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The Passion of The Christ sells 2.4 MILLION by lunchtime on the West Coast

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Suckers, I guarantee a Special Edition for either Christmas or Easter....or even both
 
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Fifty

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This doesn't strike me as a movie you'd want to see more than once. Maybe people think they're supporting their faith by buying the DVD. :)
 
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Diablos

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And thus, perhaps the biggest waste of money spent in the shortest period of time was demonstrated with this DVD's sales.
 
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AeroGod

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Half the sales come from Churches who will probably do screening of it, or something. i sure as hell didnt buy it. I might, but I dunno. Ill wait to see if they do some kinda special edition because the extra features would be more compelling to me then the movie, even though I liked it quite a bit.
 
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Willco said:
The Passion of The Christ II: The Search for Jesus
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The Passion of The Christ II: The Quickening

oh no hopefully this wont turn into one of those threads
 
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Ripclawe

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Jesus: A guy I trusted for years wants me dead.
Pontius pilot : I've only known you five minutes and I want you dead,

Satan: Your father appears to be cooperating. You will be back with him soon. Won't that be nice?
Jesus: Not as nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0088944/quotes
 
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Boogie

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Kuroyume said:
I have to agree with Jonny here >.<
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Well there's a big surprise. I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from that surprise.


And :lol 's all around for Federman.
 
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KingGondo

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Ripclawe said:
Jesus: A guy I trusted for years wants me dead.
Pontius pilot : I've only known you five minutes and I want you dead,

Satan: Your father appears to be cooperating. You will be back with him soon. Won't that be nice?
Jesus: Not as nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in.
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Haha, awesome :lol
 
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MASB

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Boogie said:
Well there's a big surprise. I think I'm going to have a heart attack and die from that surprise.
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lol. True. When a Passion of The Christ thread is around, you know he'll be posting and what his post will be.

As for myself, I don't think I'll be buying it right away. I guess I'm part of the 'wait for a special edition' crowd. Plus I'm just not going to be buying any DVDs period for a little while so...

And I'm surprised it's selling so well on the West Coast. If that's any indication, there's no telling how high the sales might go. One of the best selling DVDs ever, that's for sure.
 
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Brannon

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And Mel still has Christmas to look forward to...

Pastor - "As we sit here a week before Christmas, let us celebrate and remember how he died for us by watching this very moving film"

Oldie - "But Father, five of our house have already died from the trials and tribulations of watching this most holiest of movies; can't we just watch Frosty the Snowman like every other Christmas?"

Pastor - "BLASPHEMER!!! For your transgression you shall watch it in a separate room on HDTV with the best surround sound system known to man; TWICE!"

Oldie - "OH NO... I MEAN YES... I MEAN.... OH MY GOD...

*****

On an off note, I know I'm going to have to see this movie again with my father as he never saw it and is pretty religious. I think I know what people mean by "the best movie I never want to see again".

Which reminds me of yet another thing; during South Parks "Passion" run, where the hell was Jesus? He was kind of missing from the whole thing and so many opportunities for more jokes went unheeded.
 
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Matlock

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Judas: I betrayed you, Jesus.
Jesus: That's cool, I'm all about forgiveness.
Judas: Look what I bought with the $30 I got, though! *shows off new belt*
Jesus: You sold out the entire world for thirty dollars? Dumbass.
 
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Randam_Hajile

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Not surprising at all. A few months ago it was announced that discount wherehouses like Sam's Club would be selling "Church Packs", a box of fifty copies of the DVD. Has any other DVD release been sold in mass-bulk like that? *shrugs* Kind of ridiculous if you ask me...
 
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RevenantKioku

PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS oh god i am drowning in them
DJ Brannon said:
Which reminds me of yet another thing; during South Parks "Passion" run, where the hell was Jesus? He was kind of missing from the whole thing and so many opportunities for more jokes went unheeded.
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Jesus was killed in one of the latter Christmas episodes.
 
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Brannon

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Yeah I know.

But....

He's.... Jesus. He comes back. MY FAITH BE SHATTERETH. I must pray to a new god.... maybe that Maha Ganesheriff elephant-looking guy?
 
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mosaic

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I thought The Passion of the Dumpty was a better film, but, I'd buy a Passion of the Christ DVD -- if it friggen had ANY extras for the $20+ cost. $20 for a bare bones DVD these days? Hell no... not even anime.

Also, let me add, someone needs to re-release SIX STRING SAMURAI pronto.
 
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levious

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DJ Brannon said:
Yeah I know.

But....

He's.... Jesus. He comes back. MY FAITH BE SHATTERETH. I must pray to a new god.... maybe that Maha Ganesheriff elephant-looking guy?
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Santa declared that we should think of Jesus from now on during Christmas, since he sacrificed his life for Santa... he can't be brought back after that moving of a speech.
 
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Minotauro

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Why WOULD someone want to rewatch that movie? Aside from the torture, there isn't a whole lot of substance. I mean, it's not exactly an enjoyable film to see...unless you're a closet s&m freak and need your perversion okayed by the Vatican I guess.
 
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Spike Spiegel

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...Wow. You guys are too much.
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tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
Pah, they're just buying it because it comes with two free passes to Heaven.
 
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Tool

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Minotauro said:
Why WOULD someone want to rewatch that movie? Aside from the torture, there isn't a whole lot of substance. I mean, it's not exactly an enjoyable film to see...unless you're a closet s&m freak and need your perversion okayed by the Vatican I guess.
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Alot of older religious art depicts graphic violence. This can be seen in many of the statues of Jesus's suffering found in churches of South America, the Phillipines and Europe. It seems that only in North America have we tried to "sanitize" the torture that Jesus had to endure before dying on the cross. A reminder of that torture isn't a bad thing.
 
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Ripclawe said:
Jesus: A guy I trusted for years wants me dead.
Pontius pilot : I've only known you five minutes and I want you dead,

Satan: Your father appears to be cooperating. You will be back with him soon. Won't that be nice?
Jesus: Not as nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0088944/quotes
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FYI, not only did that link bring up some hilarious Commando quotes, but it also featured an ad for Passion of the Christ. Spooky! :D
 
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Kuroyume

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Deepthroat said:
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HATERZ LOOSE AGAIN!!!

If it comes a special edition I will buy that too.
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At the end of it all humanity is what continues to lose... who knows how many lunatics will make their children watch this as they get older.
 
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tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
Wait a few months and they're totally going to release a Evangelion-Uber Edition of this movie complete with a commentary track by Jesus himself...
 
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commish

Jason Kidd murdered my dog in cold blood!
That was a horrible movie. I don't understand why someone would buy it on DVD.

I can just see it now...

Wife: "What do you want to do today?"

Husband: "Let's watch Jesus get the fucking shit beat out of him for two hours"

Wife: "Sweet"

Everyone knows the story, I don't understand why someone would want to watch this movie version more than once.
 
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Boogie

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Kuroyume said:
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At the end of it all humanity is what continues to lose... who knows how many lunatics will make their children watch this as they get older.
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Right back at ya, chief.
 
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Ecrofirt

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Featured on this DVD are:

DELETED SCENES
+Watch Christ kick Pilot's ass
+Satan gives birth to baby Colin Ferrel
+Christ walks in on Mary Magdalene and Judas and condems him forever
+Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of the crow before it caws a third time
 
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Ripclawe

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some talk it might beat the one day sale record of Finding Nemo of 8 million and its on track to sell 15 to 18 million units.
 
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