The Passion of the Christ

[cjolley]

Originally posted by GNEP
So what did the Lebanese censors do with Memento then SD?

LOL
chuck

PS Did you know that there is an easter egg of the plot done forwards on the DVD?

[spadnos]

Originally posted by cjolley
LOL
chuck

PS Did you know that there is an easter egg of the plot done forwards on the DVD?

That movie would suck forwards.

How do you get to it?

- Steve

[Ozbreeze]

someone told me that the Passion movie all in subtitles...is it? I hate subtitles...can't concentrate on the movie that way.

[Jon P. Inghram]

Well, the credits aren't subtitled, does that count?

[Ozbreeze]

lol

[KvHagedorn]

It's spoken in two dead languages: Latin and Aramaic, because Mel Gibson wanted to give us the words as we actually would have heard them then. I agree that I would like to be able to pay more attention to the actors' faces when they are speaking, but I suppose one could watch it twice.

[Gurm]

Well it's interesting, because despite the Catholic Church's insistence (and let's face it - what they call "Latin" is really pretty bastardized anyway) there is no concrete evidence that anyone EVER spoke Latin. Ever. Anywhere. They spoke Italian, and WROTE Latin. So the fact that they speak Latin in the movie right away is just silly. It's silly to listen to people speaking Latin. You can't build an empire speaking a language that unwieldy!

As for Aramaic, I'd love to know how anyone knows what Aramaic is supposed to sound like. *shrug*

- Gurm

[schmosef]

Wasn't Hebrew still used at that time by the Jews for prayer?

[KvHagedorn]

In one of the scenes they showed Pilate talking to Jesus. Jesus spoke Aramaic and Pilate spoke Latin. How weird. Presumably they both understood both languages.

[schmosef]

I haven't read the gospels yet. Should I read them before I see the movie?

[Jon P. Inghram]

The only Aramaic I know is the last word of Joseph of Arimathea: "Aaaarrrrghh."

[spadnos]

Anyone who didn't like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (because of the subtitles), raise your hands.....

Didn't think so.

- Steve

[Technoid]

uhm, what's so wrong with subtitles?

In sweden we ONLY dub childrens stuff, all other are subtitled

[Jon P. Inghram]

I've got no problem with subtitles, CT,HD and Das Boot are two good examples of the non-English dialog with subtitles that are more entertaining than the English tracks.

[K6-III]

Amelie was fantastic as well...