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Summary: biased?
Review: 3 stars for Mel. Two knocked off-- one for Diane's obvious biasness and one for the network's biasness. Diane was 'just' doing what she was told to do and was scripted to do (doh?). There's a movie out in theaters now called "Saved". It is very biased towards young Christians. How much you want to bet that this movie will NOT be put down by Diane or this network? Any takers?Mel impresses me with his boldness in doing the movie and the interview. He KNEW what the reaction would be by the "hey we insist on Christians being tolerant" club. The networks have long been biased towards anything Christian (nothing new there and God help these people!), but Mel stood by his beliefs and has an answer in season and out. Good going Mel!
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Summary: biased?
Review: 3 stars for Mel. Two knocked off-- one for Diane's obvious biasness and one for the network's biasness. Diane was 'just' doing what she was told to do and was scripted to do (doh?). There's a movie out in theaters now called "Saved". It is very biased towards young Christians. How much you want to bet that this movie will NOT be put down by Diane or this network? Any takers? Mel impresses me with his boldness in doing the movie and the interview. He KNEW what the reaction would be by the "hey we insist on Christians being tolerant" club. The networks have long been biased towards anything Christian (nothing new there and God help these people!), but Mel stood by his beliefs and has an answer in season and out. Good going Mel!
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Summary: It's painful to watch Sawyer debase herself
Review: Anyone who sees this review can see that it is extremely flawed for two reasons: First, Sawyer obviously knows very little about Christianity. How can you question someone about their religious beliefs when you haven't got a clue yourself? Second, it's painfully obvious that Sawyer was constantly attempting to bait Gibson into saying something "controversial." It's just awful to watch her do it; it's like watching someone you respect write profanity on a washroom stall; you just kind of feel sick to your stomach seeing them debase themselves. The very fact that they have packaged this television interview for sale on DVD is indication that their intent was commercial, not journalistic.
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Summary: Down with Diane Sawyer!
Review: Despite the fact that Diane Sawyer was doing her best to make him look bad, Mel Gibson made very many good points in this interview AND got in a few jokes as well! However, I was very frusterated by some of the so-called experts--almost all of them were against the movie. I was especially annoyed with the one, "Pretend I'm a martian..." This, along with Diane Sawyer's attitude, is what made me give this only three stars.
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Summary: Money Mel and His Big Money Movie
Review: First, the guy who ordered this thinking it was the "Passion" movie, you're an idiot. You got what you deserved for not paying attention. This interview is a waste of time, Gibson is just promoting himself and I don't belive a word of his personal religous dogma. If anyone thinks Mel made 'The Passion' for any reason other than to make himelf richer, then you are a fool. If his inspiration was to spread "the word", why weren't the profits given to his beloved Catholic church? The money went in Mel's pockets and if you paid your hard earned dollars to see it you're fool, regardless of the quality of the story or your religious beelifs. Not one cent went to any religous entity of any kind. Except Mel's chruch of course. Did you know Mel started his own chruch? With private membership? I guess he decided not to tell you that part. He's a money grubbing egomanic and if you buy into his crap then more fool you.
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Summary: Money Mel and His Big Money Movie
Review: First, the guy who ordered this thinking it was the "Passion" movie, you're an idiot. You got what you deserved for not paying attention. This interview is a waste of time, Gibson is just promoting himself and I don't belive a word of his personal religous dogma. If anyone thinks Mel made 'The Passion' for any reason other than to make himelf richer, then you are a fool. If his inspiration was to spread "the word", why weren't the profits given to his beloved Catholic church? The money went in Mel's pockets and if you paid your hard earned dollars to see it you're fool, regardless of the quality of the story or your religious beelifs. Not one cent went to any religous entity of any kind. Except Mel's chruch of course. Did you know Mel started his own chruch? With private membership? I guess he decided not to tell you that part. He's a money grubbing egomanic and if you buy into his crap then more fool you.
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Summary: Confident and Steady Mel Gibson
Review: Gibson did very little press for The Passion, with this being the much-hyped primetime ABC interview. Sawyer asks the questions that would be expected, asking him why he didn't make a more politically correct version. Gibson should be commended for standing by his vision. His particular form of Orthodox Catholicism believes the brutal crucifixion is the singular most important moment in the life of Christ, and to understand the him, you must travel that last day with him and suffer ever blow. Therefore, he felt his depiction of the death of Christ was the ONLY version he could ever produce (he tires to explain this to Sawyer who seems to suggest "well, why not change this story if people get mad?"). To him, anything else would be a compromise before God. You may not agree with his spin on the meaning of Jesus, but you have to admire his allegiance to his beliefs. In a moment emphasizing Gibson's nearly jaw-dropping gall, he answers a question by Sawyer similar to "Isn't it wrong and unfair to modern Jews to show them doing bad things in this movie?" His answer is to compare it to Schindler's List, and how that historical film is most likely discomforting to modern Germans. I understand his point (and agree), but it is easy to see how he gets labeled anti-Semitic with parallels like that.
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Summary: Confident and Steady Mel Gibson
Review: Gibson did very little press for The Passion, with this being the much-hyped primetime ABC interview. Sawyer asks the questions that would be expected, asking him why he didn't make a more politically correct version. Gibson should be commended for standing by his vision. His particular form of Orthodox Catholicism believes the brutal crucifixion is the singular most important moment in the life of Christ, and to understand the him, you must travel that last day with him and suffer ever blow. Therefore, he felt his depiction of the death of Christ was the ONLY version he could ever produce (he tires to explain this to Sawyer who seems to suggest "well, why not change this story if people get mad?"). To him, anything else would be a compromise before God. You may not agree with his spin on the meaning of Jesus, but you have to admire his allegiance to his beliefs. In a moment emphasizing Gibson's nearly jaw-dropping gall, he answers a question by Sawyer similar to "Isn't it wrong and unfair to modern Jews to show them doing bad things in this movie?" His answer is to compare it to Schindler's List, and how that historical film is most likely discomforting to modern Germans. I understand his point (and agree), but it is easy to see how he gets labeled anti-Semitic with parallels like that.
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Summary: Another hairy question
Review: Hi Mel!
The controversial points of your movie are far from being exhaustive. Faith, religion, the Jewish question,... but there's still more to discover that's not mentioned in the interview. It is worth watching (I mean both - movie and interview), BUT... Did you know that you're out of date with your Passion?! What makes you think Jesus lived then and there? There's a terribly convincing tradition of historical thought that was first formulated by Isaac Newton (!) and has gained momentum since then that claims the history of humanity to be much, much shorter than we usually presume. We even don't bother to question ourselves whether what we learn in school is TRUE at all... I think that much of what we take for granted should be revised. Apart from Newton, you should read Fomenko's works about chronology falsification like "History: Fiction or Science" (I gave it five stars, too).
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Summary: This is not the Passion movie
Review: I bought this dvd thinking it was the movie The Passion, starring Diane Sawyer. It turns out that this is not the movie at all, but some kind of wierd yakkety-yakkety-yakkety-yak between some very tired old woman who is trying desperately to look young and some other guy with a very confusing accent who seems to think he's really something. Very wierd stuff. My wife said I was stupid for thinking this was the movie, because on the cover it says "ABC Primetime". But I just thought that was maybe the name of the movie company, like Disney or Mirimax or something.
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