![]() ![]() ![]() The movie made much more money than expected -around $370 million. Mel Gibson was unable to get support from movie studios for this movie, and so supplied the money for it (around $25 million) mostly himself. The movie makers said that this was not their intention, however criticism from both sides continued and still persists to this day. ![]() They said that this would cause people to think that modern-day Jews were guilty because of this and increase antisemitism and inaccurate beliefs of Jews. There were also other depictions in the film of Jews that many Jews and Christians felt was controversial. Jewish groups and Christians objected to the movie because it showed the Jewish leaders arranging to have Jesus killed. Mel Gibson said that this was a realistic showing of what happened, though others thought it showed too much violence. The movie spent a lot of time showing details of the suffering and death of Jesus, with lots of violent scenes. All of the speech was in three languages that were spoken at the time of Jesus: Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Regardless of your feelings of the film, its the most successful R-rated film ever, and as of this writing, has already passed the 300-million mark. With The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson has been accused of anti-Semitism, among other charges. The Passion of the Christ was unusual and controversial for many reasons. With The Last Temptation of Christ, Martin Scorsese dealt with a negative backlash. The movie shows the last 24 hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth (called by his followers Jesus Christ) as told in the Gospel accounts contained in the New Testament that Christians regard as a part of the Holy Bible. The Passion of the Christ is the title of a movie that was produced and directed by Mel Gibson based on sister Catherine Emmerich's visions. ![]()
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