I chuckled at the headline of this story on Foxnews.com. I'm more than a little surprised that "The Passion of the Christ" was dubbed the most controversial movie of all time.
Not that I put a ton of stock into what Entertainment Weekly says, but I don't think I would have picked it (of course, I think it's controversial to cast Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews in "My Fair Lady"). "The Last Temptation of Christ" would have been on there way before "Passion." I remember even as a kid that there were protesters in the streets, death threats -- it was a big deal.
"Passion" did ignite quite a bit of controversy, but a lot of that can be attributed to buzz. And buzz is not the same thing as controversy.
"Fahrenheit 9/11" stirred up truckloads of controversy. I wonder how they measured the controversy of a film in this list?
To my recollection, there is only ONE scene in "Passion" that riled people up. And while it can be viewed as a significant part of the film, it was over in a flash and even toned down by Mel Gibson in production. Not only that, but the dialog in question was taken directly from scriptural text widely accepted by Bible believers.
If we're talking faith-oriented films, those like "Temptation" or even "Da Vinci Code" win by default, if only because they call into question historical elements deemed sacred by "believers."
Thoughts, anyone?
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Apparently around the turn of this century, someone surveyed the British people asking them to rank the most influential people of the last 1,000 years. 1,000 years.
Among the top five answers: Princess Diana and Nelson Mandela.
People have short memories, J.
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