Always Look on the Bright Side of Life...

Still wondering about the whole violence-in-the-Passion thing (religiously uplifting or just numbingly violent? And how does it compare to the religious objections to violent kink?) I've read with interest a couple of op-ed pieces on Google that ask the same question (well, the first half of that question).

However this link, originally swiped from merclibrarian adds a welcome note of levity. I present The Passion of the Christ Blooper Reel.

You look at the whole movie in a new light, particularly the violence and gore aspect, when you find out that Christ got the giggles so badly that it took him 35 takes to get "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" right. Much less:

Take 12

Jesus: Hey! I can see my house from here.

Other bloopers here ( So that there is a record when the newspaper removes the article from the web. )

Always look on the bright side of life... (Y'know, when that movie came out, I was appalled. But my mother, who went with me so I could get into an R flick, laughed her head off. She says you have to have served on a church committee to really appreciate Life of Brian.)

From the sublime to the ridiculous

( Bush campaign ads include shot of firefighters carrying a flag-draped stretcher from the WTC. )

I'm so glad I heard about this commercial before I saw it. Forewarned is forearmed.