The Passion is a big winner

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that The Bible is a work of fiction?

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that The Bible is a work of fiction?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that he is not a work of fiction?

 

[RabidMongoose]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that The Bible is a work of fiction?

I don't think that LOTR is a fiction either. I'm pretty sure that Tolkien was telling the truth.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that The Bible is a work of fiction?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that he is not a work of fiction?

Uhm... No historian worth his weight in diarrhea will deny that Jesus existed, and the Bible is regarded as a reliable book of history, faith regardless.

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Lighten up.

Grow up.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that The Bible is a work of fiction?

Why don't you go ahead and prove that he is not a work of fiction?

there are secular historical accounts of the crucifixion of Christ.

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Lighten up.

Grow up.

Listen, troll, since when does having a healthy sense of humour equate being immature. Why don't you pull your head out of your arse and take a breath of fresh air.

 

[IcemanJer]

Originally posted by: BostonRedSox
How do they know what it took in on Sunday, when Sunday isn't even half way over yet?

maybe it's sold out every showing in every thetre already for today

 

[Amorphus]

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Lighten up.

Grow up.

Listen, troll, since when does having a healthy sense of humour equate being immature. Why don't you pull your head out of your arse and take a breath of fresh air.

I'm a troll, good sir? Do my ears decieve me?

This is not something you joke about. In fact, you are being immature. Jesus Christ is not an appropriate target for your (pl.) childish "witticisms". He died for a cause higher than anything of this world, so please, a little respect for the man, even if you are a disgruntled e-badass atheist.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: Amorphus

Originally posted by: brigden

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Lighten up.

Grow up.

Listen, troll, since when does having a healthy sense of humour equate being immature. Why don't you pull your head out of your arse and take a breath of fresh air.

when it shows a level of disrespect for Jesus, or any other spiritual figure.

name-calling does in anyway reduce the level of childishness of someone's behavior.

 

[cliftonite]

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

agreed

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: IcemanJer

Originally posted by: BostonRedSox
How do they know what it took in on Sunday, when Sunday isn't even half way over yet?

maybe it's sold out every showing in every thetre already for today

Yep, was going to buy tickets for this evening & it's completely sold out all day @ our local theatre.

There was also a huge sign mentioning it was subtitled.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Well I see the children have taken over mommys computer again.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Well I see the children have taken over mommys computer again.

 

[LordMagnusKain]

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

agreed

we have secular historical accounts of the existence and crucifixion of Jesus.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

agreed

we have secular historical accounts of the existence and crucifixion of Jesus.

Um, no, we don't. We have retelling of stories being written down at least a generation after the fact for the earliest written account.

What you have is historical accounts of stories told years after the claimed events happened.

 

[Romans828]

How many of these ROTK fans (which I am one).........

Understand that its Christian allegory? LOL

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

agreed

we have secular historical accounts of the existence and crucifixion of Jesus.

The fact that it truly happened isn't what makes it involving and less "trivial" to people. It's the fact that it's a depiction of a large group of people's Lord dying for their sins. So truth or untruth isn't the question, it's about how it affected you. Some people are less affected because they don't believe Jesus died for their sins, and as such you see what you call "immaturity" in this topic.
At least that's what I think is going on. It's disrespectful either way to bash someone else's deity (or lack thereof) so I think it should just be stopped.
Impressive box-office numbers though.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Why is one fiction more trivial than another?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Adul

Originally posted by: coldcut
The passion only costed $30 million to make.

costed???

Coldcut says, "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

 

[Romans828]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: LordMagnusKain

Originally posted by: cliftonite

Originally posted by: MacBaine

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: m2kewl

Originally posted by: RabidMongoose

Originally posted by: NFS4
The fact that you people are bragging about ROTK beating The Passion of Christ is really childish IMHO.

Seeing "Passion" was a moving experience for me (even as a person who isn't all that in touch with his religious keepings) and is not even on the same level as something as trivial as ROTK.

Maybe for some people (you know, the type that dressed up like wizards, hobbits, and such) found the LOTR trilogy to be a moving, epic, and most memorable movie ever, too. I'm sure that there are lots of people out there that find The Passion of the Christ trivial as well.

yeah, 2 months ago everyone here and their grandmothers thought ROTK was the biggest thing since sliced bread.

I just find it hard to compare a movie about wizards and fuggin' dwarfs comparable to the retelling of a work from the Bible.

They're both works of fiction... I don't see what the problem is?

agreed

we have secular historical accounts of the existence and crucifixion of Jesus.

Um, no, we don't. We have retelling of stories being written down at least a generation after the fact for the earliest written account.

What you have is historical accounts of stories told years after the claimed events happened.

Try

Cornelius Tacitus, a Roman historian
Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian
Suetonius, another Roman historian
Plinius Secundus, Pliny The Younger
Thallus, a Samaritan born historian
Phlegon, a First Century Historian
Justin Martyr in 150 AD

According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, in regards to independent secular accounts of Jesus Christ, it has this to say: "These independent accounts prove that in the ancient times even the opponents of Christianity never doubted the historicity of Jesus, which was disputed for the first time and on inadequate grounds by several authors at the end of the 18th and 19th , and at the beginning of the 20th centuries."

It still requires faith though.......... Proving the "man" is one thing, Proving God is another

But those of us who know Jesus no the truth

 

[illustri]

Originally posted by: Romans828
How many of these ROTK fans (which I am one).........

Understand that its Christian allegory? LOL

link

In his last interview in 1971, Tolkien stated that he did not intend The Lord of the Rings as a Christian allegory and that Christ is not depicted in his fantasy novels.

back on topic, good for mel, good for christians
I as a buddhist am not fortunate to have such indulgences as having a popular big budget movie about my faith or its orgins

dunno if ill see the movie, it interests me as far as reading about reactions to it on atot, maybe when its "released" ill get it

 

[RabidMongoose]

In the end, this is good for movies in general. Movie fans are the big winner...hopefully more studios will take on more riskier and better projects than stuff like Gigli, Charlie's Angels 2, etc.

And $100 million is amazing for an R rated movie that is subtitled.

 

[Banana]

Is it kosher for Gibson to pocket the profits? 10% to the Church? (He'll argue that the movie's net profit was <$0 )