02-29-2004, 03:01 AM
Quote:and so far, this film has done little but make folks hate each other and be angry.
I've heard from many who've seen the film, and they are smart enough to know that it makes no sense to hate modern Jews for what some Jewish sects may or may not have done 2000 years ago. Are there Pharisees and Saducees (sp?) still around?
The only people I've heard negative from are people who are afraid the movie will whip up anti-Semitism. I have yet to hear anyone who's seen the movie spout anti-Semitism. I'm sure I'd be able to find it, but I'm sure it'd be the same people who were already vocally anti-Semitic.
The same critics say that the movie also panders to stereotypes of Jews, but since I haven't seen it, I can't agree or disagree there.
The point of all the gory suffering is to drive home just how bad the suffering was. Even if it is not, as you say, as gory as the real thing, I'm sure it is still much worse than most people imagine it. It may do some good to open some eyes to how "medieval" that time was.
-V