The Snubbing of the Christ

On Hannity & Colmes tonight, they spoke about The Passion not getting nominated for an Oscar, using the word "snub" and implying that it might be religious bigotry. I don't consider myself a full-fledged Christian. At least I'm not a practicing Christian, as I only go to church on Easter and Christmas to appease the 'rents. I found the movie to be alright, if you look at it for what it is. It's a dramatization of Jesus' crucifiction. That's it. If the main character was not a deity figure to many people, would this movie be worth anyone's time to sit through and watch a guy get brutally tortured and executed? Even if you already believe that Jesus is the son of God, why would you really want to subject yourself to this movie?

Now artistically, The Passion is actually done very well, as in the cinematography is done well. The make-up was done very well too, and the music was beautiful. And guess what? It got nominated for best cinematography, for best make-up, and for best original score! It did not get snubbed. It didn't deserve a best director nomination. I'm sorry. I like Mel Gibson as an actor. Braveheart was great. But this simply was not his best work.

Fahrenheit 9/11 didn't get any nominations. It didn't deserve any at all. Moore rendered the movie ineligible for best documentary himself, but it shouldn't have been eligible in the first place. It wasn't nominated for any technical awards. George Bush wasn't nominated for best actor. Fahrfromright 9/11 wasn't nominated for anything at all; why is the loony right up in arms that the Passion got 3 technical nominations?

You know who was really snubbed in the nominations? Jim Carrey for Eternal Sunshine.