Whew!

What on earth would have induced you to take kids to that movie? Have you
been unaware of the controversy?

Well, believe it or not we wanted to give our kids an unvarnished view of
the Christian religion. At home we (two hard-core,
brought-up-in-parochial-schools-but-fallen-away-Catholics) vigorously
subscribe to no organized religion, and we thought it would be good for them
to see the story of Jesus in a medium that they fully relate to and
understand -- film.

We have not had a lot of luck interesting them in exploring religions, yet.
For some reason organized religions have not plugged into the
"Playstation"/"Gameboy" marketing mentality, and getting teens and pre-teens
to sit and read the Bible is tough when their main competition is video
games.

In fact, the only fair competition for their attention is a movie -- thus,
our logic. (And, also, by the way, Mel Gibson's logic.) Mary and I figured
they were old enough to know that the violence depicted was simply
play-acting.

I didn't count on MY not being able to handle it. I've not seen anything
like it before, and I don't intend to see anything like it again.

Ironically, what we got from Mel Gibson's film is this: I can now almost
guarantee that neither child will grow up practicing *that* particular
religion.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I haven't read the various articles by the multitude of companies
that worked on the film, but I'd be most interested in both
the makeup and special effects (visual effects is the CGI, special
effects are the physical gags) to learn if they were using
chocolate syrup or karo syrup for the blood or the relatively
newer concoction that apparently looks fantastic but tastes
horrible, so the actors despise having the blood capsules in the
mouth.

My problem with going to a film with gore is that I'm more
interested in the technology making it happen, so there's
almost no impact for me.

Now, doesn't that just ruin the gore for you?

My problem with going to a film with gore is that I'm more
interested in the technology making it happen, so there's
almost no impact for me.

I'm usually the same way.

Not this time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ironically, what we got from Mel Gibson's film is this: I can now almost
guarantee that neither child will grow up practicing *that* particular
religion.

Jay, you can't possibly make sure a prediction. Several of my
daughters grade-school chums grew up to be intensely religious, one of
them after a detour through the Naval Academy and Pensacola.

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Jay, you can't possibly make sure a prediction. Several of my
daughters grade-school chums grew up to be intensely religious, one of
them after a detour through the Naval Academy and Pensacola.

Well, that's true. At some point, they will reach their own spiritual
crossroads.

I just don't think this flick does anything to portray Christianity in a
positive light -- and I doubt that was Mel Gibson's intended outcome.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"