Many Christians apparently consider the film entertaining even while, presumably, not believing its deceptions. An article attributed to Mark Shea of Catholic Exchange gave the lie to this pseudo-position by asking whether one might conceivably find any entertainment value in a film the storyline of which revolves around the assertion that one's own mother is a prostitute! The point is as compelling as it is clear: << If you can watch this film without being outraged, you simply do not love Jesus! Though you perhaps did not spit on His Face as did those who made, promoted and profited from the film, He will indeed spit you out of His Mouth for being pathetically lukewarm. >>
Indeed, how can we forget that in the midst of His bitter Agony, only request fell from the Suffering Lips of Our Blessed Lord: “Could you not watch one hour with Me?”
~ extract from “www.catholic.org” -
I would think, can not-watching the film treated as a sacrifice if you considered it is just an entertainment?
After all, it is always a freedom of choice, as some pastors and I have said before.