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Originally posted by Spelca:
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I will wait for the DVD and watch the movie then. Until then I guess I really have no place or grounds to further comment.
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Yea, I'll wait for the DVD too. Or maybe even until it comes on tv. It's just too expensive to go to the cinema and see a film that I probably won't like. Well, I've read some reviews, and a lot of them are positive, but then, lots of the people that wrote them are also believers (which I am not). And those that aren't, many wrote that the film was just full of blood and a bit disappointing.
It will still be interesting to see it once it comes out on DVD though. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Edit - What I wanted to say with the "believers" part was that the film inspired them, and that I, as an atheist, probably won't get inspired. Which is the point of this film, right? [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]<font color=deepskyblue>I agree with your sentiments, <font color=orange>Spelca</font>. For those who don't believe in God or that Jesus Christ was His Son, the torture Jesus endures will seem pretty senseless. The review from the N.Y. Times earlier in this thread pointed that out quite clearly. The critic said commented on the violence of the film but lamented that the purpose for the violence is never fully explained. That's because the "purpose" is well-known and perfectly clear to those who believe so no explanation is needed.
As the saying goes "If you have to ask, you probably wouldn't understand the answer anyway".
Still, <font color=yellow>Yorick</font> also pointed out that is a great example of countering extreme hatred and violence with benign passivity. Since some "paths" besides Christianity promote this same concept, it is possible that followers of that ideology will view the film as a good example of thier chosen path as well.
<font color=white>Heirophant</font> - you are exaclty right. That would be where our "beliefs" differ.
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