Pornographic Passion

Over dinner tonight with my friend Beverly, we were discussing Mel Gibson's film Passion of the Christ. She thinks she wants to see it. I don't. Everything that I've heard has indicated it is a very violent film. I like suspense in the genre of Hitchcock. Violence lacks all real tension. It's all there in red and red. Moreover, in this film, the actual meaning of Christ appears lost in the blood and gore. This post by Andrew Sullivan defines the violence in Gibson's film as pornography. It's difficult enough reading Mr. Sullivan's descriptions. I'll pass on the film.