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[ktron]

i find i have very little inclination to see the passion of the christ, yet a very strong feeling that it's nearly inevitable this weekend...

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hmmm

[dap6000.livejournal.com]

is chood still alive?

Re: hmmm

[ktron.livejournal.com]

indeed. but she pays little attention to the mailing list of graduates... however, at least 2 people have suggested seeing it thus far. i initially agreed, hey, aramaic! but the more i read about it... the less I want to see it, controversy or not.

Re: hmmm

[dap6000.livejournal.com]

i'd like to see it someday, but not in a theater.

[jfeng.livejournal.com]

I'll say what I've told everyone else.

Passion of Christ: not worth the ticket price

I'll commend Mel on sticking to his guns and making it the most visceral, gory portrayal of suffering I've ever seen on screen. But there's not much depth to the movie beyond that.

I didn't think it was particularly well written or directed. If you can fill in all the voids the movie leaves in background and development, it could be a little more meaningful. On its own, the movie just shocks you with blood and gore and doesn't do much else.

Then again, it would be good to see the movie to see what it is everyone's talking about. I wish I went with the other half of the group to see Monster, instead, though.

[https://users.livejournal.com/-semage/]

Hey, I was doing a search on regions and found this journal (I'm from Cookeville, too). I like it so I added you to my friends.

Now on the subject, I think you should go see it.

I agree with jfenq, that it was mostly just gory, and the only people who will get anything out of it aside from that are the ones who know what to look for. But it was still good, in my opinion.

The thing is that every thing is so subtle. The shroud of Turin (maybe), Christ crushing the snakes head with His heel, the solders gambling for His clothes, and tons of other things like that. Some of them were even more subtle and some were pretty obvious. If you like that kind of thing, you will love this movie, if you don’t, you will despise it.

The only really bad thing is that our theater is so small and people around here walk like they drive and are so damn stupid. But, that’s expected.