I saw it last night. The theatre was almost empty at a 7:45 p.m. show on a Saturday night! It's a beautiful piece of artwork by Mel Gibson. Yes, it was bloody and violent, but those were bloody and violent times and, according to the scripture, Jesus died a bloody and violent death for all our sins. I think Mel Gibson did a fantastic job in portraying what happened during Jesus' final 12 hours of life.

Some people have said it is anti-semitic (one personal friend who hasn't even seen it). I saw NO anti-semitism in the movie. Mel told the story through the medium of film and did an extremely realistic job. Well done!

It made me go home and pull down the Bible and actually read it! I've never done that!