Even before Mel went on his jew-hating rampage, I had my doubts about the film. Not that I don't think it could be good, but just for the simple fact that I don't now how much faith I have in American audiences to actually "get it". He got away with it for Passion of the Christ because. . . . .IT'S CHRIST!! Yeah, it thankfully had subtitles, but at the end of the day. . . .IT'S CHRIST!! Of course people are gonna show up to see it! A vast majority of people live their lives based on the messages of this man. He's the son of GOD! Granted, the Nativity Story will fail, because one, it's coming AFTER we've already had Passion of the Christ, and two, no one cares about BABY jesus, 'cept maybe Ricky Bobby!
But this? Is the subject matter really gonna be intriguing to the public? Are they really going to want to think as hard as they'll need to to understand the story, assuming Mel's still planning on forgoing subtitles this time around? That's a lot of faith to ask of the moviegoing public.