I am wondering why people are so surprised and angry... did they think crucifixion was a cake walk? It was bloody, gory, painful, absolutely cruel. I don't know when or why the Catholic/Christian faith decided to turn the image of the cross into an icon, as for hundreds of years, people viewed the image of a cross as a horror - the way we'd think about the electric chair... will people be walking around with little gold chairs in two thousand years? (Ok, so electric chair isn't the perfect similie, but you get the point.)
I also agree with Richard, we see so much gratuitous violence in movies today... why does everyone get dso enraged when we attach that violence to an actual fact? Take Save Private Ryan - people walked out of the theater in droves and demanded their money back "because it was too violent" Well, folks, what did you think war was? Did you think they sat on the beach and played patty-cake? Its the same thing with this movie, and I applaud Mel Gibson for being brave enough to portray it in a realistic light instead of the "watered down" version people prefer to live with.
As for the woman who died of a heart attack, it truly is a sad story. I hope that she is in a happy place, walking hand in hand with those she loved and lost.
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