Amna
The Fly
Because it is considered to be offensive to God.... not necessarily to Muslim people....... but to God, Allah.... the same God that created the Bible, the same God that created the Torah... The God that created the Quran......
melon said:
My criticism generally has to be the unnecessarily long presence of Satan (not Biblically supported), the fact that the film assumes a high amount of knowledge before actually seeing the film, as they skip over lots of names (a cinematic no-no, generally speaking), and the fact that plot is virtually non-existent.
One surprise in the male performance category: Jim Caviezel collected a nomination for his role as Jesus in Mel Gibson?s ?The Passion of the Christ,? the film?s only MTV bid.
nbcrusader said:I never thought the MTV generation would even see this film
It probably would have garnered more nominations if the scourging had Matrix-like effects.....
BrownEyedBoy said:It has an enitre book's worth of plot...
BrownEyedBoy said:It has an enitre book's worth of plot...
BrownEyedBoy said:Melon, if there were no book then there would be no movie...you see?
nbcrusader said:Tarantino has an interesting defense mechanism....
BrownEyedBoy said:Melon, if there were no book then there would be no movie...you see?
and BVS, I'm sure everyone who saw the movie had a slight of idea of what they were watching and that was good enough to capture the message.
BrownEyedBoy said:So many people "got it". So many people were moved and inspired by this movie and you are here trying to say that if we "pretended" that the there was no Bible the movie would be terrible...
It really is a beautiful movie.
BonoVoxSupastar said:They will walk away knowing he suffered much pain and humiliation and that's about it.
nbcrusader said:
And that he rose from the dead . . .
Take it from someone who has taken film studies: you judge a film on its own. If you need an outside book to make sense of it, then it is a bad film, plain and simple.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Iran, where few U.S. films make it past the country's zealous censors, have given the go-ahead for cinemas to screen Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," newspapers reported Thursday.
BrownEyedBoy said:That is great news. I hope many people become acquainted with the gospels throught that decision.
BrownEyedBoy said:And what is so wrong about that?