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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

So What's the Gospel?

Well, advertizers will be pleased to know that Jesus sells, even gross-out movies: evangelical church groups across the nation are buying tickets for teenagers to view R-rated snuff porn for free.

And there's movie tie-in merchandizing. So after the movie, you can reenact your favorite scenes,
like pounding a spike through flesh. Whether recipient or giver, there's hours and hours of bad messy S&M fun for MelGibson fans.

[ February 22, 2004, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Or, some reviews from (mostly) non-professional film geeks without any agendas to grind. Mostly athiests and agnostics, with a couple Christians thrown in for good measure: here, here, a couple here, here and even one by, of all people, the creator of Earthworm Jim here.

WARNING: A few reviews contain strong language.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

And yet another non-religiously-biased film review of those self-anointed prophets' work.

C'mon, Taalcon, there are always decadent and ennui-filled critics who give favorable reviews to anything which can get past their long-deadened nerve endings. Such folk were also titilated by such movies as The Wild Bunch, Night of the Living Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Saving Private Ryan, etc. Just because they say a movie is "artistic" doesn't make the movie any less of a snuff flick.

[ February 22, 2004, 06:34 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Wait, so you consider Saving Private Ryan a 'snuff flick' too?

In the words of Inigo Montoya, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Where's the vitriol comin' from, dude?

[ February 22, 2004, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

[edited to remove snarkiness.]

aspectre, what is your objection to this movie, exactly?

Dagonee

[ February 22, 2004, 07:24 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

How long is that movie?

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Too long. Time yourself while reading aloud the longest of the Gospel passages concerning the period covered by the movie, then subtract that number from the length of the movie.

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

To answer Synth directly, the film is 126 minutes.

aspectre: Are you going to answer my question, or simply ignore it? You make it sound like this movie killed your puppy or something. You were also trolling the 'More Gibson Oddness' thread in this manner as well.

And we all know events take exactly as long to play out in real life as they do to read. Right? Come on. [Roll Eyes]

[ February 22, 2004, 09:42 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

why was i thinking it's 12 hours?

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

The time period the film covers is the 12 hours leading up to Jesus' death on the cross, and a little bit afterwards. Although there are also flashbacks to scenes and events that occurred before this specific period. That's probably where you got the 12 hours from [Wink]

[ February 22, 2004, 11:53 PM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

While we're waiting for aspectre's response, here's another couple of reviews:

"I can not possibly recommend this film higher. It is art, intensely brave cinema and astonishingly beautiful even in its brutality. I fully believe the film will become a classic. We haven't seen the likes of this one before."

[ February 24, 2004, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: Taalcon ]