The Passion of the Christ

branie

Ayone here see Mel Gibson's powerful film about the trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

JimiTime

branie wrote: »

Ayone here see Mel Gibson's powerful film about the trial and Crucifixion of Jesus Christ?

yes. I resisted it for a long time. I always find that hollywood portrays Jesus so badly. If we were to rely on Hollywood, Jesus would be this miserable, dour, skeletal bloke who was very anti-social. So I expected the same, except with extra gore from this.

While I thought the graphic scenes were OTT, I really loved two particular scenes that were so subtle, yet done so much IMO. they were 1) Where you see a flashback to him making a table and sharing a laugh with his mother. and 2) Where you see him as a child grazing his knee.


What about you. have you watched it?

hinault

I watched the movie once.
It made for compelling viewing in my opinion.

The dialogue between Christ and satan for me was extremely effective.
satan and his tricks:mad::mad:
Trying to blame mankind for the treatment being meted out to Christ during the Passion.
The line which said "and you're going to die to save this lot".
satan's old tricks.:mad::mad::mad:

The use of Aramaic was very effective also. To hear the sound of the language used by Christ makes the film more evocative.

Soul Winner

Roman Catholic motifs aside, I was stunned into silence when I went to see this movie back in 06 (EDIT it was 04). Well done to Mel Gibson for making such a powerful movie that portrayed the anguish, agony and love of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who, because He loved us so much, paid such an awful and terrible price to redeem us from ourselves...

TheReverend

Felt like a Japanese torture porn film set in Jerusalem, was forced to watch it about 5 times is school, it sucked.

antiskeptic

TheReverend wrote: »

Felt like a Japanese torture porn film set in Jerusalem, was forced to watch it about 5 times is school, it sucked.

Let me get this straight. Your trying to say that you couldn't figure out a way to thread your ipod earpiece up your sleeve and listen instead to your favorite band (whilst doing your homework for the next class)?

The future is dimmer than I thought..

PDN

Powerful film.

My one criticism would be that its emphasis on Christ's physical sufferings could lead us to miss that the greater suffering on the Cross was his spiritual torment as He paid for the sins of the world.

JimiTime

PDN wrote: »

Powerful film.

My one criticism would be that its emphasis on Christ's physical sufferings could lead us to miss that the greater suffering on the Cross was his spiritual torment as He paid for the sins of the world.

Whats the basis for this again? I know its been mentioned before, but i forget the basis for this.

PDN

JimiTime wrote: »

Whats the basis for this again? I know its been mentioned before, but i forget the basis for this.

Basically it would be that the physical pain of less than a day on a Cross would be insufficient to atone for even one person's sins - let alone those of the entire world.

Jesus, when he cried on the Cross, "My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me" gives us a glimpse of a much greater suffering, that of separation from God.

omen80

I think it was actually a really good film even though I don't believe that it literally happened. The devil in it was brilliant, very subtle....no horns or anything stupid like that! Mel Gibson is a pretty good director, Apocalypto was a classic.

Robert ninja

I think I saw it years ago and then completely forgot it. So then me and a few friends decided to watch it but we only got through half of it. I forget how it ends but I can take a guess XD

kelly1

I watched it last night as I do every Good Friday. Never fails to move me to tears. That scourging scene!

Joe1919

Onions also drive me to tears.
This film is based on the ravings of a French nun.
We need to seperate history from art. There are scenes in the film that are not even in the bible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Catherine_Emmerich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ#Catholic_devotional_writings

JBnaglfar

antiskeptic wrote: »

Let me get this straight. Your trying to say that you couldn't figure out a way to thread your ipod earpiece up your sleeve and listen instead to your favorite band (whilst doing your homework for the next class)?

The future is dimmer than I thought..

You want to question his post, then fair enough. However, how does not liking a film equate to any of what you posted?

Festus

PDN wrote: »

Basically it would be that the physical pain of less than a day on a Cross would be insufficient to atone for even one person's sins - let alone those of the entire world.

Scourging, crown of thorns, a cloak soaked into His torn bloody and bloody flesh ... then ripped off so He could be nailed to the cross. Not to mention carrying the cross through the streets to Golgotha.

Just in case you had forgotten the rest of the Passion

georgieporgy

Joe1919 wrote: »

Onions also drive me to tears.
This film is based on the ravings of a French nun.
We need to seperate history from art. There are scenes in the film that are not even in the bible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Catherine_Emmerich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ#Catholic_devotional_writings

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was german and it would be in poor taste to refer to her visions as ravings.

keano_afc

I've seen it a couple of times, very powerful.

The Book is better though

Onesimus

Jesus Physical and Spirit is equally Divine.

kelly1

keano_afc wrote: »

The Book is better though

You mean this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolorous-Passion-Christ-Baronius-Classics/dp/190557407X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303853383&sr=1-2

Joe1919

georgieporgy wrote: »

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was german and it would be in poor taste to refer to her visions as ravings.

Rave = 'To speak or write with wild enthusiasm: Critics raved about the new play.'
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rave

Anyhow, her 'passion' is available at this pdf if you want to make up your own minds.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/emmerich/passion.pdf

She does give the jews a rough time.(imo)

georgieporgy

"Crucify him,crucify him!" said the Jews. (according to the bible).

hope that's not being too hard on them.:)

keano_afc

kelly1 wrote: »

You mean this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolorous-Passion-Christ-Baronius-Classics/dp/190557407X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303853383&sr=1-2

Eh, I actuallly meant the Bible. :pac: