Ew.

[superdaintykate]

Watched The Passion of the Christ last night. Good lord. When someone called it a two-hour-and-six-minute snuff film, they sure weren't kidding

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[superdaintykate]

I don't fucking blame you. Once I got through the scourge scene I figured, well, heck, I know how it ends, I might as well stick around and see if it redeems itself.

It didn't.

[revme]

I like how the Stranger, for a while, referred to it almost exclusively as Splatterchrist.

[superdaintykate]

Incredibly apt.

[silverfae]

Good one!

My favorite is The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre.

[superdaintykate]

Man, that too.

[mikalay]

Yep.

[superdaintykate]

It made me want to run and rent Last Temptation again, because that is such a freaking awesome movie, maybe it would bleach my brain a little.

[bintblue]

I haven't been able to go there myself (yet).

[superdaintykate]

I agree with the two reviews I've read on it, Ebert's and the aformentioned "snuff film" one. I had no impulse to go acquire it but, since it was on, I thought I'd watch it so I could, you know, speak to it.

I don't regret it (much), but it did bring up a lot of the stuff that made me want to leave the church in thie first place.

I mean, Ebert is right, in that it does what it was meant to, it reminds you how brutal the process was; I think that can get numbed over from weekly repetition. Body and blood is definitely in the forefront.

But it also serves as a reminder of the Guilt that is Catholicism's gift to world religions. Okay, buddy, Jesus did this incredibly brave and painful thing for you, to make things okay. So...boy, do you owe him, knawmean? DID I MENTION HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS? LET ME SHOW YOU HOW.

Maybe I'll just go listen to Jesus Christ Superstar on repeat for a while.

[bintblue]

Yeah, I'll pass. Superstar sounds good--the soundtrack alone may do the trick. Last Temptation also sounds like a good plan. Have you read the latter? Loved the movie, and also loved the book.

Interesting re: the Catholic stuff. I am so lapsed, but also it is so...ingrained. There are parts of it that feel like parts of who I am, or how I "naturally" react to things, and definitely that allow me to have conversations with others with very little explanation needed. I guess it feels more like shared culture than religion to me at this point, most of the time. The religious/spiritual parts I still use I mostly keep to myself.

[superdaintykate]

I haven't read it -- must add it to my list!

The comedian Dara O'Briain talks about being "ethnically Catholic", and I totally understand that. I also felt the phrase "recovering Catholic" was pretty applicable when I was transitioning out of the Church.

I hope I didn't offend you -- I certainly know and love a lot of Catholics and I really hope I didn't hurt your feelings.

[schtune]

I'm always waiting for Jim Caviezel to have some kind of public meltdown so the tabloid-style dailies (New York Post, probably) can headline: "Pop goes Ceviezel!"

[superdaintykate]

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen