2004-02-29 - 9:32 p.m.
OK, so unless you've been living in a hole, you've probably heard about Mel Gibson's newest thriller, "The Passion of the Christ". He claims it's his best film yet, his career-maker. It's a film inspired by his "new religious lifestyle, and because he found God." I say, it's inspired by his somewhat washed up lifestyle, and because he found another way to make some money off of a story he DEFFINETLY didn't write.
Now, after reading that, hopefully you've gotten the impression that I WOULD NOT go see this movie, so you could only imagine my reaction when my dad tried to make me go see this movie with him and several other people from our church. I politely gave him several reasons why I would rather eat bees than waste 8 bucks to go see Mel's new monstrosity. Here are a few of those reasons. Enjoy.
1)It's supposed to be one of the most gruesome and violent movies in years-
Is it just me, or is it sad when "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is less bloody than "Passion of the Christ"? Mel obviously knew what he was doing when he made it "slightly violent", and what he did was make a bunch of old nuns sick to their stomachs after seeing it.
2)It's supposed to be Anti-Semetic-
(*note: I have not yet seen the movie, and don't plan to, but many reviews have called it Anti-Semetic, so I'm going with them)
Now, this may be hard to believe, but I don't quite support any kind of predjudice, let alone anti-Semetism (seeing as how my girlfriend's Jewish and all.) Reports have said that it appears that Gibson is blaming the crusifixion of Jesus on the Jews. If Mel was SOOOOOO friggin religious, you'd think he would know that the ROMANS actually killed Jesus, not the Jews. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, Jesus was actually JEWISH!!!!! But of course, it's Hollywood, you're allowed to edit small details in the stories.
3)The Bible doesn't need another damn movie!!-
I've always thought that it's bad enough when people turn books into movies (not only because they usually suck ass, but because it ruins the story itself, more often than not), but to turn THE BIBLE into a movie is pathetic. It was bad enough when Charleton Heston did it (about 8 dozen times), but he did "Planet of the Apes", so anything he does is cool. What does Mel Gibson have? "Chicken Run"??
4)Mel thinks he's doing some huge religious thing, but he isn't, therefore he sucks-
He's been going around giving all this bullshit about how he's doing some "huge religious service" by making this movie. Now, it might just be me, but I would think that doing something GOOD for people would be a religious thing, like...oh...say, missionary work, or.....DONTATING THE FUCKING PROFITS!!! which leads me to my next reason....
5)It's sick that Mel Gibson is profitting off of the story of Christ-
I don't think it's any huge secret that Mel Gibson, in his billion years of acting, has acquired a fair amount of money. So you'd think that, since he's doing this "religiously", he MIGHT want to donate his profits to some religious cause, or a few. Interestingly enough, he isn't doing this. Something to think about, isn't it.....?
So before you think about seeing "Passion of the Christ" a.k.a. "Lethal Weapon 5", think about this, and decide whether it's worth your hard earned 8 bucks. Well, that is assuming you read this far without getting too bored. As a matter of fact, after all that, I'm kinda bored. Hey, wanna go see a movie?
