I've really been struck by the extent to which even historical movies seem to feel the need to have the hero's family viciously destroyed as an excuse for him going after them what done it. Not only does this justify extreme vindictiveness, but it also seems to cancel out the possibility of anyone fighting oppression simply out of a love of freedom or justice. Everything is reduced to primitive emotional appeals.
Among other things, "The Passion" seems to amount to a dumbing-down of Christianity.
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