Passion of the Christ won a People's Choice Award.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

Would have preferred "Ray" myself.

[Pirate Smile]

1. What was the category?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

4. Best Drama

[DieboldMustDie]

25. Best snuff flick.

:evilgrin:

[GCP]

2. Fuck Mel Gibson and the horse he rode in on

Fucking religious nut.

[Bombtrack]

30. amen

[Lenape85]

3. Well, didn't Michael Moore win best altogether

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. Yes yes he did.

[Lenape85]

18. Well, take that, you crazy schmuck (remembers SP parody)

[Renew Deal]

5. It was probably the best movie of the 3.

Thoough it's the only one I actually saw.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

9. Gibson thanked "the red states, the blue states and the catatonic

states.' WTF?

[Renew Deal]

17. I guess it was a little joke.

It's amazing how everything has to be balanced these days. They have to balance Moore with Gibson. Whatever

[arwalden]

7. I Suppose If You Like Gratuitous Violence And Blood...

then it was okay (barf).

[Renew Deal]

11. Best movie drama.

Whatever that means.

[TrustingDog]

26. sorry, but I don't understand the Hate for The Passion here...

Maybe I'm missing something really sinister Mel did... hey, I'm up for enlightenment. Fill me in.

I did see the Passion and I was moved by it (a little disturbed by the violence, yes, but I also saw Kill Bill and hundreds of other bloodynesses in my theatre/move experiences)

Mel did not invent the Jesus story, nor did he invent violence on the screen, nor was the movie anti-semetic in the slightest way in my view - in fact, I had such a feeling of sorrow for Judas that I had never experienced before.

I took the long drawn out flaying and beating as a reminder to us what real suffering is - it's not over in a 2 hour movie like we are used to - real life torture and suffering is not like that, the main character can't turn off the DVD player when it gets too rough.

Anyways, this is coming from a very non traditional 'religious' person - I just like to believe that people like Jesus do walk amongst us - if not, we're truly fucked/

[Mr. Blonde]

28. Both sides feel a real need to compare

The Passion and F9-11. You can't enjoy them both.

[TrustingDog]

29. yes I can, and do. I don't see any combat between the two in my view.

[arwalden]

32. I dislike those too.

[CornField]

8. The actual filming of Passion of the Christ was beautiful

That being said, had it been made about anyone other than Jesus it would have been given an NC-17 rating for the overt, graphic violence it contained.

[Charlie Brown]

24. I agree

On a technical level, I thought the Passion was tremendous (sound, editing, cinematography, costumes, etc.). Too bad the movie was dragged down by every cliche in the book, like slow-motion photography, flashbacks, and behind-closed-door debates between Pilate, his wife, et al. And then there's all the stuff Mel added to the Bible to make it more marketable. Aw, well. It certainly paid off.

Again, he won this award fairly, though. Congrats.

[sakabatou]

31. Didn't the guy who played Jesus

get struck by lightning?

[Mr. Blonde]

10. The Aviator is what I think should have won

but I'm not sure what the eligibility dates were.

[Renew Deal]

13. I think it will come up next year.

But didn't LOTR 3 come out late last year?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

12. Well, my head's not exploding :) MM won best film.

Now what are the Freepers going to say? They all just unanimously said that Hollywood can't be trusted.

[Mr. Blonde]

15. From the horses mouth

Moore's award was due to ballot stuffing. The Passion was an accurate vote. Amazing.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

19. lol yeah.

[CornField]

20. They're so cute when they contradict themselves, don't you think? LOL!

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. These nutbags, they hate the awards, think it's rigged but

are so PROUD that Passion won!

"As far as I'm concerned, these returns are as credibke as the online poll results on who won the debates. Moore and everyone
affiliated with this leftwing tantrum are on my never-spend-a-dime-for-anything-with-them-again list. Screw all of Hollywood.

I believe Mel's award is legit. Moore's award is not."

[babylonsister]

16. I'm blown away. I felt sure "Ray". Wishful thinking?

I haven't seen Ray, but I did see Passion. I'm not a fan.

[sonicx]

21. I liked Mel in action movies.

[Dr Fate]

22. Me too- Mad Max & Road Warior ROCK...

...but Thunderdome really stunk up the joint.

[babylonsister]

33. Then you never saw it.

Good old 'Mel' wasn't in it.

[Charlie Brown]

23. Mel won the award fair and square

we might as well be happy for him. Congrats, Mel.

[Charlie Brown]

27. By the way, the Freepers hacked this vote.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1292003/posts

Who knows if it had anything to do with the win. We probably had similar threads for Faranheit voters.

[fnottr]

34. Well....yeah

Internet polls really only represent which side can mobilize their base more effectively.

Anyway, did you catch this pic from the thread you posted?