Passion of the Christ Thoughts
Two questions. First, is part of the hysteria by cultural critics of TPOTC due to their realization that in a post-modern, post-reason age rule by emotion is, in fact, the future? So is this part of why they posture against Gibson's emotional movie? Apparently fear of a theocracy among the Left is very strong, despite decades of secularization.
Second, what impact has TPOTC had on your ability to visualize and meditate on the Sorrow Mysteries of the rosary?
Update: The violence wasn't nearly as bad as I'd imagined it would be. I guess I'm desensitized even though I never watch horror movies. (Never seen any of the Friday the 13th or Hannibal movies for example.)
Just after the movie ended, two boys in their late teens walked out disappointed, grumbling that it wasn't nearly as violent as they'd hoped. So I guess this is one of those "eye-of-the-beholder" type movies. I thought Braveheart was more horrific, maybe because while I have grown up around the idea of crucifixion (i.e. the Stations of the Cross a yearly event), the idea of drawing and quartering was more foreign and so created a more visceral reaction.
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