OK so this is like last months news, and I know that The Passion has been overtaken by other movies of the same "risen from the grave" genre....i.e. "Dawn of the Dead". But I thought I would give a quick review anyways...
If you dont know....The Passion of The Christ is the story of the last 12 hours of the life of a liberal jew carpenter, named Jesus. (pronounced "Hay-Seus", for you non-spanish speakers)
This is perhaps the movies greatest problem. If a person is a non-Christian or doesnt know the Bible Story that well, they may have a hard time understanding what is going on. The movie tries to fill in some earlier parts of Jesus's life by using quick flashbacks, once again if you know everything about Jesus then these make sense, if not then they dont help you make any connection with him.
As you may heard The Passion is very violent, due to the fact that in Jesus's last 12 hours he is arrested, beat down, put on trial, and then he really gets his *** kicked. Some people might even say that this movie should have been renamed to " Jesus, You Got Served".
While I have no problem with violence....hey who doesnt love watching flesh get flayed, I just never felt any connection with this guy. If the movie had show his entire life then perhaps the viewer would understand his struggle, and feel a connection to him. But instead of feeling sad and sorry for him, i just think "damn those Romans are some sadistic bastages".
Christians seeing the film will still feel a great connection, because they believe that is thier God on the screen getting executed. I guess I might feel the same way if Hugh Hefner was being tortured.
Language: Yeah the movie is in Aramaic, Latin, Hebrew, and I believe a few lines of Klingon, for good measure. I personally think this was great. I wasnt sure how it would make it, but I found it a really good experience. It gave the movie a much more authentic feel. e.g. In the movie "Last Temptation of Christ", Judas was played by Harvey Keitel, that just killed it for me...like watching Resevoir Dogs Meets Jesus.
Mary Magdelene: Smokin Hot. Seriously, the scenes where Jesus was on the cross, and they would show Mary Magdelene, I was like "Damn, Id like to tag-team her with my wife".
Favorite Character (other than Satan): Pontius Pilate. Im not sure why but man I like Pilate, its almost like he is a good guy in this film. You can see he really doesnt want to condemn Jesus, and puts up some weak excuse about pleasing the mob so it doesnt make trouble for him in Rome. But you can see he really is troubled about putting Jesus to death.
Too bad history tells a different story about Pontius Pilate, being a tyrant to the people he controlled, someone who would never bend to the will of the Jews. But history always gets in the way of a good story...
Anti-Semitism: The Movie holds pretty close to the Bible, so if there is any anti-semitism that people perceive in the movie, then there there is just as much, (if not more), in the New Testament.
People need to understand that when the books of the New Testament were written, the writers were under the rule of the Romans. ARound 300ad, the Romans decided to vote on which books would make up what we know now as the bible. IMHO The Romans werent going to create a bible for thier new religion and show that it was they who were responisble for Christs execution. Hence Pontius Pilate being indifferent, try to be neutral, washing his hands of it all, and the Jews repeatedly calling for his blood, wanting a murderer realeased instead of Jesus, etc.
On a side note, there is a subtitled line that is removed from the movie, when the Jewish Head Priest proclaims that Jesus's Blood is upon them and upong thier children. So remember Jews, jesus's blood is all over you.
Overall: The Passion was a good movie, id recommed that people see it. If you are a Christian then its probably a great movie. But i would have rather seen a movie about his entire life than just concentrating on his death. But for some that is all they care about.
Bottomline, Braveheart was still better.
If you dont know....The Passion of The Christ is the story of the last 12 hours of the life of a liberal jew carpenter, named Jesus. (pronounced "Hay-Seus", for you non-spanish speakers)
This is perhaps the movies greatest problem. If a person is a non-Christian or doesnt know the Bible Story that well, they may have a hard time understanding what is going on. The movie tries to fill in some earlier parts of Jesus's life by using quick flashbacks, once again if you know everything about Jesus then these make sense, if not then they dont help you make any connection with him.
As you may heard The Passion is very violent, due to the fact that in Jesus's last 12 hours he is arrested, beat down, put on trial, and then he really gets his *** kicked. Some people might even say that this movie should have been renamed to " Jesus, You Got Served".
While I have no problem with violence....hey who doesnt love watching flesh get flayed, I just never felt any connection with this guy. If the movie had show his entire life then perhaps the viewer would understand his struggle, and feel a connection to him. But instead of feeling sad and sorry for him, i just think "damn those Romans are some sadistic bastages".
Christians seeing the film will still feel a great connection, because they believe that is thier God on the screen getting executed. I guess I might feel the same way if Hugh Hefner was being tortured.
Language: Yeah the movie is in Aramaic, Latin, Hebrew, and I believe a few lines of Klingon, for good measure. I personally think this was great. I wasnt sure how it would make it, but I found it a really good experience. It gave the movie a much more authentic feel. e.g. In the movie "Last Temptation of Christ", Judas was played by Harvey Keitel, that just killed it for me...like watching Resevoir Dogs Meets Jesus.
Mary Magdelene: Smokin Hot. Seriously, the scenes where Jesus was on the cross, and they would show Mary Magdelene, I was like "Damn, Id like to tag-team her with my wife".
Favorite Character (other than Satan): Pontius Pilate. Im not sure why but man I like Pilate, its almost like he is a good guy in this film. You can see he really doesnt want to condemn Jesus, and puts up some weak excuse about pleasing the mob so it doesnt make trouble for him in Rome. But you can see he really is troubled about putting Jesus to death.
Too bad history tells a different story about Pontius Pilate, being a tyrant to the people he controlled, someone who would never bend to the will of the Jews. But history always gets in the way of a good story...
Anti-Semitism: The Movie holds pretty close to the Bible, so if there is any anti-semitism that people perceive in the movie, then there there is just as much, (if not more), in the New Testament.
People need to understand that when the books of the New Testament were written, the writers were under the rule of the Romans. ARound 300ad, the Romans decided to vote on which books would make up what we know now as the bible. IMHO The Romans werent going to create a bible for thier new religion and show that it was they who were responisble for Christs execution. Hence Pontius Pilate being indifferent, try to be neutral, washing his hands of it all, and the Jews repeatedly calling for his blood, wanting a murderer realeased instead of Jesus, etc.
On a side note, there is a subtitled line that is removed from the movie, when the Jewish Head Priest proclaims that Jesus's Blood is upon them and upong thier children. So remember Jews, jesus's blood is all over you.
Overall: The Passion was a good movie, id recommed that people see it. If you are a Christian then its probably a great movie. But i would have rather seen a movie about his entire life than just concentrating on his death. But for some that is all they care about.
Bottomline, Braveheart was still better.
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