Primetime Special Edition
10:00, ABC

"Mel Gibson's Passion"

Director Mel Gibson discusses the controversy surrounding his film, ``The Passion of the Christ''; Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, shares his views on Gibson's film.

Oh, he's so dreamy! ;)

Truthfully, The Passion Of The Christ looks like it will be a great movie. I can't wait to see it.

Originally posted by AKA
Oh, he's so dreamy! ;)

I had my doubts about you. KIDDING. ;)

I'm interested in what Gibson has to say about this controversial movie.

I want to see The Passio of the Christ, too. The only thing I probably won't like about it is the violence but that won't stop me from seeing it.

Originally posted by Janice
I'm interested in what Gibson has to say about this controversial movie.

Me, too! He put a lot of his own blood, sweat and tears into the movie. I'm sure that the end result will reflect this fact.

I'm also interested in finding out when he'll reteam with Danny Glover for Lethal Weapon 5 (sadly, I'm only half-kidding; I'd love for them to make a LW5).

Originally posted by Brian
I want to see The Passion of The Christ, too. The only thing I probably won't like about it is the violence but that won't stop me from seeing it.

You'll like it-trust me. I can't wait to see the DVD details about the movie. I'll know more about them sometime in May. :)

Is this moving coming to theares or is it HBO or tv or what?

Originally posted by Vera Wang
Is this moving coming to theares or is it HBO or tv or what?

It will be in theatres starting on Ash Wednesday, February 25th. I'm definitely going to see it! Hopefully the theatre wont be sold out!

Lethal Weapon 5 will never happen cause Mel & Danny are too old. 4 Lethal Weapon's are enough. They got their asses kicked so bad by Jet Li in the 4th one, i'm surprised they survived LOL. I missed Mel Gibson last night on Primetime. I wanted to see that.

Missed it too due to watching CSI Miami!!

I watched it. I thought it was a good interview. I cannot to see the movie.

I saw part of his interview on tv this morning. It looks like people are saying he's antisemitic now. People always assume too much when something controversial comes out.

I don't really consider myself a fan of organized religion (I believe most of them have their own agendas instead of following just God, but that is a whole other subject so nobody pick on me for having an opinion) but I do wanna see this film.

I don't see the controversy. I generally disagree with Bible-thumpers and so forth but I don't see why people are complaining that the film has anti-semetic messages. Mel is just telling the story the way he (and many others) believe it happened, and too bad if some of the power-Jews in Hollywood can't handle it (since people keep decrying how the movie will cause anti-semitism... JESUS WAS JEWISH!!). What is wrong for Christians to have a movie as special to them as Schindler's List is to Jewish people, or Little Buddha is to Buddhists (or Battlefield Earth is to Scientologists, ROFL!!!). Whether Jesus is your preferred choice of savior, if you're religious, you believe he at least existed and know that he was crucified. What is wrong with Mel telling this story?

People in Hollywood are treating Mel Gibson like a freak for being a devout Catholic, why is this? The same people think Richard Gere is cool for being a devout Buddhist, they think Steven Spielberg is cool for being a devout Jew, they think John Travolta is cool for being a devout Scientologist, etc... so why is Mel a freak for being the same way with his beliefs?

As for the violence, I think the violence in this movie is more appropriate for kids to watch than your standard action/martial arts style movie. I am not one of those people who blame Columbine on The Matrix, so I think if a movie wants to be violent, so be it. But I do not see the debate with this movie's violence. I highly doubt 12 year olds will be coming out of the theater wanting to nail somebody to a cross after seeing it. This is not some Jet Li flick. This movie is just telling the crucifixion how it happened and too bad if some people find it offensive.

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79

I don't see the controversy. I generally disagree with Bible-thumpers and so forth but I don't see why people are complaining that the film has anti-semetic messages. Mel is just telling the story the way he (and many others) believe it happened, and too bad if some of the power-Jews in Hollywood can't handle it (since people keep decrying how the movie will cause anti-semitism... JESUS WAS JEWISH!!). What is wrong for Christians to have a movie as special to them as Schindler's List is to Jewish people, or Little Buddha is to Buddhists (or Battlefield Earth is to Scientologists, ROFL!!!). Whether Jesus is your preferred choice of savior, if you're religious, you believe he at least existed and know that he was crucified. What is wrong with Mel telling this story?

People in Hollywood are treating Mel Gibson like a freak for being a devout Catholic, why is this? The same people think Richard Gere is cool for being a devout Buddhist, they think Steven Spielberg is cool for being a devout Jew, they think John Travolta is cool for being a devout Scientologist, etc... so why is Mel a freak for being the same way with his beliefs?



They're probably going to claim anti-Semitism because Jesus does die in this movie. Sorry to ruin the ending, guys, but He does. And, Jews killed Jesus, although there were Romans, too. I cannot wait to see this movie.

Mel Gibson is probably getting treated like a freak for following the Catholic faith because Catholocism isn't considered "cool", like Judaism or Buddhism is. Why, I don't know. Religion is a very touchy subject, anywhere.

I support Mel Gibson 100% and this movie is taken from the Gospel of ST. Luke, St. Mark, St. Matthew and St. John, all who were present at the crucifiction and some people today are saying it may not be accurate?

I am Catholic and I love my religion. This movie is for everyone not just Catholics. It is the story of Jesus' last hours of life and it is devastating. Mel Gibson is extraordinary for taking on this project but he's doing it out of love, pretty much paying for it out of his own money.

The most recognizeable movie critic in America gave his review of "The Passion" last night, and had extremely high praises for it. Two thumbs way up from Roger Ebert, and Richard Roeper! Roeper called "The Passion" a great epic, and the best film on the life of Jesus ever made. Both of them agreed that the film was far from being anti-semitic, and they actually said that the Roman soldiers in the film were far more brutal, and ruthless than the Jewish leaders were. So once again, someone who has actually seen the movie has said that it is not anti-semitic. Hopefully all the people who will be picketing outside the theatres will take Roger's advice, and actually watch the movie before picketing. Alot of their minds will probably change if they see the film for themselves, instead of picketing based on heresay.