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...three fatal flaws that damage Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ for nonbelievers: almost no characterization or narrative, a spectacularly large amount of violence and almost all of the Jews are evil Christ-killers. In Gibson’s mania to present the extent of Jesus??€™ suffering, character is lost, and by the end of the film, Jesus begins to resemble a piñata more than a man. The effect is that it is hard to understand quite what the point of all this is. It is never clear...
...religious beliefs. TV commentators Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly have labeled criticism of the historical accuracy of the Gibson film as Christian-bashing. But the quest for truth is to be commended, not condemned. Religious fundamentalists cannot have it both ways. If the story of Jesus??€™ trial and crucifixion is claimed to be true, then it must be subjected to historical tools of truth determination. If the story is based on faith, then people who do not share that faith should not be accused of acts that may not have occurred in fact...
...three fatal flaws that damage Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ for nonbelievers: almost no characterization or narrative, a spectacularly large amount of violence and almost all of the Jews are evil Christ-killers. In Gibson’s mania to present the extent of Jesus??€™ suffering, character is lost, and by the end of the film, Jesus begins to resemble a piñata more than a man. The effect is that it is hard to understand quite what the point of all this is. It is never clear...
...just as Mel Gibson shouldn’t have expected to release his gory interpretation of Jesus??€™ life without confronting questions about the intentions behind his film, so too does the media have a duty to seek answers before making a judgment...
...problem with both The Passion and with news reports about Ashura is their shared failure to provide even minimal context. Gibson’s film fails because it barely touches on what Jesus did or why he mattered. In assuming that viewers already know the smaller details of Jesus??€™ life and martyrdom, The Passion preaches only to the choir, whose members may wonder why the sermon is so light on content and so fixated on glass-studded whips...