The Passion is at 51% on rotten tomatoes

[NightCrawler]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ThePassionoftheChrist-1129941


Wow, guest some people didn't like it eh ?

 

[rival]

still pretty green to get an acurate %, but i doubt its very good at all

 

[amnesiac]

If it was anywhere near 100% I would kind of be afraid.

It's not surprising at all that reviews are hovering around 50%.

Reasons:

- Religious "take the bible verbatim" types will argue it's not historically accurate
- Anally retentive people will argue that Jesus couldn't have taken that much punishment and lived
- Whiny bitches will complain that it's too violent/graphic
- This will be balanced by the fact that many Christians and middle-of-the-road religious advocates will like it
- Atheist/Agnostic types will either not see it because it has OMG JESUS CHRIST in it or will see it and like it because Jesus gets his ass kicked.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: rival
still pretty green to get an acurate %, but i doubt its very good at all

Your reason for the assumption is...?

 

[NFS4]

50% is about right for a movie that strikes such emotion as this one.

 

[SSP]

I'll make my own conclusions.

 

[konichiwa]

Well other than from evangelical types and people identifying themselves first as Christians, I've heard pretty consistently that the movie is just pretty mediocre, ignoring the subject matter...

 

[BatmanNate]

The film critic in the newspaper today was of the persuation that the biggest problem with the movie is that it was not moving at all, merely numbing. He purported that the characters were bland and underdeveloped, and that it was not as historically accurate as hearsay would have it.

He did bring up a good point in mentioning that the justification for all of the gore and seemingly gratuitous violence was accuracy, however they did not portray Jesus naked or with loss of bowel control or any of that kind of thing. From what I know of Mel Gibson, he just likes to get people riled up. I will probably rent it once it's on Netflix, doesn't look worth the price of admission to the theatre.

 

[Siddhartha]

I can not remember any movie that has received this much controversy before its general debut. It may take 20 years before it can be properly evaluated.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Thats what I expected. Some people will hate it because its Christian. Some people will love it because its Christian.

 

[bo0]

Originally posted by: SSP
I'll make my own conclusions.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: HelloDeli
Thats what I expected. Some people will hate it because its Christian. Some people will love it because its Christian.

Then there are people hate it because they don't think its christian at all.

Note: Carroll is a devout Catholic and a former Chaplain of BU.

 

[sillymofo]

Originally posted by: HelloDeli
Thats what I expected. Some people will hate it because its Christian. Some people will love it because its Christian.

And that's the sad part.

 

[ElMono]

I'm agnostic and I still want to see this movie. I have no idea why people are complaining about the violence. It says so in the Bible. Mel Gibson was making his interpretation of the Bible. I don't know why people are calling it anti-Semitic when it was true the Jews killed Jesus. The Romans killed Jesus as well. And who said this movie had to be moving and harmonious and happy? It's about Jesus' final hours, for crying out loud! Gibson is showing us the sacrifice Jesus went through to atone for OUR sins. All the horror he had to go through because we had committed so many sins. It's not supposed to make us happy. It's not supposed to move us. The movie is supposed to show us we all killed Jesus, not one group. And this is why my wife and I do not like organized religion. It causes way too much trouble over simple beliefs. Why is it wrong for one person to believe one thing and another person to believe something else? That's why I think the controversy over this movie is ridiculous.

 

I want to see it, despite what all the "cry-racism whiners" have to say.

 

[atomstryker]

Even the Vatican acknowledged that Jews were not responsible for the death of Jesus.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

- Atheist/Agnostic types will either not see it because it has OMG JESUS CHRIST in it or will see it and like it because Jesus gets his ass kicked.

Or we will see it because the death of Jesus is an undisputable fact, and that regardless of whether he was God or not, he was one of the wisest men ever to live.

I plan to see it at some point.

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: ElMono
I'm agnostic and I still want to see this movie. I have no idea why people are complaining about the violence. It says so in the Bible. Mel Gibson was making his interpretation of the Bible. I don't know why people are calling it anti-Semitic when it was true the Jews killed Jesus. The Romans killed Jesus as well. And who said this movie had to be moving and harmonious and happy? It's about Jesus' final hours, for crying out loud! Gibson is showing us the sacrifice Jesus went through to atone for OUR sins. All the horror he had to go through because we had committed so many sins. It's not supposed to make us happy. It's not supposed to move us. The movie is supposed to show us we all killed Jesus, not one group. And this is why my wife and I do not like organized religion. It causes way too much trouble over simple beliefs. Why is it wrong for one person to believe one thing and another person to believe something else? That's why I think the controversy over this movie is ridiculous.

And you say you're agnostic? :Q

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: ElMono
I'm agnostic and I still want to see this movie. I have no idea why people are complaining about the violence. It says so in the Bible. Mel Gibson was making his interpretation of the Bible. I don't know why people are calling it anti-Semitic when it was true the Jews killed Jesus. The Romans killed Jesus as well. And who said this movie had to be moving and harmonious and happy? It's about Jesus' final hours, for crying out loud! Gibson is showing us the sacrifice Jesus went through to atone for OUR sins. All the horror he had to go through because we had committed so many sins. It's not supposed to make us happy. It's not supposed to move us. The movie is supposed to show us we all killed Jesus, not one group. And this is why my wife and I do not like organized religion. It causes way too much trouble over simple beliefs. Why is it wrong for one person to believe one thing and another person to believe something else? That's why I think the controversy over this movie is ridiculous.

Read the op-ed piece I posted.

 

[sillymofo]

The real question is, will this movie have explosions, and great surround sound effect?

 

[kage69]

TextWell other than from evangelical types and people identifying themselves first as Christians, I've heard pretty consistently that the movie is just pretty mediocre, ignoring the subject matter...

I heard it's a very polished piece, great pic shots with good attention to prop detail and language, but Gibson's portrayal of the Jews is anything but even-handed and his penchant for slow-mo during gruesome scenes leaves one with the impression he has a gore hangup.

 

[ElMono]

Originally posted by: konichiwa

Originally posted by: ElMono
I'm agnostic and I still want to see this movie. I have no idea why people are complaining about the violence. It says so in the Bible. Mel Gibson was making his interpretation of the Bible. I don't know why people are calling it anti-Semitic when it was true the Jews killed Jesus. The Romans killed Jesus as well. And who said this movie had to be moving and harmonious and happy? It's about Jesus' final hours, for crying out loud! Gibson is showing us the sacrifice Jesus went through to atone for OUR sins. All the horror he had to go through because we had committed so many sins. It's not supposed to make us happy. It's not supposed to move us. The movie is supposed to show us we all killed Jesus, not one group. And this is why my wife and I do not like organized religion. It causes way too much trouble over simple beliefs. Why is it wrong for one person to believe one thing and another person to believe something else? That's why I think the controversy over this movie is ridiculous.

And you say you're agnostic? :Q

Yup. I don't see any mention of God in that post...

 

[PatboyX]

i want to see it. im not religious, i just think it should be interesting.

 

[Francesca]

Originally posted by: dwell
I want to see it, despite what all the "cry-racism whiners" have to say.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: amnesiac

- Atheist/Agnostic types will either not see it because it has OMG JESUS CHRIST in it or will see it and like it because Jesus gets his ass kicked.

Funny... I'm an Atheist and I am thinking about seeing it because I like the story... and I like other religious movies (like the 10 Commandments with Heston).