I’m non-religious and I have been looking forward to this movie since I first heard about it.

Gibson seems to have made a movie that’s utterly unfriendly to the audience in terms of style—it’s in Latin, Greek and Aramaic. He didn’t even want to include subtitles but says he will now. He’s had the Anti-Defamation League on his back though they haven’t even seen the film, and the press has been harassing his father because he holds to some wacky ideas (which Gibson for the most part disagrees with, from what I’ve heard). But it seems that in spite of all, or maybe because of it all, this film is already creating quite a stir. And the trailer is a knockout, even in foreign languages sans subtitle, which will likely keep the pot stirring for a while. This could turn out to be a very important film.

The trailer looks fantastic. I’ve read that the film deals with the last 12 hours before crucifixion, but the trailer hints that there may be some resurrection content as well.

Definitely looking forward to the (subtitled) release of this movie.

ps> The portrayal of “Jesus” in The Last Temptation of Christ was a non-scripture portrayal. The guy named Jesus in that film was as close to God’s son as Neo is. If you take it as such, the film is actually somewhat enjoyable.

But that’s just my take, of course.