However, this isn't something you can blame Gibson for. This is a terrible thing to us, and it's part of what makes this film so bad. Many of them include personal privation, degradation and torture (physical or psychological) for the glory of God. If we skip the social codes, the histories and genealogies, and focus just on the stories, many of them do not speak to how non-religious people feel about the world. For us non-religious folks The Bible is fiction. For me, it's a film about a particularly Catholic theme, meant for Catholic audiences. I'm not being snarky, I would be genuinely surprised. With The Passion, many simply didn't care enough about Jesus Christ, but thankfully many more did, even among the non-Christian fanbase of the filmĬouple of things here I guess, I'd be surprised if there was much of a non-religious fanbase for this film. Non / anti religious guy here, so while my view is probably not completely objective, I'd like to give it a shot: But the fact that many were laughing at that vomit scene is not a positive statement about our modern culture. While I don't get the exact purpose of the green vomit scene with Karras, I get that it's not funny and it doesn't elicit a laugh from me at all.
JESUS IN THE PASSION OF CHRIST MOVIE MOVIE
So that's what accounts for the hostile reaction to a movie where a perfect guy is being whipped and bloodied for two hours.įor example, when Exorcist was rereleased in 2000, people were laughing when Regan vomited green pea soup but we are not supposed to laugh at it at all. With The Passion, many simply didn't care enough about Jesus Christ, but thankfully many more did, even among the non-Christian fanbase of the film itself (moreso for the religious fanbase of which I am unofficially a part of). This explains not only the negative reaction to the Passion among many non-critics and critics but also the negative reaction to horror movies that are called classics like The Exorcist or any other classic of the horror genre. You don't care enough for the character to stay with him, so you just focus on the senselessness of the violence. If you watch The Passion without sympathizing, it becomes a sad figure being brutalized. The problem is that a lot of people look at something that makes them uncomfortable and turn to laughter. Gibson and his Icon Productions outfit provided the film’s sole backing, spending about $30 million on production costs and an estimated $15 million on what have been exceptionally successful marketing and advertising efforts. Gibson was out to exploit anyone, he took a pretty big risk in doing it with this film since he directed it and his own production company funded it. Sure the film is graphic, but I imagine even without Hollywood effects, any flogging/crucifixion would be a messy and unpleasant affair. When it was released, I saw it in the theater. I personally don't feel that any one group was intentionally singled out any differently than how they are depicted in the Bible.Īnyone that has actually read the Bible, New Testament specifically, for reasons of faith or as a work of fiction will know that what was portrayed on screen is what is written in the books. The movie is a "modern", well produced visual representation of the account given in the New Testament. I was asked for my opinion so here it is: So do you think The Passion is a great movie or is it just an exploitation film to you? Do you see it as an inspiring and powerful, if somewhat unpleasant and very graphic, portrayal of Jesus Christ's sufferings, or do you see it as nothing but an exploitation flick with an evil message? Or are you on the fence about this? While many people have made good solid arguments that the movie is actually a good film and not an anti-Semitic movie (many of which I myself agree with), there are still those who consider it bad and exploitative, or at the very best an enjoyable exploitation film. And the film received mixed critical response, with some critics like Roger Ebert praising it to the heavens and others condemning it to the very depths of hell, including the neocon commentator Charles Krauthammer, who called this film a "blood libel" against the Jewish race for its negative depiction of the Pharisees and the Jews who participated in Jesus' death. The film is performed in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin languages. The story centers around the last hours of Jesus Christ (played by Jim Caviezel), starting from his agony in Gethsemane to the death on the cross on Calvary/Golgotha. 1 choice for most essential exploitation movie was Mel Gibson's 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, which has divided many people since its release. Apart from the usual choices (the original 70s The Last House on the Left and Texas Chainsaw Massacre), the no. I was reading an article on, which listed essential exploitation movies everybody should see.
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