We saw the movie tonight.  It is indeed powerful both in art and in message.  Mel Gibson's career will not suffer.  The movie inspired no feelings of anti-semitism in me, only devastation at the display of what my sin cost Christ, instead of me.  I don't know yet how a non-Christian might respond to this.  I will probably see it again in the next week.  Don't wait until it's on DVD; you need to see it in theaters to feel the full weight of its impact.  I would not take my niece and nephew to see it.  More tomorrow after I've had time to reflect.