Our church has bought a few hundred tickets to Mel Gibson's new movie, The Passion, and we showed the preview today at our weekly downtown business lunch. It was only a few minutes long, but I already know that this movie is going to impact people's lives in a way no other movie has. I guess maybe because it's not so much a movie; It's a statement, a portrayal of the last 12 hours before the crucifixion. You cannot watch this film passively, or at least I couldn't. There are usually around 250-300 people at our weekly lunch, and today we had that normal crowd. The room was completely silent for the whole preview and afterwards still silent. I'm a Christian, and seeing just the preview of this movie made my eyes tear up and my heart break and yet at the same time be excited that this film has been made. Kudos to Mel Gibson for having the guts to make this film. I wonder what a non-believer will think of the film? I would find it hard to believe that anyone could watch it and still be sure about their non-belief? I've seen various interviews and articles about this movie, but didn't really know what to think of it before today. In one interview, the actor who portrays Jesus, Jim Caviezel, has been quoted saying "I'm interested in letting God work through me to play this role ...... I don't want people to see me. All I want them to see is Jesus Christ." It will be interesting to see the effects of this movie on people, Christians and Non-Christians alike.
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