Thursday, March 02, 2006

The McPassion Movie


Remember last year's hype about the opening of Mel Gibson's movie The Passion of the Christ on Ash Wednesday?

Here is a satire of those trailers of last year, brought to my attention by my friend Dustin who saw it on Christianity Today's website. Thanks, Dustin. I think.

Warning: this has something to offend EVERYONE, particularly in the last bit with the coming attractions.

UPDATE and Correction: Songbird pointed out that The Passion of the Christ opened 2 years ago, not last year!
Second Update: Dustin reminded me in the comments that the purpose of the movie was not to insult anyone but to make people think about how this was unduly commercialized. Here is the link to an interview with the filmaker that Dustin included in his comment for more information. Thanks, Dustin, for real!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, that really does have it all...

(Wasn't it two years ago?)

Jody Harrington said...

I stand corrected. It WAS two years ago!

Anonymous said...

ROTFL.

Though it may be a little too true for comfort. I mean, they really did sell the nails . . .

The Dustinator said...

QG I had hoped you would post the link on your blog. The idea of course was not just to insult people but to make them think about the messages coming from the pulpit and how they might be unduly commercialized. Your readers should see the interview with the filmmaker at http://www.christianitytoday.com/movies/
interviews/rikswartzwelder.html (copy the two lines and paste into browser)
God Bless,
Dustin

Jules said...

I for one, thought it was hilarious!