I absolutely agree with him. The people who have prejudged this movie are missing out on so much.
Gibson "Forgives" His Judgemental Critics
Mel Gibson has a message for the harshest critics of his movie The Passion Of The Christ - he forgives them. The devout Catholic, whose movie depicting the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life has sparked accusations of anti-Semitism, insists he will try to adopt a forgiving attitude to those who have prejudged his work. He says of the controversy, "It's like a wave. I didn't expect anything this huge. For an entire year, it's been nothing but nasty editorials and name-calling. Right out the box, without anyone even seeing it, pre-judgment and condemnation, which is like totally so wrong, I think. I just hope they can kinda see clearly, that's all. It's kind of a knee-jerk reaction. I can't say that it's always coming from someplace wholesome. It's not personal - you try not to have it be personal. If you take on resentments like that, they'll kill you. So you gotta give 'em away and try and perform an act of love even for those who persecute you, and I think that's the message of the film." The movie took in $23.6 million in just one day when it opened in America on Wednesday.