North's review of The Passion, for those interested. It's an insightful review with many interesting points. Here's one line:
"This is why I regard this movie as the ultimate Passion play, which is a tradition going back to medieval times. We see what we have never seen before: the extent of the suffering. The movie has an R-rating because of it. I say, take along your younger children, but not if you don't intend to explain to them before and after the movie why this event took place. Death is ugly. It is ugly for a reason. Mankind really has angered God. It is this reason that appalls theological liberals."Posted by scott at March 8, 2004 11:12 PM | TrackBack