The Passion

Well, I guess we Americans have eye-to-brain discoordination, but for me, it depends on the movie. I watched subtitles in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and it went relatively fine. However, (especially since I already know the storyline), I feel that this movie is *meant* to be portrayed with imagery rather than dialogue--though that is important--and being in the native languages at the time will make it all the more realistic, as if we were there ourselves. As I said before, I would like subtitles to be an option on the DVD release, but not for the theater. I want to be able to take in the power of the visuals.

I agree with Fish--I rarely cry at movies, but this one may be an exception. I'll have to bring my box of Kleenex (along with a barf bag, according to the reports of the graphic content combined with my weak stomach 😉 )...

My americans comment means your just not use to it. You dont have to stare at the subtitles to read them. Oh well I'm so use to them that it's wierd to see a movie without them 😄

🙂 I guess that's what happens on opposite ends of the Atlantic. I suppose we are spoiled. (and egocentric, since many movies come from Hollywood) 🙂 However, I think it's safe to say that almost *no one* will be able to understand this movie, regardless of where you live. 😉

lol True that 😉

i watch movies with subtitles and it never bothers me... as for going to see the passion... it fail correlate anything with any of my passions, so i pry will never see this movie. i'm the opposite of a jesus freak...

New links from today:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,92704,00.html

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33726

http://www.americandaily.com/item/1629

http://www.americandaily.com/item/1627

http://www.adl.org/media_watch/Letter_usa_today7.asp

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-24-2003/0001988450&EDATE=

Possibly a distributor for the movie?

http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/7/24/131014

can i get the url for the movie trailer again didnt seem to wokr for me. I really wanna see this movie, although no subtitles and just the visual direction may tell the story it would be better to know the actual dialogue to follow the movie but hey i guess mel wants to do his way.

Sure you can. It is - http(colon)www(dot)aintitcool(dot)com(forward slash)ThePassion(dot)mov

If that does not work, then try going to themoviebox(dot)net and click on the word enter. There should be a new screen with options in the box that says cover story...click on trailers, when that screen comes up, the box for The Passion should be in the 2nd row down, last one on the row....and you should be able to get it from there.....

Let me know what you think....make sure to turn up your volume.....even the music is powerful.....

AASM 😄

Ok......the web address is too long for me to try and type out like I have been, and........I am not authorized to send links yet....so here is an e-mail article I received......about getting a distributor...sorry it is so long!!!! and......I could not fit all of it on here

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax(dot)com Staff

For the story behind the story...

Thursday, July 24, 2003 1 p.m. EDT

Fox Set to Distribute Mel Gibson's Film

Despite critics' claims that Mel Gibson has no distributor to put his blockbuster film "The Passion" into theaters around the country, Gibson does have at least one.

According to Fox News' Roger Friedman, Gibson's company, Icon Entertainment, which produced "The Passion," has a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox.

20th Century Fox is owned by News Corporation, which also owns Fox News.

According to Friedman, 20th Century Fox has a first-look option with Icon and right of refusal.

Fox News says it also has the right to outbid another studio. As a result, "The Passion" right now is a 20th Century Fox film.

Executives from that studio and others have now seen "The Passion," and Friedman says 20th is "rumored to be very interested in distributing the film."

Oops....I guess that was redundant...sorry everyone...esp. JF......I just got a bit over-excited.......

No problem, St. M...I guess we're both excited. 🙂 I went to the aintitcool trailer site, (www.aintitcool.com/ThePassion.mov) and it no longer works (I don't know why), so I would go to the moviebox option. www.moviebox.net Agreed, the music is powerful, but it's actually from another soundtrack--it's not going to be used in The Passion. James Horner (The Perfect Storm, Titanic, A Beautiful Mind, etc.) wrote the original score for this movie, so it should be great!

Again, regarding the trailer music, here's some information I found from others who are more familiar with it:

"According to some of the people on here and on other boards, it's from the movie "The Rabbit-proof Fence".

"im sure it is from "rabbit proof fence" by peter gabriel. who also did the fantastic soundtrack for "last temptation of christ" which is called "passion".this must tell us something?????????? "

"Running to the Rain from Rabbit-Proof Fence."

I think the music really fit in with the trailer despite its not being the music for the film. Anyhow, as I said before, if James Horner is composing the music, it should be powerful as well.

Here's a pretty cool website I came across that keeps track of some Passion news, thought it's not immediately up to date (last posted article is from July 1), nor is it comprehensive. Anyhow, it's fairly informative.

http://www.passion-movie.com/english/news.html

P.S. I've been keeping a running tab of links regarding the Passion since April, even articles going back to September 2002 until present day. If anyone is interested, I can email the links to you... Leave me a private message if interested.

Here's more from that website:

They included the trailer that can be viewed not only by Quicktime, but also Real Audio/Video and Windows Media Player, at a smaller size than the original 22 MB.

http://www.passion-movie.com/english/trailer.html

Also, this "support" doesn't mean financial, it just asks for information to show how much interest is involved and where it is more prominent. The more, the merrier! It might help bring it to the theaters!

http://www.passion-movie.com/english/support.html

Making a film is one thing. "Distribution", getting it into theaters, is another. There is no doubt that PASSION will be carried in some movie theaters. However, those theaters may be few and far between and it may be a 60+ minute drive just to get to the "art movie theater" to see it. This is where 'distribution' is key. What we need to do now is to show the distribution company that people really will go see the film! The distributor will only push to get the film shown in the theaters it thinks that people will go watch it in. Distributing a film is an expensive and risky business and a company will only try to distribute a film that they think people will go to see!

By signing up on our website, we find out not only how many people want to see this film, but also where. This makes the film more "desirable" to the distributor and therefore the distributor will work harder (and spend more money) in getting the film into lots of theaters, and it also makes the theater chains more willing to carry it because they too think they will make money. When people sign up on our website, it will increase the chances that the film will be in a theater near you! The more people that plan to see it, the more theaters it will be in, the more theaters it will be in, the more people will have a chance to see it.

Here's a newly released 4 and 1/2 minute trailer that gives us slightly more of a glimpse of the film to come...

http://www.harvest.org/special/index.php/1/2/6.html

It sounds great!I will be one of the firsts in line to see it.I would prefer it without subtitles.It would be more realistic and just let the pictures tell the story.

hmm came across this article today

NEW YORK (CNN) -- "The Passion," a movie about Jesus conceived and directed by Mel Gibson, could re-ignite violence against Jews, protesters warned Thursday in a rally outside the midtown Manhattan headquarters of News Corporation, owner of film studio 20th Century Fox.

full article here
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/28/passion.protest/index.html

Amazing eh how a movie can have such an impact.!

Yeah, I came across it yesterday too. I can't believe they're protesting based on a 2-second scene they only saw from the trailer. They haven't even seen the whole movie!! I think they're basing their protest on what the ADL has been marketing, and I think their ideologies lend themselves to believing them, though they have no proof of their own. However, people will see what they will see. I also think there might be a bit of spiritual warfare going on, don't you think?

yeah , althought i hate discussing religious aspects, i think if the movie is truly based on the fact that mel directed it according to the bible, there is no basis for a protest right? that would mean u would protest written documentation of the bible??? I tend to wonder in this politically correct world these days to many people find excuses to protest anything and everything? like i said i hate talking about religion but i think these protests are unfounded. No one protested the old movies made in the 70's about jesus! or if there was it wasnt reported or it was on a small scale. To much hype on this version.