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Re: Yes, yes, Mr. Gibson made this film at great risk...

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on April 18, 2006 at 12:01:21

In Reply to: Yes, yes, Mr. Gibson made this film at great risk... posted by SF tech on April 18, 2006 at 08:49:24:

"to his personal wealth, without EVER thinking that it might be a profitable venture."

Obviously. the first rule of film making is don't use your own money because it is a bad investment. Now lets consider Mel's situation when he decided to put millions of dollars into this movie out of his pockets. The movie had no distribution deal, no advertising budget and zero support form the commercial film world's infrastructure. No film has ever returned the the money that Gibson put into the this project without any such support. Then look at the sube=ject matte and style. the last biblical based movie to make profit was what? the 10 commandments? How many subtitled movies have ever made the money needed to make a movie like this one profitable? yeah Mel Gibson risked his millions because he thought The Passion was a great get rich quick scheme.

" Because Passion is a documentation of Christian beliefs, there can be no questioning the possible motivation of its creator."

That is simply idiotic. You guys aren't qustioning his motives you are just inventing them. Your presumptions would be no less ridiculous if the movie were about anything else. Christianity has nothing to do with it.

" God himself wrote the screenplay (also risking His reputation in Hollywood), Gibson green-lighted it three days later. God, Mel, and everyone else involved were shocked when the film became a runaway success at the box office... After all, with so few Christians in the United States, the film's intended audience amounted to only a handful of people."

Dude name the last biblical based subtitled mega hit tht ha no distribution deal or advertising budget. if you think anyone expected as box office hit you are clueless. Nothing like this has ever happened. If Mel Gibson did this movie for the money he is a genius.

"There was NO WAY this film was EVER going to make money... the fact that it did is miraculous!"

It is. It broke just about every rule in box office history. But hey, if you can cite one prediction by you or Mel Gibson or anybody else that this would be a box office hit please do so. prove me wrong.

"Thank you for your sacrifice Mr. Gibson.
Analog Scott, your logic is unflappable!"

Maybe you should invest all your money in making another biblical based subtitled movie with no distribution deal. I mean if it's such an obvious money maker should work a second time. Don't miss your opportunity to get rich quick. All you need to do is risk everything you own.

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