Reply #5: Rent it

[skygazer]

It's not like its that much. I rented it last week out of curiosity. I'm NOT a Christian - I guess I would best be described as an agnostic. I don't necessarily believe there is NOT a god but I don't necessarily believe there IS one either. I'm open minded. I figure I'll know when I die and since we all do that, there's no need to worry about it.

That said, I approached the movie not as some representation of The Truth but as a movie. I think its likely that Jesus was a real historical character so I looked at the movie as I look at most historical movies - just a movie. I don't get my history from movies - they never get it right.

As a movie, I actually thought it was pretty good. It told a compelling story. Do I believe the story to be true? No. Did I believe the story in Blazing Saddles was true? No but I enjoyed it. Some people get as misty eyed about the Star Wars movies as the Christian wackjobs get about the Passion. To me, they're just movies.

To balance things out, I followed the next night with Monty Python's Life of Brian. The Monty Python version is better.