By the time 2/25 rolls around, he and I are truly going to be the only people left in American who haven’t seen That Movie yet.

An interesting take by a seminarian

I wonder if, by re-enacting that which even the Gospels themselves dare not recall precisely, this film’s well-meaning creators have spoken words that were meant to be left unsaid.

In the end, “The Passion” is the product not just of the Gospel accounts, but also personal imagination and pious tradition. As such, it will uplift some people and distress others.

Bill Cork has thoughts, as well, not just on the film, but on Gibson’s EWTN interview from last week.

But Mel started the interview out by admitting he didn’t just stick with the gospels. He went to Anne Catherine Emmerich. He took scenes from her that go far beyond the gospel account, and he added scenes from his own imagination. Arroyo didn’t ask about these. He set up the interview as “good guys” vs. “bad guys,” and asked “straw man” questions and joined Mel in a bashing of legitimate scholars and people of good faith.

And then Phil Lawler, via Dom, breaks down the kerfuffle about the N-V matter.