St. Peter (2005)

As a dedicated follower of Christ Peter spreads the message of the Christians across the land often staying only one step ahead of those determined to persecute him. As the tension between the Christians and the Romans grows blood runs in the streets and the apostles lose St. Paul to crucifixion. On the road to Damascus Peter comes face-to-face with a stranger who shows him the only way - he must put himself on the cross in order to bring peace to Rome.System Requirements:Run Time: 186 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 012236210740 Manufacturer No: 21074 Product Description

Good...if you like inaccurately portrayed movies based on the Bible

First of all, this movie has one part in it that makes the movie worthy of watching once: Paul's conversion. The part where he reveals himself as a new follower of Christ to the other disciples bought tears to my eyes. But that's as good as it gets. The parts before and after were laughable b/c not only did they inaccurately portray scripture, but 2 of the actors chosen didn't look believable while they portrayed their roles. I mean, John the Apostle looked extremely feminine and much like Jake Gyllenhal. And when I think of Jake Gyllenhal, I immediately think of Brokeback Mountain. Not a good thing to think of during a religious film. The man who portrayed Christ looked like a tough guy who wouldn't think twice about beating you to a pulp for looking at him wrong. And call me crazy, but I just don't envision a loving, kindhearted Christ w/ a face resembling Clint Eastwood meets Arnold Shwartzenegger meets Gary Sinese in a bad mood. Also, the movie was dubbed horribly. The most laughable part of the movie was Peter's death, which isn't funny at all under normal circumstances, but was hilarious in this movie. Why? B/c during his crucifixion, he had on what looked like an insanely oversized Depends adult diaper, and nothing else. But the most hilarious part of it was the fact that his friend's, fellow disciples, and family were LITERALLY standing inches away FROM HIS FACE, looking at him while the soldier's nailed his hands to the cross and he slowly died. And they did it w/ no emotion whatsoever! I mean, doesn't it seem funny to you that a disciple of Christ was screaming and moaning in pain during his crucifixion, while his friends and family literally watched him die a few inches away? I mean, the soldiers almost didn't have enough room to nail his hands to the cross since they were standing so close! Geez! Overall, I would watch this film again b/c of the part of Paul's conversion, but that's about it. It was that bad! March 21, 2008

Could have been better.

Scripture out of text, scripture out of order. Acting pretty good, art work and set construction beautiful. Even though it was not in 5.1 surround, the audio was great. Very long movie, too many sceens jumping forward and back. March 12, 2008

st peter

THIS MOVIE DEFINATELY DESERVES A 5 RATING ,WELL MADE AND DIRECTED.
FIRST CLASS CAST February 26, 2008

St Peter

This is an outstanding movie that kept me glued to the screen through all three hours. Omar Sharif and the other apostles put forth a moving and realistic performance. And the guy who played Jesus was awesome. Plot is artistically woven and this will have you in tears and there are unexpected twists and turns. I now know why Omar Sharif converted back to Christianity while filming this. February 9, 2008

Horrible!

Like another reviewer, we watched the movie for a little over an hour before turning it off in disgust. It was so bad in so many different ways:
We all felt the acting and especially the dubbing so bad to be laughable. The Delivery was totally off; no emotion at all and mis-Pronunciation of key words in the Bible, e.g. Pilate and Sanhedrin come to mind.
Any one who has read "The Book" will not appreciate the liberties they have taken: The centurion who pierced Jesus' side, The charge of Peter to "tend the flock", St. Paul and Pilate, key characters being introduced too early, etc. etc. etc.
"Jesus of Nazareth" is on a totally different plane has far as I am concerned. Now that was a great movie. Very moving and very uplifting. "St. Peter", on the other hand, lacks everything that made "Jesus of Nazareth" great. The movie has no spirit, I was not moved by the miracles, the modern Bible translation is terrible, and there are too many deviations from the Bible itself. January 21, 2008

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