Will you see The Passion of the Christ?

[Renew Deal]

BTW, I ask becasue every 3rd thread in about every forum here is about the movie.

[arwalden]

1. Not interested... I know how it turns out. It's not pretty.

[BurtWorm]

2. Most likely not until it comes out on DVD

Cause I hardly ever go to the movies since my daughter was born and if I were to go it would be to see something else. But I'd rent it, I suppose.

[KCDem]

5. ain't that the truth?

I hardly go to movies anymore. Sometimes, DH will go out to see a movie one night and then I'll go see the same thing later in the week. But between cost of tix and cost of sitter, it's just not worth it.

[BurtWorm]

8. Prezackly. And I live in NYC where movies cost $10.50 now.

:eyes:

[Champion Jack]

3. I can think of MUCH better ways to spend 9 bucks

[KCDem]

4. I'm curious to see it eventually

but no hurry at all. I certainly don't want to buy tickets for it at this point and drive the box office #s up.

[mwdem]

6. Not sure, I'm curious

I don't have to pay to see it, yet I really don't know if I want to, especially after reading some posts here and the reviews.

[terrya]

7. Only if Mel Gibson pays me $25,000 to see it.

And since, of course, that will never happen...

Then my answer is: no.

Terry

[waterman]

9. If he's for real, we all will... but the movie, absolutely not.

[Superfly]

10. Tomorrow...taking off early from work (more)

I feel I have to see this film.

[reprehensor]

11. My mommy won't let me.

:(

[Zero Gravitas]

12. Nope

I'm not interested in seeing it.

From what I've read many Christians find it very moving. non-Christians find the violence over the top. It seems that Christan's bring their own context to the movie and find the events depicted to be very moving. If you don't already believe the movie does not convey any of that back story instead focusing on the gore.

Not being a Christan and already knowing far more than I want to know about that religion there is no reason for me to see it.

[flakey_foont]

13. 2 solid hours

of Jesus getting the living shee-it beat out of him???????
doesn't sound too appealing

[AlienGirl]

14. Other

I'll be seeing it, but not paying for it, as part of a class project. Our passes are going to be donated by a roomie of mine who manages a theater. Afterwards we will discuss whether it's anti-semitic. (The class, btw, is a conversion class.)

Tucker

[BurtWorm]

18. What is a conversion class? What are you converting from to?

If you don't mind me asking... :hi:

[AlienGirl]

20. Well...

I'm converting to Judaism. :hi:

Tucker

[BurtWorm]

23. Interesting! And they're "making" you watch The Passion?

I wonder why... To see if it makes you angry so you and they can find out at whom?

[AlienGirl]

27. Well, it's more like

we're going to talk afterward about whether or not it is anti-semitic. I guess the idea is to see for ourselves...

Tucker

[BurtWorm]

28. That makes sense.

I wasn't being all that serious. It seems like an interesting exercise.

[AlienGirl]

32. Yeah, I think it will be

[regnaD kciN]

39. Fascinating...

...which branch of Judaism accepts reincarnation?

:shrug:

[everythingsxen]

40. The way AlienGirl has explained it to me..

it just "is"; there isn't anything really specific about it I guess.

Technically reincarnation was part of Catholicism until it was "expunged".

[madmax]

15. I can't watch the trailers

I couldn't sit through 2 hours of the inhumanity. :cry:

[supernova]

16. I'll see it on DVD

I'll support my local independent video store. But I won't give my $$ to support directly Mel's strange sect.

[jus_the_facts]

17. I'VE GOT MY OWN CROSS TO BEAR...get crucified daily by ignorance....

.....don't feel the need to see a movie about how this ignorance still exists over 2000 years since this incident took place....GODDAMMIT!!!! :puke:

[MamaBear]

19. No, Thanks.

Life can be upsetting enough without going out and looking for something to ruin my sleep for a while. Don't even want to be in a theater where it's running on another screen.

[arcane1]

21. I'm curious, I admit, but I'm going to pass on seeing it

I'm afraid of who I might encounter in the audience!

[dolo amber]

22. I wonder if this movie

is hurting concession sales? :silly:

[seethrougheyes]

24. I've seen it....

it's nothing short of BRILLIANT!

[Superfly]

25. Looking forward to it, myself

[amazona]

26. not into slasher flicks

A friend who's into S/M just saw it, and she was so uncomfortable that she burst out laughing, or so she says. I think I'll pass.

[Skittles]

29. watch a man get tortured to death for two hours?

no f***ing thanks.

[arwalden]

30. When I Could Stay Home And Watch My MPEG Of Janet's Boob

for 120 times??

Violence? Boob? Violence? Boob?

The choice is clear.

-- Allen

[MrSlayer]

31. Other: Once it hits HBO.

Or Starz or whichever of the cable networks gets it first.

[Lars39]

33. No.

And I'm trying to come up with a non-confrontational way to say *Hell No!!!* to the inlaws when they want to take my kids to go see it.

[Skittles]

34. skip the non-confrontational fears

anyone wanting to take children to see that movie is out of their minds.

[Lars39]

35. by non-confrontational....

I meant I would realllllly try not to cuss a blue streak. :)

[mantis49]

36. No, I'm not going to see it

And I'm getting sick and tired of having somebody's version of Christianity shoved down my throat.

Really sick of hearing about this.

There, I feel better.

[yo-yo-ma]

37. I'm a little weary of celebrities and the "things they have to say"

[Ladyhawk]

38. Not the least bit interested.

I barely clicked on this thread. :)

[VOX]

41. No. I feel that to do so is to be a customer for Mel's insanity.

If you look at the characters that Mel has played for the past 20 years or more, most of them have been beaten, tortured, disemboweled, crippled, shot, stabbed, hobbled, have mental breakdowns, etc.

This latest effort is the apotheosis of Mel's brutal fantasies. I am also very suspect of his political motives in releasing this movie now.

[Misinformed01]

42. No, I am a religion major

I don't give a rat's ass what Mel Gibson thinks; this film is just another Hollywood load of shit. If it's "historically accurate," my butt's a typewriter.

[Heyo]

43. Well...

If it happens to be on HBO or something one day....

I might check it out...

That way I can flip the channel if I want and Im not stuck in a theatre..

I just really dont care about this movie.

Heyo

[ChickMagic]

44. Nah, I read the book

It wasn't that great. If I want to see someone who has been beaten until they are unrecognizable, I'll go down to the hospital's morgue where I work and check out someone who was the victim of domestic abuse.

[mvd]

45. No

I'm not even curious enough to see it.

[mitchtv]

46. I voted other

if it comes to HBO/SHO and there's nothing better on