Whew!

there was no english being spoken during the entire movie,

There's an argument going on in rec.music.opera about the Latin used
by Gibson's crew. Evidently it's modern (Catholic) church Latin,
rather than the classical Latin taught in schools (when it was taught
in schools). Both evidently are wrong for the outlier parts of the
Roman empire 2000 years ago. Something more like modern Italian or
Rumanian would have been more suitable.

Give Gibson credit for stirring up a debate among Latin scholars


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****I will break my usual rule against joining any public discussion of
religion, this one time...
If Christ was born in the time and place that the Bible(s) claim, then he
would have been a bit over 5 feet tall, have dark brown to nearly black
skin, and be of distinctly non caucasian visage...
As soon as I saw the ads showing the actor playing the role, I snorted and
dismissed any thoughts of actually viewing the movie... It's just another
cinema fantasy...
*********

There's an argument going on in rec.music.opera about the Latin used
by Gibson's crew. Evidently it's modern (Catholic) church Latin,
rather than the classical Latin taught in schools (when it was taught
in schools).

*****I'm old enough that I took four years of latin in high school - That's
the only reason I was considering attending the movie initially****

denny

*****I'm old enough that I took four years of latin in high school -
That's
the only reason I was considering attending the movie initially****

To Gibson's credit, the Latin didn't ever bother me. Usually I find that
sub-titles destroy a film, but in this case the action on screen is so
compelling that you just don't notice them.

Unfortunately, the action is so barbaric that I nearly barfed. (Example: A
ten minute scene with Jesus being whipped -- nearly to death -- with
fishhook-laden whips. If you want to see a human have his skin torn off in
slow, graphic detail -- front AND back -- this is the movie for you.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

If Christ was born in the time and place that the Bible(s) claim, then he
would have been a bit over 5 feet tall, have dark brown to nearly black
skin, and be of distinctly non Caucasian visage...
As soon as I saw the ads showing the actor playing the role, I snorted and
dismissed any thoughts of actually viewing the movie... It's just another
cinema fantasy...
*********

Oh come on! Don't ya know he looked like Ted Nuggent?,,,,

Yeah,,, truth of the matter is the Western world wouldn't warm up to the
idea of Jesus looking like an Arab... hence that popular portrait most of us
have seen at one time or another - pleasant looking white guy with a
beard....

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Howdy!

In article ,
Cub Driver wrote:

there was no english being spoken during the entire movie,

There's an argument going on in rec.music.opera about the Latin used
by Gibson's crew. Evidently it's modern (Catholic) church Latin,
rather than the classical Latin taught in schools (when it was taught
in schools). Both evidently are wrong for the outlier parts of the
Roman empire 2000 years ago. Something more like modern Italian or
Rumanian would have been more suitable.

Greek. The Romans would have been speaking Greek.

Give Gibson credit for stirring up a debate among Latin scholars

*snort*

I'm disinclined to spend the energy to see it, given that I didn't
muster the ertia to go see Master and Commander.

yours,
Michael


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I'm disinclined to spend the energy to see it, given that I didn't
muster the ertia to go see Master and Commander.

That was a good flick.

It's still playing around here, so maybe you can still catch it?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Religious nut stuff.

"cn8cg" wrote in message ...
Religious nut stuff.



As opposed to anti-religious nuts, I suppose. Frankly, the supposedly
non-religious appear to be every bit as dangerous and bigoted as the very
devout.

As opposed to anti-religious nuts, I suppose. Frankly, the supposedly
non-religious appear to be every bit as dangerous and bigoted as the very
devout.

Agreed.

Extremists at either end of the spectrum are dangerous.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck opined

As opposed to anti-religious nuts, I suppose. Frankly, the supposedly
non-religious appear to be every bit as dangerous and bigoted as the very
devout.

Agreed.

Extremists at either end of the spectrum are dangerous.

your extremists are dangerous, my extremists aren't .


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