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When you think about being entertained, you think about being motivated to laugh, try to figure out "whodunnit", be captivated by a great romance, etc. This is the story of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and how He suffered and died for our sins. The wonderful thing about all the awful torture he endured, for us, is that He arose from the grave and went to be with the Father to forever make intercession for us - the sinners whose sin put him on the cross. That, to me, is not entertaining - it's soul-stirring and humbling to think that He endured what he did for our sins. And, that we should love, honor, worship and praise His holy name after we have asked Him to forgive our sins and make us worthy of his sacrifice. We can NEVER be good enough, so that is where His salvation carries us through all things. I repeat, that is NOT entertaining. But, it IS hope and assurance that we won't have to burn in Hell for our miserable sins. Praise God for that! Read full review
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Centering the movie on the last few hours of Christ's life and Jesus being crucified, the attention to the grusome beatings with whips, thorns and sharp objects being raked over His body has been the focal of the movie. Various additional details have been added for sensationalism to keep up the momentum of the said beatings elongated out of proportion to reality. Then after all the torture, he is crucified. Bringing people to tears because of the excruciating pain endured by Christ is not something that is entertaining in any shape or form. I would not recommend this DVD to anyone due to the wide range of reactions a viewer would experience, the main being disgust, horror and crying for our Savior. Not something a Christian needs to endure or be entertained in any way. We do not have to accept this movie as what actually happened because an event occurring over 2000 years ago can not be 100% accurate. What I would recommend to everyone is the The Star of Bethlehem by Larson wherein he used software that NASA uses. Read full review
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As a newly converted Catholic, I have spent much of the last year learning about the mysteries of the Bible. This film was a great help in that it gave me actual images which helped me better understand the events leading up to, and the act of, the crucifixtion of the Christ. I am grateful to Mel Gibson for sharing his visions of this blessed event. Anyone who is searching for a better understanding of God should see this film. I will watch it over and over during the Lenten season because it reminds me of God's Love in a way no other teaching has. It would, however, have been easier to watch if it had been scripted in the English language. The subtitles took my attention away from the events too often. Nonetheless, it is a powerful film and I highly recommend it.
"Gibson's immersion in the blood of Christ is an act of faith filmed with a zealot's rapture." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (03.18.2004) I have no alternative but to agree that Gibson is a dutiful director immersed in the blood of Jesus. However, I find his pattern of being either the star or director in films depicting torture & suffering through blood-letting of various kinds as heroic and/or martyring-disturbing. Such a pattern in a person's professional repertoire seems sadomasochistic. Those who enjoy SM, especially being voyeurs of sadistic acts upon willing masochists, could find much sport in this show of blood beyond the pale. Gibson's version & interpretation of the last 12 hours of the life of his own view of the grotesque Roman murder of Jesus of Nazareth is striking, remarkable & wreckless gore. His direction seems to focus upon torturing the Jewish religious leader with more attention on blaming Jewish people than brutal Romans who crafted crucifixion & the "art" of it as a publicly terrorizing campaign through which to control society. It seems Gibson must've used such religious passion to create this film, intending for it to be a tribute to his faith tradition. I certainly wouldn't allow any child to view such graphic display of mortal violence. I will not ever watch it again. I feel quite similarly about all of the other blood-sport films Gibson either directs or acts in as the martyr masochist, who becomes a hero for willingly suffering bloody brutality. That genre of film is far too interested in the pleasure of inflicting mortal pain & bloody suffering, as well as, the glory of putting oneself in the shoes of a masochist who deliberately places themself in the pathways of tortuous sadists. This review contains my values right up front. Movie watching is a hobby I do for pleasure & entertainment, as well as education. I can't enjoy Gibson's work. I find his films so repulsively violent that I don't want to participate by being a viewer. Regardless of my personal values, it does seem that creative art & passion that went into making this film succeed for many who are more well suited to stomach it. Whether I agree with the director's style of expressing his own religious martyr's final history is irrelevant to this review. Gibson went all out to put on this show. That deserves to be viewed & reviewed.Read full review
Christ was really passionate about his love in GOD. and wanted his fellow countryman to understand,love and believe in their GOD also. He traveled around the country while gathering his twelve disciples around him as he went. God had told him of what was to come but, CHRIST knew he was going to go to a better home with father in heaven.HE was to live in is FATHER'S KINDOM. and was ready for what ever was to come. HE prayed for GOD to give HIM strength to not fail HIS FATHER or HIS beliefs. The other Jew's were jelous of JUSUS and made plans to turn him over to the Romans for Scarifies. but the Romans refused leaving it to the Jews to pick between JESUS and Barbabas to be set free or to be sacrificed. the crowed picked piked Barabbas to be set free and JUSES to be sacrificed. This is a must see for ever Christian but not for the faint at heart for it does get a little graphic.Read full review
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