I went and saw this yesterday at the dollar movies.
I thought it was pretty cool--although a couple spots were kind of tacky....like the birth scene and when the dude is squirting blood from his head.
I can't help but feel like Mel Gibson is making their culture out to be barbaric intentionally--especially with the oh-so-fortuitous arrival of the Western explorers complete with the obviously placed holy cross held by the bishop in the boat.
But, if I step out of the mindset that I had going in (that Gibson is going to try and work in some pro-christian undertones) then it was a pretty awesome movie and very moving.
I also couldn't believe how many little kids were in the theatre. Deffinately not a kids movie. If you have kids and want to watch movies like that--wait until it's on video or find a baby sitter.
Cody
I thought it was pretty cool--although a couple spots were kind of tacky....like the birth scene and when the dude is squirting blood from his head.
I can't help but feel like Mel Gibson is making their culture out to be barbaric intentionally--especially with the oh-so-fortuitous arrival of the Western explorers complete with the obviously placed holy cross held by the bishop in the boat.
But, if I step out of the mindset that I had going in (that Gibson is going to try and work in some pro-christian undertones) then it was a pretty awesome movie and very moving.
I also couldn't believe how many little kids were in the theatre. Deffinately not a kids movie. If you have kids and want to watch movies like that--wait until it's on video or find a baby sitter.
Cody