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Christian artist
Lisa Bevill reviews
"The Passion of Christ" |
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Hendersonville, TN: December 8, 2003--I attended a private
screening of Mel Gibson's movie at Ricky Skaggs' church in
Hendersonville.
Well, let me just say that I am speechless, moved beyond
words and sobered by what I saw last night. There were
many country artists as well as Christian artists there,
along side some radio and press folks. The movie was in a
rough cut version, but still I thought a very finished
state, special effects had not been added yet, nor was the
music complete, still it brought uncontrollable weeping
from everyone.
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I couldn't stop crying through the
whole
movie. And when the movie was over, there was complete
silence in the church. I wanted the story to go on and
on for another two hours. I think the movie was about 2
hours long. It got started late, like around 7:30, and the
next time I looked at my watch it was 10:30. I actually
don't even remember. There was a question and answer time with
Mel Gibson himself, so who cared what time it was. Every
moment of the movie was captivating, breathtaking and still
there are no words.
The beating and suffering of Christ was almost unbearable to
watch. The scenes with flashbacks of Jesus when he was a
little boy and a scene of his mother running to comfort him
and then cradling him in her arms after he had fallen down
about the age of 4 or 5.....was interlaced with scenes of him
falling to the ground carrying his own cross, so bloody and
unrecognizable...and then her holding him in her arms after he
had been taken down from the cross. Her face then stared into
the camera while she was holding him and you could just
imagine the things she was thinking. Every parent who was
seated near me fell apart.
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The nails being hammered into his hands was the most real
thing! I had ever seen. One scene of Jesus and the
interaction with his mother...just reminded me of every
20-year old man/child and mom relationship. Where she's trying
to get him to come to eat...and has to remind him to wash his
hands before eating, she brings water to wash his hands and
after washing, he gently splashes water on his mother; but
then wraps his arms around her and kisses her on the cheek and
takes off running to the food.. I don't know. It just
reminded me of something my 15 year old would do to me. The
thought of one of my boys going through that, just made me
want to die inside.
There was a question and answer period last night with Mel
himself. We had heard rumors that he's been showing up to
these screenings. I got brave enough to put my hand up and
ask a question about the miracles that we had heard about, on
the set. And he began to talk about so many I couldn't really
keep track. I remember hearing about one of the actors being
hit by lightning twice yet walking away from it with only
smoking fingertips. I especially remember him talking about a
two-year child's, hearing and sight being restored...and he
said...you know you can't fake that when you're two. So we
know it was real. He was asked about Spiritual warfare on the
set...and he laughingly said, "Oh yeah! Just being in Italy
alone was enough warfare." He said it was intense.
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He said that the bad press surrounding the movie is just a few
small pressure groups that are causing all the noise. But
seem to have the loudest mouths. And that became the reason
for having these small private screenings is to get the word
out and to start a grass roots campaign into a swell. WOW!
That sounds familiar. We all get the chance to be Christ's
disciples all over again, in a fresh new way.
Ricky Skaggs asked the final question of the night to Mel
about how we can pray for him, help him, spread the word,
etc. He said that "Prayer is the most powerful thing. Don't
pray for all our enemies to have warts grow on their faces,
(laughter), but pray for our warring angels to fight against
Satan's angels, because the people don't know any better; they
are clueless and being used by Satan."
The movie comes out February 25, 2004. Ash Wednesday
nationwide with the title "The Passion of the Christ". Mel
said that he spent 35-million of his own money to make this
movie.
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Mel, I have to say is a man of the word! He knows the Bible
and is a believer. He said that this movie has been his
passion for the past 12 years and just 3 years ago did the Lord
begin to give him landmark signs that now was the time to
start filming the movie. He mentioned some of them...but one
that stuck in my mind, was him saying that some random little
old lady in France I think, came up to him and said something
to him that nobody could've known; I don't know what she said
to him, but he said the signs to get started on it, were
unmistakable.
I know that I am changed...and I pray that what I saw will be
etched on my brain forever and Lord, help me to never forget
the price you paid for us all. Help us all to remember,
we are not home yet. That heaven awaits all of us who believe
in Him that we all have a part to play, a heart to share, and
a burden to carry; a story of love and hope to spread.
Make it a point to take your entire family to this movie!--Lisa
Bevill
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The Passion is a cinematic exper-ience that serves an almost singular purpose: to show the scourging and death of Jesus Christ in such horrifically graphic detail (with Gibson's own hand pounding the nails in the cross) that even non-believers may feel a twinge of sorrow and culpability in witnessing the final moments of the Son of God, played by Jim Caviezel in a performance that's not so much acting as a willful act
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