The Passion of the Christ (2004)

A Very, Very Contraversial Religous Film Indeed!

The Passion of the Christ has got to be one of the most contraversial films I have ever seen since the beginning of my very existance on this planet!

WARNING SPOLIERS AHEAD!

It all starts out with Jesus (Jim Caviezel whom I give major credit to for playing the doomed Jesus Christ)in some garden with his followers, and while Jesus is talking with the Devil, Judas goes to the Jewish officials and turns Jesus over to them. Jesus is arrested, not long after that, his mother Mary, tells his wife Mary Magdalene that her instint senses something wrong.

Later they find out that Jesus has been arrested, and the Jews are now surrounding Jesus, they yell at him for claiming that he was the son of God or the Messiah. Then Judas starts feeling very guilty and even has the devil stocking him, the next day Judas hangs himself in shame. Also that day the Jews turn Jesus over to the Romans, and they for some stupid reason choose to relase a sadistic, ugly, cycloptic murder over the gentil handsome Jesus.

Later on, Jesus is getting the crap beat out of him, then he's whipped so many times, then he has to carry his own cross on his back. And the Roman solders are pretty drunk from what I could see. Oh and it gets much more worst from here on, while Jesus is carrying his cross on his back, the Romans are whipping him even more, and he trips. Then they order a common man to help him carry the cross. At first he refuses, but then ends up feeling sorry for him in the end, just like a lot of other people.

Then Jesus is nailed to the cross and just sits up there asking God to forgive the Jews and the Romans for killing him, and just when he thinks that God has abadoned him, he dies.

SPOLIERS END HERE

I would like to say that watching this movie has made me feel very confused inside. But there are some obvious things to point out though.

1. When it came to Jesus getting tortured, of course I felt sorry for him, regardless of weither or not he was just a common man or the Son of God. And you can see how hard it was for Mary his mother to see her son suffer, and how hard it was for her to lose him. That could be said of anyone who has ever lost a child. But let's put it to you this way, if you don't want to see Jesus Christ get tortured, then don't watch this film. When watching a typical film, I could probably only stand to see someone get torchered for a half an hour, but not two hours, espically if it's Jesus. That poor guy didn't even shout a single insult at anyone, even when everyone chose the murder to be let go over him.

2. It didn't just show Jesus getting tortured, it also showed flashbacks of him helping people and asking them to forgive and love their enemies. I'm glad that Mel Gibson did put those flashbacks in there.

3. Now for the most contraverasial point I would like to bring up. First off I don't think that anyone should just go pointing fingers at the Jews, it not only sounds anti-Semetic, but you also left out an important detail, that the Romans were the ones who ordered the execution of Jesus Christ. Think about the time that this happeend, back then if anyone claimed to be the Son of God then yes he's very likely to die, it was as risky as Joan of Arc claiming that she could talk to God. Plus don't forget that the Romans were in charge of Israel at the time this happened, and don't also forget that the Romans believed in many Gods, so they probably would have put Jesus to death anyways.

4. And not all the Jews were against Jesus either, most of his followers were Jewish, and I can only recall one of them that betrayed Jesus, that was Judas. Paul may have looked like he betrayed Jesus, but in the end Jesus forgave him, because he knew that if Paul would have backed him up, then he too would have died. And I don't think that Jesus wanted to put his followers in jepordy, otherwize, who would be left to preach Jesus's teachings? Also Mary Jesus's mother was a Jew, and his so-called wife Mary Magdalene was a Jew, so were they against him? I also saw that some of the Jews actually felt sorry for him when he was walking with his cross on his back.

5. One last important detail, Jesus was a Jew, so anyone who hates Jews probably hates Jesus too.

That's all I have to say, and with all that said and done, I have nothing else to say, except, if you want to watch a very powerful film like The Passion of the Christ then do so.
October 5, 2008

Best gore flick of 2004!

Wow, awesome! Possibly the highest budget splatter flick in history! Jesus gets wrung out like there's no tomorrow: beaten, brutalized, mutilated, and nailed to a giant freakin' cross! Oh dude, you just have to see the instance where the cat-o-nine-tails gets caught in his ribs and the guy just pulls it back like he's starting a lawnmower. Classic! Passion Of The Christ would make Fulci proud. A brutally good time for the whole family! Splatteriffic! October 3, 2008

Eh...Graphic, Silly and Stupid but Expertly Produced Technical Elements

There's not much that hasn't already been said here, but basically this is a horror film (or Torture Porn for the "Saw"/"Hostel" crowd) that happens to be based on the Bible rather than any other book. If this film were based on historical evidence, no one would have even cared when this film came out and it would have just been a very violent Roman film similar to "300."

Instead, the film is based on one man's (Gibson) interpretation of the Bible, so it's allowed to throw facts out the window (the location of the wounds, nudity, etc. - it's all been said by hundreds of other people) and just show crazy amounts of carnage and brutality and disturbing visuals. It's fortunate the soundtrack is brilliant, the cinematography is masterful, and Jim Caviezel gives an amazing performance, otherwise this might come across as "Saw XIV: Mel Gibson Kills Jesus." September 17, 2008

BEST MOVIE EVER ABOUT CHRIST; JPII: "BE NOT AFRAID." INCREDIBLE FEELING OF COURAGE & HOPE FROM THIS MOVIE!

The absolute best movie about Jesus Christ, movie in general ever to be made. Hollywood and media fought tooth and nail to stop it. The more hollywood and USA media tried the more popular it became. As a matter of fact, Passion of the Christ is the number 1 most watched movie in the history on cinema, and has grossed nearly 2, that's 2 Billion so far....
The Passion has sold more copies, than any other movie in the history of cinama. this grand and true statistic is edited out of the news, 99% of the time to discourage sales. it has only continued to sell at lightening speed to this day. Truth, honesty and objectivity sells forever, as Gibson's Mega-epic will.

See this incredible masterpiece and be moved beyond the limits of your mind to feel a lifting of your troubles, and a new and so welcomed sense of courage come into your soul and heart. i have to/I need to watch the Passion at least once a year to rejuvinate my soul. See it for yourself.

Nothing you will ever watch in your life, will be as inordinately inspiring as Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." September 14, 2008

Saddest but Most Needed Movie in History

I love The Passion. This movie to me the best of all time... not becaus e of Acting or cinematography or Editing but because it tells the most important story ever told. Sure its Bloody but people NEED to see how painful and messy their sin is on the shoulders of one man. I hate reading the 1 star negative reviews. It makes me sick at how people Shuck this movie off. If you are a Christian and Didnt leave the theater or take the DVD out of the player without crying after you watched.. chances are youre probaly heartless. Our Generation needs to see that they are so loved by God that he wont punish us for our sins we've committed but instead punished his only son instead. I know i felt remorse for the bad stuff I've done in my life after i washed Jesus get Slaughtered in front of my eyes. It was so refreshing to see these image s on Screen and to take into a completely new Light.. instead of just reading these beautiful words in the Bible.
Thank you for reading.. and i hope you have a different outlook. September 14, 2008

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