REVIEW:
The Passion of Christ
This certainly is the
year of living dangerously for Mel Gibson. His new film, The
Passion of the Christ, is proving to be a
lethal weapon to movie critics and some Jews alike. Yes, the film is bloody; it takes a
brave heart to sit through the torturous last 12 hours before Jesus' crucifixion. But unless you make a
chicken run out the cinema doors, you'll get great
payback for sitting through till the end. There's a
conspiracy theory that Gibson is holding Jews
ransom for "killing Christ." But that is not true. If it were true, Gibson would be
the man without a face in Hollywood. But is this film
what women want? Women like
Pocahontas? And what about the men? Will this
maverick filmmaker receive
punishment from the movie-going public? The early
signs point to "no." But
the river between Gibson's advocates and critics is wide. Support for the film will vary from
hamlet to
hamlet. For critics,
the bounty on Gibson's head couldn't be higher. But to his fans, Gibson will always be
the patriot. I believe the praise he will get will keep Gibson feeling
forever young, and each day, for him, will begin with a
tequila sunrise.
Wow. Just wow.
Kim Novak is 71 years old today.
For me, she is forever etched into my memory as she appeared in
Vertigo.
Wow.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE....
"Hanoi" Jane Fonda
rises to defend Senator John Kerry's anti-war activism. Other celebrities set to come to Kerry's aid include
Michael Jackson,
Charles Manson and the late
John Wayne Gacy.