The Passion of the Christ was unlike any film I’ve ever seen. Technically peerless, but that’s really beside the point of the message of the film, which isn’t so much a message as an account of a sequence of events that speak for themselves. Amazing, though. Go see it.
Edit: Also, read Roger Ebert’s excellent review.
In other news, it might snow again. Anyone in warmer climes willing to put me up for a few days?
ha! you can come here…
after this morning’s light snowfall, this weekend is supposed to be in the 70’s!
i hope we are able to go see the movie..not sure just yet though..
Yeah… my review of the movie is similar — just go see it.
It’s cold here too. Cold and rainy.
I had to brace myself for it; having read the reviews beforehand, I had some idea of how graphic it was going to be. I don’t handle violence overly well, either, so I had to close my eyes at several points…
I think it’s something believers should see, though, at least as long as they’re old enough.
It’s relentlessly grey outside today. They’ve already gotten about five inches just a few hours south of us… I hope I won’t need skis to get home this afternoon :o)
There are some days when I tell myself I’m just tired of NC’s crackheaded weather patterns, but then I remember, it IS February… Heh.
I’ve got 4 tickets for Friday for girlfriend + 3 others. We’ve all been looking forward to it for months. Thanks for the positive account- it seems like a great deal of journalists are jumping on the “talk crap about Gibson/Passion” bandwagon :P
Anyone in warmer climes willing to put me up for a few days?
Come on down. I have a great little clubhouse:
Yeah, I think any film of this nature is going to stir up controversy. It’s inevitable. A lot of it I think has to do with a misunderstanding of the nature of the movie, which is not so much a narrative plot as a real, unflinching account of what really happened. “It is as it was,” as a lot of folks have said. In other words, it’s not a “conventional” film in terms of structure, content, or message, though most critics judge it on those terms, and people respond to it with certain expectations about how things are communicated. That’s part of the reason the Ebert review is so good–he takes the film for what it’s meant to be. I’d be very interested to hear your response to it once you see it.
The clubhouse picture looks absolute, positively idyllic (all the more since it’s started snowing. Boo). I’d be there in a hearbeat if it wasn’t on the other side of the country.
C’mon down, Florida’s pretty warm. And hey, it would be cool to meet you :)
I would love to see the Passion, but I would get physically sick/faint/have nightmares . . . I couldn’t handle it. Unfortunately. But I encourage everyone else to go see it.
What’s the most snow you guys have ever gotten?
How warm are we talking about? :o) Hmm…I have relatives in Gainesville. Maybe a weekend getaway?
And yeah, it’s not an easy watch. Let’s just say I’m glad I had friends with me to experience it with…
The most snow I can remember was January of 2000, when we got several feet, closing just about everything for a week or so. I was in the dorm at NCSU at the time, and it was crazy… But golly, was it fun :o)