Sorry that was supposed to be @ Godzillafart

@Godzilla, pay no mind to what other people, or critics, say about it. The Passion of the Christ is a great movie, beautifully filmed. If you want to watch it, just go on and watch it. Then you'll can judge it by yourself.

About Noah, man there is A LOT of stuff about it in the biblical apocrypha that could turn into a great movie, great story! I expect that Aronofsky is using it, besides the graphic novel.

Also, the whole point of Passion of the Christ was to emphasize the pain/brutality of the crucifixion. It was meant for shock value, so compared to other movies yeah it can be a bit much. But compared to reality its pretty dang accurate, which was what Gibson was trying to go for. Definitely worth watching.

Yeah, Passion Of The Christ is hard to recommend. Very well made overall, but it's so brutally violent that it could easily turn others off. Easily one of the most violent films I've ever seen, if not the most.

And yes, there's a lot about the Noah's Ark story that's usually ignored. Most people focus on the fact that he brought two animals of each kind onto a giant boat to survive a global flood, and that it rained for 40 days all over the Earth. However, what's usually forgotten is the reason for the flood in the first place. God saw that everybody on the Earth (other than Noah and his family) was against Him, even to the point where He regretted creating mankind in the first place. But He decided to give humanity another chance by sparing Noah and his family from the flood.

definitely on my must see list... aronofsky is a great director

@antbwan

never heard of that, ham was blessed, canaan his son was cursed instead, since god had already blessed ham, that was not possible for noah to curse ham...

canaan was the only cursed son of ham, the rest were not cursed, so aronofsky would be best suited to leave that out unless he is well researched, and it doesnt relate to african americans, the land of canaan extends from lebanon to egypt and in any sense, from the dna haplogroup testeing, everyone descends from africa, so really what you are saying is nonsense, because ham's other son's were not cursed

And thats why they called "The Curse of Ham", look it up

@antbwan

read brother, don't listen to others, read for yourself, you are not making sense at all..

@suspensesmith

dark skin is the root of all mankind, as scientists have proven, through haplogroup testing and other research, read for yourselves http://phys.org/news97857326.html

i agree with ekekiel but genesis states differently, hence the contradiction of the curse and many parts of the good book ;)

@SuspenseSmith - 12/11/2012, 8:56 PM

We are all from Africa, then spread across the earth to genetically adapt to different environments.

Light skin as to better harness ultraviolet radiation from the sun and produce vitamin d. Shorter stature at the poles to reduce heat dispersion. Etc.

http://www.ourprg.com/?p=46



http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/R2/R134.full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11443005

I highly doubt, "source material" aside, that this will be a film that pushes a religious doctrine. A commenter noted the Fountain dealt with elements of faith but it was used in such broad strokes you could hardly get angry about it.

god help me, I generally like Mel Gibson films, but I thought Passion was an [ambitious] failure. At times I thought I was watching "Rob Zombie's Passion of the Christ", and other times I thought I was watching a music video for Tool and laughed out loud. Otherwise I give him a ton of credit for filming a foreign language period piece that accurately portrayed the viciousness of the crucifixion like nowhere else.

I think if you're already a follower, the violence moved you, but I don't see how it could possibly strengthen your faith any more. It seemed exploitative in that regard. I think if you really want an appreciation for what the Christ figure sacrificed, consider Scorsese's "Last Temptation" where he gives up a life of normalcy.

On a final note, maintaining this will not be a religious film, it will be curious if Aronofsky makes a statement of any kind, either regarding a world full of sin that needs to be cleansed, or asking people how they feel about the [Old Testament's} version of God who is a vengeful murderer who demands complete and utter reverence and obedience.

For instance, would anyone really think things like Katrina, tsunamis world wide, et al, are divine warnings? Or are they just bad things that happen in life? And for further musings on that subject, I sheepishly submit the Cohen brothers' "A Simple Man" for your consideration.

@PaulRom: Oh, yeah. I forgot "graphic novel" is just a bougie phrase for comic book. Kind of like "naked floor technician" is for stripper.