Friday, September 14, 2007

Mel Gibson's "Passion"

I heard about Mel Gibson creating a movie that focused on Christ's Passion only, in all of its graphic detail, in 2003. My first thought was "Wow, Mel's a Christian? And what made him want to do a film about the last hours of Jesus' life?" But then, as I found out more about it, I couldn't believe that someone wanted to represent His suffering for us in the goriest extreme as is often avoided in most movies. Often people are shocked at the discovery of what just the Roman scourging alone would do to a person, aside from a crucifixion on top of it. I am writing this blog in retrospect, attempting to do what I would have done as soon as I found out about it three-four years ago. Little did I know what firestorm would come out about the movie even before it was released, and I could have posted the daily news here as a way to keep track and to inform others. So here I am, trying to chronicle and to provide the resources for a movie that I think is destined to become a classic. This film may not be exactly accurate in every sense, but I applaud Gibson for his creativity (i.e., using Aramaic and Latin, never before done in film) and attempt at bringing to life the greatest Sacrifice of and for mankind.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

What Held You on the Cross?