Did you read what I wrote? Cause if you did, then you'll see that I agreed that the sales weren't 'right wing Christian zealots'....So why the need to restate what we both already agree on, but in a manner suggesting I didn't agree?

Furthermore, the public DID agree with me that the movie was horrible. Unfortunately though, they can't get refunds on their movie tickets or on the dvd sales once they opened the packages and played them...


And again...You're confusing sales with whether a movie is good or not...And high sales, and continued sales do not make a movie 'good' or 'bad'. The fact is, when the movie came out in the theaters, churches were going on how good the movie was by media coverage. And tickets were being bought at group rates, allowing whole congregations to attend the movies and all the showings were sold out. Thing is, leaving the theater the majority of viewers weren't impressed. Again though...You don't get refunds on your ticket price when a movie is bad.

And for those that couldn't get into the theaters, they bought the dvds to watch the movie, believing the hype. And again, they weren't impressed. But like above, they couldn't get a refund on the dvd once it was viewed.

The movie was not good in the least. It was a poorly directed script, with too much emphasis on the blood scenes rather then focusing on the story of Christ or his followers.

The reason it had low approval rating, was cause of AFTER the viewing of the movie itself...People, Christian and non-Christian were put off by the over emphasis of the blood scenes. Period. It wasn't anti-anything, let alone 'anti-right wing Christian voting' that got those votes.

The majority of people that lined up to see the movie, or those that bought the movie going on what the media hype led them to believe, were sorely disappointed once they actually paid to see the movie. And the number one gripe about why it wasn't all it was made out to be, was cause of the lashing scene and the spear piercing scene with the gallons of blood showering/gushing in those scenes.

The second gripe being that the story itself gave no input on what Jesus may/may not have felt/thought/or done cause the focus of the whole movie was on the spewing of gallons of blood in each single scene...In otherwords, the movie script itself lacked any stamina, foundation, or input about Jesus period, cause the focus of Mel Gibson's filming was around the blood scenes.

So yes, it sold...Cause media still makes a hype about it and people want to buy the movie to see what the fuss is about. But once they do see the movie, the reviews suck cause of Mel Gibson's poor presentation of a story that should have been more interesting and a classic.