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So Brandy and I went to see The Passion of Christ last nite.

I hope this thread doesn't turn into psycho wierdness...but I'm curious of others opinions of the movie.

I grew up as a preachers kid...PK for those of you others out there who are in the know.

My father did in-depth study in the ancient judiac ways of life. Which means I was exposed to quit a bit of that study as well.

Then during my first 8 years of my television career, I was the director of a half hour weekly show called "In the FootSteps of The Messiah" on The Trinity Broadcasting Network. During my time shooting that show, we took 3 weeks to head to the middle east to shoot at tons of archeological digs of significance in regards to ancient warfare in Israel, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon.

My time in Israel was also a very moving experience for me. I spent a good bit of time in the Arab Quarter (The Old City) in Jerusalem. Spent some time on the Southern Steps of the temple, and due to our shooting and ties with the Temple Institute...were able to go into the Rabbi's Tunnels.

When I watched this movie...and they moved around the old city and in the Temple...in the Garden of Gethsemene...and then the road to Golgotha...

It looked in my minds eye to be, based upon what I've studied...an accurate description on the trial and crucifixion of Christ.

Seeing the city walls from the outside of the city from Golgotha...It felt like I was back in Israel.

Minus the visual manifestation of satan and his demons, I think Mel Gibson did a spectacular job at portraying a hard story to show accurately considering the horrific tools of torture the Romans used and of course...crucifixion.



Opinions? And please...lets not make this a racist thing. Interested in what you guys think about Mels job on the movie as a whole.

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