Funny how we get so pumped up by movies these days. Whether it be the religious fervor for 'The Passion' or in vehement protest of 'The Code', our culture seems to get so intense about what a certain movie is expressing to its audience. I do like the fact that on some level our society is having a debate on issues of truth, but for these films to be the hallmark for discussion appears to me odd, maybe its because they are big budget blockbusters. I've only seen the passion, and it was compelling and hauntingly beautiful at times, but I don't think it really changed my perspective at all, and I doubt this new film will change me either. I don't mean to say that the medium of film cannot change people, because I believe that it does and has in my life. But I think the reason I was not really impressed was because of all the arguments for and against, the rhetoric and polemics thrown about from all sides even before the films opened deadened the ability for the films to speak for themselves. We don't let art speak for itself any longer, we want to qualify it and justify it. I'm don't think these films would really count as far as great art, I certainly wouldn't say so, but they do have messages and they both use art to convey them, and I would argue that we should look at what they are saying first before we respond.