The hoopla surrounding The Passion all began in the post-production of the film when allegations were mounting that the film had, hmm, how shall we say? Anti-Semitic tendencies? Whether that’s true or not, depends on who you ask, but suddenly Gibson’s father’s anti-Semitism was out in the open, and our lovely entertainment media equated this automatically with Gibson.

After various religious groups felt it was a requirement for them to see The Passion, and in turn, of course, spouting their own opinions on the film, the movie was released to the public. With millions going to see the film, the only thing that we could confirm out of it were that people with heart conditions should not have gone to see this movie, and Mel Gibson’s pockets were exploding more than that gas tanker scene in Lethal Weapon 4. And, after watching the movie, I found it to be nothing more than having to put myself through a bloodbath, and watch one man suffer endlessly through the ordeal of being crucified that many others of the time period had to suffer through. For some, it was a melancholy, profound experience of the last hours of the son of God’s life. For others, it was a depressing, bloody beating of a man. Whatever the case was, it equaled a $300 million gross, which can only be expanding with its DVD sales.

In the later part of the year, Gibson said he would not promote him or his film for any Oscars, which is nice, considering the Oscars are basically now based on who advertises themselves the most to the voters. Regardless of that, in this year, Gibson’s film managed to annoy everyone in sight, even the people who thought the movie was great. Whether it was eggs being thrown at Jim Caviezel (and extra large ones at that!) in Europe or the perpetual, “passionate” debate of the content in the film through the media, the film was plastered everywhere possible. And, now, Money Gibson, er, I mean, Mel Gibson will be plastered somewhere else. No, not on the news in the film, Ransom, but in THE HALL OF CRAP SANDWICH alongside his film, The Passion of the Christ!