So today’s comic and blog generated a lot of feedback in my in-box as well as on the LiveJournal syndication feed and everyone pretty much said the same thing: That The Ten Commandments isn’t an Easter movie, it’s a Passover movie.

At which point I slapped my forehead like Bull from Night Court and then buried myself in three feet of sand from embarrassment. It all feels kind of obvious now.

Still, it kind of proves my point. There aren’t really any good Easter movies. Some people tossed out ideas like Ben Hur, The Greatest Story Ever Told and The Last Temptation of Christ. One guy even suggested The Passion of The Christ – a cheery holiday movie if there ever was one!

But just because those movies are religious or about Jesus specifically doesn’t mean they have anything to do with the Easter holiday.

Do you see the manor in which I’m splitting hairs? Easter as a gathering, as a family tradition… and no one has anything to say about it from a cinematic perspective? Why does Thanksgiving get all the love? What’s so magical about Christmas?

I guess I just don’t understand Easter and maybe never will. I’m trying, though – fumbling and stumbling toward glory.

Apologies to those of you who wrote e-mails. I probably won’t be able to answer you individually. But since I figured there was this outpouring of response (and people were generally responding with the same thing) this was an appropriate venue.

Thanks for attempting to enlighten a heathen!