THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
Cast: James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Monica Bellucci...
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson
Review Date: n/a
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 7/10
THE PLOT:
The Passion of The Christ focuses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
THE REVIEW:
Every so often, there comes a movie that is extremely controversial. Right now, it’s Mel Gibson’s new movie, The Passion of the Christ. The controversy is coming mainly from the Jewish community; they believe that the movie is Anti-Semitic. They feel the Jews in the film were portrayed as very evil. This controversy has led to a huge profit at the box office, it is currently at 295 million dollars and it keeps raking in the cash. It’s into its fourth week and it still made almost 20 million over the weekend. Now, I wouldn’t call myself a moviebuff, if I didn’t see it.
As for the actually movie, it was a good one. Mel Gibson did unbelievably amazing bringing this movie to life. His direction was top notch as was his vision. He is one of the better filmmakers out there, Braveheart and now this. Wow. He also co-wrote the screenplay and it was great. I especially liked the flashbacks. It showed us that Jesus was just as human as a god. Though many people will disagree with me, I thought that the use of subtitles and speaking the language of that time was a smart movie it made it feel authentic. Gibson is known for his gory violence in Braveheart, but he took it to another level in Passion. The majority of the violence shown is realistic violence, such as the nails going through a hand or feet. Once again, it added to the authentic of the film and was another smart move. I have to give a standing ovation to Mel Gibson.
James Caviezel does a great job as Jesus, but most of the movie, you won’t recognize him because he is so bloody from the torture that he receives on the way to his crucifixion. It is amazing that he never said one English word throughout the movie. The rest of the cast does a good job giving Caviezel great support, especially Maia Morgenstern who played Mary, Jesus’ mother. The only actor or actress that you would know is Monica Bellucci who was decent as Magdalene.
I had a problem with the character of Satan. He only had a couple of scenes and he seemed out of place. Especially when he carried a demon midget in one scene. It came in from out in right field and seemed very unnecessary. Also, the scene that the kids attacked Judas seemed very unnecessary and did little to main storyline.
As for the controversy and Anti-Semitic protest, I would say first, calm down. Second, watch the movie and see that the Jews did nothing to Jesus in comparison to what the Romans did to him. They beat him within an inch of his life, tortured him some more and then made him carry his own cross to his crucifixion. Third, it is in your scripture that you don’t believe that Jesus was the Messiah and Mel Gibson just portrays that on screen. Also, the majority of the story is taken right from the Scriptures.
All in all, I enjoyed this movie, just not as much as many critics and audiences did. This movie isn’t for the faint of heart. Literally, apparently a lady in the United States died of a heart attack while watching this movie. I’ll probably watch it again when it comes out on DVD and will see how it holds up. Until then, I’ll keep telling people about this movie and if you are one of the few who hasn’t seen this movie go out and see it. Everyone should see a controversial movie and have an opinion on it.
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel Gibson
Review Date: n/a
Written By: Clarkey
Rating: 7/10
THE PLOT:
The Passion of The Christ focuses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. The film begins in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
THE REVIEW:
Every so often, there comes a movie that is extremely controversial. Right now, it’s Mel Gibson’s new movie, The Passion of the Christ. The controversy is coming mainly from the Jewish community; they believe that the movie is Anti-Semitic. They feel the Jews in the film were portrayed as very evil. This controversy has led to a huge profit at the box office, it is currently at 295 million dollars and it keeps raking in the cash. It’s into its fourth week and it still made almost 20 million over the weekend. Now, I wouldn’t call myself a moviebuff, if I didn’t see it.
As for the actually movie, it was a good one. Mel Gibson did unbelievably amazing bringing this movie to life. His direction was top notch as was his vision. He is one of the better filmmakers out there, Braveheart and now this. Wow. He also co-wrote the screenplay and it was great. I especially liked the flashbacks. It showed us that Jesus was just as human as a god. Though many people will disagree with me, I thought that the use of subtitles and speaking the language of that time was a smart movie it made it feel authentic. Gibson is known for his gory violence in Braveheart, but he took it to another level in Passion. The majority of the violence shown is realistic violence, such as the nails going through a hand or feet. Once again, it added to the authentic of the film and was another smart move. I have to give a standing ovation to Mel Gibson.
James Caviezel does a great job as Jesus, but most of the movie, you won’t recognize him because he is so bloody from the torture that he receives on the way to his crucifixion. It is amazing that he never said one English word throughout the movie. The rest of the cast does a good job giving Caviezel great support, especially Maia Morgenstern who played Mary, Jesus’ mother. The only actor or actress that you would know is Monica Bellucci who was decent as Magdalene.
I had a problem with the character of Satan. He only had a couple of scenes and he seemed out of place. Especially when he carried a demon midget in one scene. It came in from out in right field and seemed very unnecessary. Also, the scene that the kids attacked Judas seemed very unnecessary and did little to main storyline.
As for the controversy and Anti-Semitic protest, I would say first, calm down. Second, watch the movie and see that the Jews did nothing to Jesus in comparison to what the Romans did to him. They beat him within an inch of his life, tortured him some more and then made him carry his own cross to his crucifixion. Third, it is in your scripture that you don’t believe that Jesus was the Messiah and Mel Gibson just portrays that on screen. Also, the majority of the story is taken right from the Scriptures.
All in all, I enjoyed this movie, just not as much as many critics and audiences did. This movie isn’t for the faint of heart. Literally, apparently a lady in the United States died of a heart attack while watching this movie. I’ll probably watch it again when it comes out on DVD and will see how it holds up. Until then, I’ll keep telling people about this movie and if you are one of the few who hasn’t seen this movie go out and see it. Everyone should see a controversial movie and have an opinion on it.
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