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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
1:44 PM

Signs
Imagine you are a filmmaker. (I expect Dana to excel at this part. ) You decide to make a movie about the crucifixion of Christ. So off you go to shoot your movie. But during the course of shooting, movie crew members are struck by lightning not once, not twice, but THREE times! Yes, you read that correctly. Three lightning strikes. Don't believe me? Check this out: Electrifying Movie.

For those of you who haven't heard about it yet, I'm talking about Mel Gibson's new movie that opened today. It's called The Passion of the Christ and is about the final twelve hours of the life of Jesus Christ. Any of you who have heard about the movie have no doubt heard the various controversies surrounding the movie. First, Mel (yes, we are on a first name basis) claimed the Pope had endorsed the movie. The Vatican later said he did not. (I'll be he doesn't even remember watching it. No, I'm not criticizing the Pope, but he is, after all, not so young anymore and I certainly hope he is attending to far more important things than Mel's latest movie. Give the Pope a break and let him do his job instead of Gene Shalit's). Then there is the controversy about how it is allegedly anti-Semitic (it supposedly blames the Jews for the crucifixion).

I'm not going to get into a religious debate or even comment on the movie itself (having not seen it). Forget about all that controversy as it overlooks one key fact:
People were struck by lightning while making it!! Three times!!

As set forth in my linked article, one guy was struck twice, and another (the main actor, James Caviezel) was struck once. I don't know about you, but if I was on that crew, one lightning strike and I would have been out of there. And I have no choice but to wonder about the sanity of the guy who presumably kept working even after being struck two times. Forget about what the Pope says. Take the lightning as a sign!! How much clearer could it be??

I also have to wonder about Mel's sanity given that the movie is filmed entirely in Latin and Aramaic and Mel only recently agreed to allow the film to be subtitled. Just who exactly was going to be his audience? How many people know Latin these days, much less Aramaic? (I wonder how they know if they even got the Aramaic parts right?) And how many people out there actually know both? Maybe 2?

Again, no position from me about the topic or controversy. I just think that lightning, in itself, is enough of a sign for me. I think I'll wait and see if I hear anything about people being struck by lightning while viewing the movie before I decide whether or not to see it. Just in case.

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