How could you? How could you snub Jesus? JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND YET YOU SHUT HIM OUT OF THE MAJOR OSCAR CATEGORIES!
YOUR PAGAN AWARDS ARE INAUTHENTIC!—YOUR POLITICAL BIASES ILLUMINATED BY THE BLINDING LIGHT OF GOD’S OWN TRUTH!
(Good call on the Moore snub, though. Because, y’know, what a fat bastard that guy is, eh?)*
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update: DO NOT TAUNT THE LORD!*
Arts and Sciences…
Who is this “Oscar” everyone keeps talking about?
(I’ve usually seen maybe ONE movie that is nominated … this year I’m “0” for … well, however many they have, 5?”)
I love this line-
Since when has this bloated loony liberal freak show ever made “the Academy” something of significance? I thought it just reminded everyone of how shallow and obnoxious most of Hollywood is..
I’m so sick of that Passion movie. I haven’t even seen the damn movie and I’m sick of it. The reason it didn’t win for screenplay is probably because it’s based on a story that’s already been told a frigging bajillion times. Must’ve been quite a creative stretch to adapt it to the silver screen. For the umpteenth time.
Jeff, you KNOW they would have been falling all over themselves with nominations for the lefty-lardo if Kerry had won.
Ghost of Tony Randall: I always liked Oscar.
Jack Klugman: How about those Jesus games!
Ghost of Tony Randall: OK, changed my mind.
Jack Klugman: No, really. It’s like the Super Bowl only its about Jesus in a movie.
Ghost of Tony Randall: Look, I have it on good authority that he’s going to show back up and kick some ass.
Jack Klugman:
Ghost of Tony Randall:
Jack Klugman: So, how ‘bout those Pats!
Mel: Why hast thou forsaken me?
God: What, you couldn’t write a little part, a cameo even, for Fred Ward or Maggie wheeler?
I have no son…
I can’t believe they’re dishonoring the memory of the 14 Stunt-Jesuses that died during the filming.
Michael Moore got greedy (no! really?) and pulled his film from the best documentary category so he’d have a shot at best picture. Apparently, that was a stretch that even the Oscar voters weren’t willing to make. I’m struggling to care, at this point, since the words “awards show†triggers Pavlovian spasms of yawning.
*shrug* No Passion, no Lord of the Rings…woo hoo! Now I can happily and totally without guilt bypass that ridiculous show. How delightful.
It’s so relaxing to tune out and ignore popular culture….
Even as a Christian, I didn’t particularly care for the Passion. I wanted to like it- I felt guilty that I didn’t- I thought it would have been much better showing scenes of Jesus’s life and snippets of his crucifixion, rather than the other way around. I understood the purpose of it and don’t find it odd other people found it uplifting.
But all things considered, the movie wasn’t “Oscar worthy” (though in light of the current candidates, thats not saying much)- however, Mel Gibson made mad bank, which I presume takes some of the sting out of missing out on a nomination.
Matt, As a Christian, I wouldn’t say I “liked” The Passion. That isn’t the word I would use. I thought it was beautifully filmed and acted. I certainly didn’t find it “uplifting.” It was tragic and horrible to watch what he went through. The reason it focused on the crucifixion is because that is what “the Passion” was. In the language of Christianity. It wasn’t “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” You see?
I couldn’t care less if it received a nomination for an Oscar and I doubt Mel does either.
I liked the movie. But I don’t think it deserves a Best Pic nomination, nor do any of the actors (good as they were) deserve nominations. Just not enough to the roles.
I do think, however, that suggestions that the film somehow deserves major Oscar nominations based on either its subject matter or its box office gross is silly.
They certainly don’t deserve nomination for having a gross director (Moore, not Gibson).
Spam word: act. Heh.
The Passion was an extraordinary movie, and making it was an act of courage. It’s made Gibson a pariah in this town (albeit an exceedingly rich one).
And I’m so thankful 9/11 didn’t get nominated that I can’t even see straight. After that bogus speech last year I was *not* looking forward to going through *that* again.
Rightwing, you’re right and I agree with you- the film fullfilled its purpose. My parents saw it twice and – well I’m not sure enjoyed was the word- but they appreciated it and took friends to see it, et al. I guess for me, it was just difficult to watch– not because of the violence or torture (while graphic, it wasn’t much worse than anything you’d see in a run of the mill horror movie) but I suppose because I prefer to think of Jesus in a different light- one that blends the necessity of his suffering with the uplifting parts of his life and ministry. I realize a movie called the Passion is going to focus on the former rather than the latter but I must admit, I really enjoyed Caviezel’s performance more when he wasn’t being struck or impaled.
Anyway, taken on its merits, I didn’t think an Oscar nod was out of line (I agree that the cinematography was quite good) but at the same time, I can understand why there was no nomination.
I also agree with atillagirl- Mel took an incredible personal and financial risk in making the film and its good to see someone besides that fat propagandist make money on a risky undertaking in Hollywood.
On a related note, how many folks have seen any of the movies nominated for Best Picture ? Maybe its me but I can’t get excited over any of those movies, even Eastwood’s.
Not only have I not seen these movies, I have never even heard of them.
Too bad.
The Incredibles is awesome.
C’mon Jeff, you know that if Jesus had said “Eeny.. meeny.. miny.. HEY MOE!” and shot out Pontius Pilate’s aquarium, you would be on the ALL CHRISTIANS GOT SCREWED YET AGAIN bandwagon.
“What if Richard Donner had made The Passion of the Christ, Alex?”
It is important ( or not maybe ) to note that as you may know the PR that goes into getting these films nominated is enormous! Ads, tapes sent, phone calls made ect.. Michael Moore went all out. (They are saying that was the reason for his “makeover’ look). Mel, on the other hand did nothing to promote or ask that “The Passion of Christ” be nominated. Even in the other categories in which it is nominated. Which does tell me that Mel didn’t care. This was something he felt he had to do and he did it. Hollywood will probably have nothing to do with him again, and I doubt he cares about that either.
Hollywood will probably have nothing to do with him again, and I doubt he cares about that either.
Now that’s just silly. Hollywood may be run by liberals and may have certain ingrained biases for or against certain material, but above all else, they value filthy lucre. If Mel can but butts in the seats, he’ll get roles. The Governator’s been out as a Republican for years, but as long as he made them money, Hollywood’s thrown scripts at him. Mel had to make The Passion on his own dime because (1) he didn’t want anyone else to have any say over the medium or the message and (2) the concept is a hard sell at best. Hollywood didn’t think it would make any money. Clearly, they were wrong, and they underestimated the willingness of evangelicals to go to the cinema that they otherwise shun when it was one of their stories.