a fraud.

If its some "race bait" that you want, then look up the Nation of Islam...they'll be able to help YOU out!

Here are some quotes from jdrabinski:
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“let's just pretend anti-semitism doesn't matter. “

“I don't see the difference between the NAMBLA case and the bomb building instructions. Both promote destructive actions. But to put people in jail for what they say criminalizes speech...and that's a violation of the first amendment”

“I am just as opposed to the Christian right-wing as I am to NAMBLA, but I don't want laws to prevent them from existing. Again, you cannot be prosecuted in this country for your ideas. Sorry, that's the price of freedom. Uncomfortable, but a pretty decent system.”

“Remind me: when was this war fought by veterans against foreign invaders bent on changing our national language???...er, correction, we DO NOT have a national language...free country = you can speak whatever you want...”
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John, you’re confusing me. Do you agree with this movie or not? With your own voice, you’ve said NAMBLA should have the right to have a website that instructs and promotes the molesting of children by adult men. But then you say that this movie is anti-Semitism. Do you believe that Mel Gibson has the right to tell this story or not?

It amazes (actually it doesn’t) me that people are protesting the telling of the greatest story ever. Whether you believe in God and Jesus doesn’t matter in this case, you cannot deny that this story has shaped the world more than anything else. Why shouldn’t it be told?

from what I understand, Mel Gibson belongs to a group of Catholics that went against the 2nd Vatican Council which changed the mass was held, from being in all Latin, to being in the language of it's people. The services he attends are all in Latin.

I am neither Catholic nor Jewish, but I like the Latin mass myself. I also like the Jewish prayers spoken in Hebrew, which I have heard mostly at funerals. Maybe it's the mystery. A Catholic mass in Latin in a huge cathedral with a full choir and one of those centuries old pipe organs is a moving experience. I don't belong to any sects. I don't think that believing in the death and resurrection of Christ automatically makes one an anti-semite. There is another that the people of the book best be wary of.

eletea,

Great insight, and very refreshing to see. Your last statement, if I read it correctly, is very true. Too true in fact… too many are forgetting who the real enemy is. I have a couple quotes that I’d like to share:

1. “War is older than man.” – An army general, but don’t remember who
2. “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, was convincing us he doesn’t exist.” – The Usual Suspects

Lance

You read it correctly, Lance. Thanks.

I get the feeling I'm the only one who has read up on this film.

Oh, please enlighten us.