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January 21, 2004

At The Movies

I paused brielfly before writing this and posting it, but someone said "Why not? You thrive on that stuff."

So, uh, ok. I can already anticipate who this will offend.

There is much hoopla about the Pope's opinion of Mel Gibson's ancient-gibberish-laden epic, The Passion. I've no doubt it will probably be a good movie, if only because (a) the story of Jesus is a very traditional myth following the quest of the Hero and (b) it has Monica Bellucci. Anyway, the Vatican is now making a point of saying that His Pointy-Hattedness, Pope John Paul II, has no official position on the film:

Pope John Paul II's longtime secretary denied Tuesday that the pontiff ever offered his endorsement of Mel Gibson's controversial biblical epic "The Passion of the Christ," disputing reports attributed to the producers.

Anyway, the Pope may not be willing to give Gibson's work the big nod of the Holy See, but someone else is giving it two thumbs up.

I know, I am so going to Hell for that one. I hope they have beer. For my counter-balancing good deed, I shall endeavor to smile at everyone I meet tomorrow and wish them a good day - and mean it. Except on the highway.

(honestly, I would have expected The Raving Atheist to do something like this first; I'm sure someone beat me to it - it's so sad not being as outright and efficiently insensitive as possible, isn't it?)