"Hell is truth seen too late." robert south
Jesus Christ - The Passion
by Sirona 39 Replies latest jw friends
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shotgun
Too much emphasis on a beating which no human could have endured. From reading the bible could I ever comprehend a beating of that scale and then to have him carry his own cross and beat him non stop along the way.
Bill Maher said Mel changed the title at the last minute from Lethel Weapon 6.
I think Mel would do better with a movie about the destruction of Jeruselam or Masada.
There were touching moments but the vivid display of the beating was similar to Kill Bill.
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logansrun
In my humble opinion there is little doubt that Jesus existed, said and did some great things and endured a painful death. Taking the Bible's account of his final hours as factual history to the last detail is another matter entirely.
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LittleToe
I was interested by the addition of the extra-biblical stuff. I think it fleshed out the events a bit.
I was trying to work out the "Mary mopping up blood" scene. I'm not sure if it was the mother on auto-pilot, cleaning up after her son's "cut knee", or an allusion to the sanctity of the Eucharist. -
Mary
I can not beleive any man (not even Jesus) could take that amount of scourgging without passing out.
He couldn't. I haven't seen the film but I understand that the whipping scene goes on for about 30 mintues. Under Roman law, Jesus would have received the standard "40 stripes" with 2/3rds to his back, 1/3rd to his front. The reason it was limited to 40 strokes is because the Romans didn't want the person to die from loss of blood before they could cruxify you.
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LittleToe
You should maybe count the strokes - just a suggestion...
With the amount of attention to detail shown, I suspect Gibson wouldn't have missed this point, if it's a valid one.
(My understanding was that the 39 strokes was a Jewish thing, not Roman, but I'll stand corrected)
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berten
>...I'm interested in everyone's reaction to this film.
It is the worst film about Christ,nothing more than a hyped up snuff movie...
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outbutnotdown
I haven't seen the film, but I have heard a lot of people talking about it. It seems to me that it's emotional pull must be so strong that some rational thought goes out the door. Isn't it a bit of a stretch to accept Mel Gibson's rendition of what happened to Jesus as being absolute?
I admit Mel must have done a great job, to get people to feel SO MOVED by it, and that in itself is a good thing, but how accurate is it?
Brad
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blacksheep
I was disappointed that I was so unmoved. I've seen far more poignant scenes in other movies that actually moved me very deeply.
All I saw was a man getting brutally tortured for several hours. Guess I just don't get it. I thought, as well, that ANY mother would be horribly distraught if her son was being treated like that. I didn't get the great "emotion" she felt, which was apparently different from the horror ANY mother would feel at that moment.
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Deputy Dog
One of my favorite parts of the movie was when they released Barabas! You go from laughter, when he sticks his tongue out at the roman soldiers, to having your heart ripped out when he sees the pathetic broken Jesus who is about to die in his place. That really makes you stop and think!
D Dog