JayKeeley said:[threadjack]
I tell you something really weird about the actor playing Jesus Christ in The Passion. His name is Jim Cavieziel (sp?) and I first saw him in The Thin Red Line. There's this scene where he's about to die at the hands of Japanese foot soldiers, and he acts out the stillness of that moment just perfectly. Fucking brilliant film. Anyway, in that instant, I leaned over to my wife and I said, "look at his eyes glazed over like that, like an angel, he could play Jesus".
So what happens? His next film is with J Lo called "Angel Eyes", and now here he is playing Jesus in "The Passion of Christ".
EEEIIIWWWRRRDDDSS!!!1
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So what in the god damn, anyone going to see this movie? I hate to say it, but I'm reverting to 14 and being rebellious for petty reasons. I was pretty excited to see this film when it had all the controversy surrounding it, but now that it's become a beacon for the modern Christian to flock to, my interest is at near zero. I was hoping for something like The Last Temptation of Christ or even Jesus Christ Superstar where you get an excellent movie, and piss off the moral majority at the same time, by using their own tactics!
So is this the Charleton Heston Religious Movie of the modern generation? Will this be seen on network TV every Christmas just like The Greatest Story Ever Told in 50 years?