The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition) | James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern

The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition) | James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern | Incredible Film

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	The Passion of the Christ (Widescreen Edition) James Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern 20th Century Fox, 2004 average customer review:based on 1995 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

AWSOME!

I think Mel did a great job!
This is how they treated him...this is what he had to do for us....
this is how much he loved us. Everyone in the audience applauded in the resurrection scene, ths stone rolled back and he walked out.

Everybody that saw this movie should shout & praise..
"JESUS, the messiah, king of kings..the alpha and omega"

Incredible Film

I don't really want to talk about the religious aspect that everyone is arguing about... I just think that this is a great movie. It is done very well and looks stunning. The acting was great. It is a violent movie and I don't think anyone knows for sure if Jesus' death was that violent... in fact I don't think anyone knows for sure if God even exists (that's why they call it faith right?) People who say they are 100% certain that God exists are always whack jobs. People who say they are 100% sure that God doesn't exist are just as whacky. But one thing is certain, this is a very entertaining film that is done well and really should be considered one of the best movies of all time.

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YES, IT IS A DEVESTATING EXPERIENCE

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST is perhaps the most talked about movie in the history of film. Other films have been condemned, discussed, dissected and more. But this film has received more anger ridden controversy than the last movie about Christ to do so, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. And is the controversy worth noting? Perhaps. But some of it is nothing more than the rants of people who never saw the film. The film does deserve to be seen and discussed.

For anyone living in a cave over the past few years, the movie focuses on the last day in the life of Jesus Christ (Jim Caviezel). It opens with his praying on his last night in the garden and moves quickly forward to his betrayal by Judas and subsequent torture and persecution by anyone with power at the time.

A sect of Jews led by Caiphas found Jesus to be a threat to their power base. In response, they set out to have him destroyed. More than destroying his following, they actually wanted him wiped off of the face of the Earth. And they set out to do so. This has caused some to consider the film anti-Semitic. The fact of the matter was there were two choices of the people involved to crucify Christ at that time: the Jewish leaders or the Roman leaders. History has shown that it was the Jewish leaders that called for his demise. Plus the fact is that Jesus himself was a Jew. It is not anti-Semitic to state this. It is merely history. And for those who believe, there was no other option for those leaders if God's plan was to be followed through.

The movie proceeds to show the physical persecution of Jesus from there forward. When he is arrested and transported to the temple, he is beaten with the chains that bind him. When he is in the temple and accused, he is beaten by the mob. All of this is disturbing in its own right. But things get progressively worse.

Taken to Pilate so that he might put Jesus to death, Pilate opts for the political ploy of sending him to Herod, the king of Jesus land of birth, to judge him. Herod sends him back. Pilate caves but not completely, ordering Jesus to be punished but not put to death. And this is where the truly brutal point of the film begins.

Jesus is taken to the guards for scourging. For those who do not know, this is when Jesus was beaten. Many times we have heard about Jesus being whipped, lashed or beaten. But never has it been this graphically portrayed. The guards taunt Jesus and are presented as sadistic oafs. They begin with reed like canes and when that doesn't offer enough damage, when Jesus continues to rise, they switch to a cat-o-nine tails type whip, tipped with pieces of glass. These cut into Jesus' flesh, ripping him apart like so much meat. When finished, the stones surrounding Jesus are covered in blood.

Throughout the grueling punishment that Jesus receives, his mother Mary is witness. She sees the torturous treatment that her son receives. She sees the pain and anguish he is going through. And she conveys on her face the pain that she is suffering along with him.

Near death, Jesus is once again taken to Pilate. Still unwilling to condemn this man to death, he turns the matter over to the people who call out for his demise. Broken and bloodied, Jesus is forced to carry his own cross to be crucified on. Shredded beyond belief, he does so, faltering several times along the way, at one point requiring assistance.

The final act of the film offers perhaps the most realistic glimpse of what those who were crucified had to endure. It is painful to watch. Director Mel Gibson never lets go of the viewer's throat, forcing you to witness the pain that Jesus, Gibson's representation of God on Earth, went through. And it leaves you wasted by the film's end.

There is no way that a person of faith, a person who believes in God and Jesus can walk away from this film untouched. The images are seared into your mind. Although I do not attend church, I believe in God and Jesus. And as I watched, beginning with the scourging, I found myself crying. Sure I had heard that people were doing this. I was prepared to control myself while watching. But as the film progressed, I cried several times, unable to stop and never feeling ashamed of it. This movie can affect you as strongly as this.

From a technical standpoint, the movie is very well made. The photography is well done, the story told plainly and simply and the direction done so as to not make you notice. It was Gibson's passion with his belief in Christ that made this film a reality. He has taken much heat from the Hollywood community for bringing his vision to life. It has been said that he may never work in Hollywood again. If that were possible, it would be their loss, not his.

The movie opened big, making more money than anyone could ever have expected by a movie of this sort of topic. It caused more discussion of religion and belief than any movie that I can ever recall. And perhaps, even though he has suffered the slings and arrows of an impartial press and industry, perhaps it was worth it. Because at the end of the day, Gibson was able to make people think once again about God. And that is an accomplishment in itself.

I highly recommend that everyone see this film. It will touch you no matter what you believe. If it doesn't, then you have no feelings inside.

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I consider it a must see for all the faithful

Really, this film is about Christ's passion. Hence the title. Most of the films about Jesus' life previous to this didn't really show the extent to which he suffered. By the time he is hung on the cross, he doesn't even look bloodied or beaten, just serene and tired. Most depicitons of Jesus on the cross (paintings, etc) don't show much in the way of what he endured. It seems sanitized. I think this tends to make us think that it wasn't so bad for him. After all, he knew he was going to rise again, right? So where's the stress?

Well, this movie shows that it WAS tortuous. It WAS an ordeal. He did suffer, and suffer greatly. It's the whole blinkin' point of the movie. I won't know until I get to heaven (God willing) whether the film is historically accurate, or whether the violence was depicted "over the top". I wasn't present on Good Friday, and neither were any of the detractors reviewing here. But I think the film accomplishes it's point. It reminds christians of Christ's suffering so we don't go about thinking it couldn't have been that bad (based on the sanitized images we have everywhere).

I think bashing the movie for not having a story line is ridiculous. It did have one. And the audience it was intended for knew the story line very well. This wasn't meant to be entertainment.

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Great buy!

This is a great movie! I think since Mel Gibson is Katholic he put too much emphuthis on Mother Mary. The truth of the mather is that JESUS is the whole meaning and sullution to anything!!! But I do think that this is the best creation of our LORD'S life on earth but remember when JESUS is carrying the cross and looks over at his mother she is not the one that ever gave him straigth. Only our FATHER in heaven could ever give anyone straingth.

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