Disclaimer: Please do not read on if you don't wish to pre-
empt yourselves from this movie.
I watched The Passion of the Christ today at our office
(Embarrassingly in a pirated VCD). The movie was just as
Pope John Paul said it is... "It is as it is." I've read so
many reviews about it, both bad and good, from different
sectors and religions. One review that struck me was the
review of a rabbi who was in the midst of the arguments
between the film being Anti-Semitic or not and his comments
made me respect him a great deal. In
http://www.towardtradition.org/article_Passion_Feb_2004.htm,
he made a stand that it is not the Jews' mission in life to
thwart the history of Jesus and set it aside just so. He
believed that the movie will further enrich the faith of
many Catholics. And being in an argument whether it is Anti-
semitic or not is not an issue that should be the Jews'
main concern. Many reviews also hinted at the lack of power
in the dialogue, but for me, it was such a moving dialogue.
They knew where to place very moving sentences in the
Scripture. The Passion showed so many emotions. Mainly of
Christ's. And the other Jesus films does pale in comparison
because of the cinematography and how it portrayed the
Passion of the Son of Man whose message was to love at all
COST. At the end of the movie, I also heard a review that
you will think, "It's not the Jews who killed Christ. It
was me." The chilling look of Mary still haunts me at this
time. I realize that I add to Jesus' suffering whenever I
judge others before knowing the truth. I know I add to
Jesus' suffering whenever I fail to love others. The
movie's message was so "John 3:16".
I watched the movie not knowing that I would cry so many
times. Even just at the start of the movie, I was already
crying. There are just so many points there that touches
you.
I respect Mel Gibson so much for making this film. It's
definitely one of the greatest movie ever made. And I will
watch the movie again, this time in the Cinema, to give
honor to the movie and to experience His love for me again.
