People Passionate about the Passion dvd

[vashti1999]

Source: Fox Home Entertainment

Setting an industry record on its way to becoming the #1 selling drama of all time, #1 selling independent film of all time, #1 selling R-rated film of all time and #1 selling non-English language film of all time, consumers across America have purchased more than 4.1 million copies of Mel Gibson's epic The Passion of The Christ on DVD in just one day. Similar to its phenomenal and non-traditional box office success, the DVD is charting new territory in terms of retail performance. A continuing trend shows purchasers across the country, for the first time ever, buying more than one copy with the average being 1.8 copies.

Focusing on the final 12 hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth's life, the year's most talked about movie, The Passion of The Christ, makes its highly anticipated DVD and VHS debut. Released in theaters on Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2004, the powerful Mel Gibson-helmed epic went on to gross more than $370 million at the box office -- earning a spot in the top 10 grossing movies of all time. Starring Jim Caviezel in the critically-lauded role of Jesus Christ and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene, The Passion of The Christ DVD is presented with a maximum bit rate, 5.1 Dolby Digital and 5.1 DTS, offering viewers the highest quality picture and audio. The film, which was shot in Aramaic and Latin, is presented with English subtitles on VHS and English and Spanish subtitles on DVD. Priced to own, the DVD is available in Widescreen or Pan And Scan for $29.98 and the VHS is $24.98.

Other accolades accorded The Passion of The Christ include: It is the #1 R-rated film in history; the #1 February release in history; the #1 non-English film ever released in the United States; the #1 independently distributed film in history; the #1 film in the U.S. for the first 23 days after its release; the #1 5-day per screen average ($41,295) and it tied for 5th fastest film to get to $100 million. The Passion of The Christ has a running time of 127 minutes and is rated "R" by the Motion Picture Association of America. It is closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

[Janet McFarland]

Wow .. I bought this movie and I just couldn't watch it .. I don't think I could take it .. so I let my mom watch it But I'm not surprised it did so well in the theaters and on DVD. I heard Mel Gibson is going to do another one of these movies, just not about Jesus Christ.

[ThirteenInchEscape]

god that movie was terrible.


easily the worst movie I have seen in theaters in the last year (I'm selective about the many movies I see)

[AllIWantIsYourClutch]

Originally posted by ThirteenInchEscape
god that movie was terrible.


easily the worst movie I have seen in theaters in the last year (I'm selective about the many movies I see)

I think that's the first time I've ever seen anyone say that before.

[barwars]

Im kind of suprised, but then again Im not.
There are of course the cult churches that brainwash their "followers" to buy into this.

But really, how many times can you watch this??

Ive never seen, and I dont plan on it.... I already know the ending.

[barwars]

Originally posted by Trippergrl
Wow .. I bought this movie and I just couldn't watch it .. I don't think I could take it .. so I let my mom watch it But I'm not surprised it did so well in the theaters and on DVD. I heard Mel Gibson is going to do another one of these movies, just not about Jesus Christ.

Maybe "The Easter of Christ", seems like the obvious sequel.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by barwars
Im kind of suprised, but then again Im not.
There are of course the cult churches that brainwash their "followers" to buy into this.

I agree completely. I believe in Jesus and all but I do believe some Christians got very cocky over this films success.

I mean, Spiderman and Lord Of The Rings outgrossed The Passion, apparently that means moviegoers also happen to be obsessed with comic book characters and mythological action-adventure stories too, right? (since people use the "Passion made $400 million... Christianity is cool" card)

Why focus on the death and not the resurrection?

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by AllIWantIsYourClutch
I think that's the first time I've ever seen anyone say that before.

I've heard a lot of negative reviews over The Passion

[webuster]

Is it jsut me- or did any of the rest of you find the way the dvd was marketed to churches a little sleazy?

[barwars]

Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
Why focus on the death and not the resurrection?

Exactly. And f*ck Christianity being cool.

Whatever your religion, who gives a damn if its cool?!

[Brian Damage]

I saw it last night and thought it was a fantastic movie.

[Dean Winchester]

Originally posted by webuster
Is it jsut me- or did any of the rest of you find the way the dvd was marketed to churches a little sleazy?

actually, it happens a lot, but usually they're low-budget straight to video flicks starring Kirk Cameron and Corbin Bernson, The Passion is just the first one that was actually a major motion picture.

[Brad Russ]

Originally posted by webuster
Is it jsut me- or did any of the rest of you find the way the dvd was marketed to churches a little sleazy?

I doubt it's just you, but it's certainly not me. I'm sure that many movie studios have had legitimate sleazy ways of marketing their film, but I don't believe the Passion is one of them. Christian's have been ignored in Hollywood for a very long time, so I don't see anything wrong with Mel Gibson going to Churches to give people who have been mocked and ridiculed in the entertainment industry something to look forward to. I know that secular movie studios find ways of promoting their films to a target audience all the time, yet nobody seems to complain about that.

To BuffySlayer79, in what way have you noticed Christian's getting cocky about this film? Do you have any examples? I honestly haven't noticed that. All Iv'e noticed is Christian's who have been very excited about something they're passionate about, the same way L.O.T.R., and Star Wars fans get excited when a new installment of their favorite film comes out. I just don't get how Christian's being enthusiastic about something are considered cocky, yet people who are fanatical and excited about the success of their favorite secular films, are just good fans? seems kind of biased to me.

Anyway, I'm hoping that Mel will do a film about the end times next. Of course there's the Left Behind series, but much of it is fiction, and not Biblically based. With Mel being able to put a large amount of money into it, I think he could make a good film about the end times.

[barwars]

Because some being a Star Wars fan or a treky, doesn't make other people feel uncomfortable.

Whereas religion is a very touchy subject.


And it WAS marketed sleazy, as are some other films, but the fact that it was marketed sleazy through the church is worse.


Anyways, as I said before, being cool has absolutely nothing to do with any sort of religion.

[Brad Russ]

Originally posted by barwars
Because some being a Star Wars fan or a treky, doesn't make other people feel uncomfortable.

Whereas religion is a very touchy subject.


And it WAS marketed sleazy, as are some other films, but the fact that it was marketed sleazy through the church is worse.


Anyways, as I said before, being cool has absolutely nothing to do with any sort of religion.

Just to be clear, are you saying that Passion fans shouldn't get excited about the film because it makes others uncomfortable? If that was the way we determined what kind of movies were considered acceptable, there sure wouldn't be alot of movies made! Probably 80 percent of what Hollywood puts out today makes me and many others uncomfortable, so it goes both ways.

I do agree with the Religion not necessarily needing to be cool comment. If some people think Church is cool, great, whatever keeps them going each week. But a person should not choose whether or not to go to Church based on whether they think it's cool or not.