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Author Topic: Audience Reactions to THE PASSION Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 06:35 AM                     I'm interested in hearing how audiences are reacting to the film. It also might be interesting to compare the reactions of church audiences to the general public. What are you hearing from your patrons? Any walkouts over the violence? Are some groups bringing young children? I think you are going to be seeing some people in the theatres who haven't been to a film showing for a long time.  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 02-25-2004 09:37 AM                     The newspaper reviews have not been generally favorable. They warn of the extreme violence and state the film should have been rated NC-17. I too am very interested hearing audiences reactions to it. (I personally hope it angers enough people to cause a backlash against the film, and the bad word of mouth spreads quickly and the film is gone in two weeks and Mel Gibson never works in Hollywood again.)  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 02-25-2004 10:34 AM                     Eric, is the film that upsetting to you, or do you just have something against Mel Gibson?  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 02-25-2004 10:49 AM                     Oh neither, I just think it's funny when the media over-hypes something and it ends up being more negative than positive in the end. (i.e. Matrix Reloaded). Don't get me wrong, this film is great for business!!!  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 02-25-2004 10:58 AM                     Oh ok. Its gonna be great for business for everybody. Its definitely gonna help us through this otherwise slow time of the year. Like Mark said, we are going to have people at the theater that have not been in a while. A great presentation is the key to keep them coming back, and thats what Im hoping for. A reaction to the presentation as well as the film.  |  IP: Logged Ian Price Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1714 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-25-2004 01:58 PM                     So far and the 1st show is still running, The Passion of the Christ is a popcorn movie. Our percap is $2.14 for the 10:30 AM show. Normaly our percap is about $1.65 and in the morning it is a lot lower. Lots of people bought large popcorns. Audience reaction to follow.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 02-25-2004 03:09 PM                        Eric, I beg to differ when you said the newspaper reviews has not been favorable. "THE PASSION OF CHRIST" so far has received about 70 percent favorable reviews from the press. The only unfavorable comments I have been hearing has been the use of excessive violence depicting the way the Lord was beaten and nailed to the cross. What is most impressive is the acceptance of the film by the various church organizations after viewing a rough unfinished version late last year. I have also heard how people just sat there during the credits and applauding when the film was over and some leaving the theatre in tears. Personally, I would like to see this film succeed and I am very happy the hype the movie had received so far will help the film achieve that goal. Like you, I have not yet seen the film. With all of the positive praise the film has received, I am looking forward to seeing it hopefully this weekend and I know I will be very touched by the suffering our Lord has been subjected to during the last hours of his life on Earth. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 03:19 PM                     Rotten Tomatoes reports the film has 39 positive reviews out of 74, for a 53% positive rating. Rotten Tomatoes Link  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 02-25-2004 03:35 PM                     Reactions, most church goers are shocked & awed, much like reactions coming out of Pvt Ryan  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 05:42 PM                     Matt Drudge has this to report. Hope none of you were involved in this: HEART ATTACK DURING 'PASSION OF CHRIST'; WOMAN PRONOUNCED DEAD AFTER VIEWING FILM IN KANSAS Wed Feb 25 2004 16:09:33 ET KAKE TV in Wichita, Kansas set to report a woman, in her 50s, suffered a heart attack during a morning screening of Mel Gibson's controversial film PASSION OF THE CHRIST. "She later died at the hospital," a station source tells the DRUDGE REPORT. Scheduled to be lead story on the station's 5 PM news. "She went into seizure during one of the film's most dramatic moments," a station source explains. The woman attended a 9:30am screening, first public viewing at Warren East Theaters in Wichita... Developing...  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-25-2004 05:51 PM                     Might be just coincindence. There's no telling where you'll be when you kick the bucket. The odds say one of the more likely locations is the toilet. How embarrasing. How often do people expire in movie theaters?  |  IP: Logged Bill Carter Expert Film Handler Posts: 162 From: Minneapolis, Minnesota Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 07:12 PM                     The audience leaving our first show was absolutely silent. I don't think I heard a single word spoken, they just all sort of filed out with their heads down.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 02-25-2004 07:58 PM                       Bill, I thought you worked for an imaging concern?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-25-2004 08:58 PM                        Not sure which of the several TPOTC threads to put this in. Anyway all the local TV stations ran stories on this tonight, including interviews with patrons exiting the film. Amazingly, one station had about 20 seconds of footage of the film running, video'd right from the screen. It looked surprisingly good too. Someone call Jack Valenti!! (I'm not gonna tell you what theater it was though)  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-25-2004 09:05 PM                        OK, which station was it?  |  IP: Logged

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