The Passion of the Christ

[phatmonky]

Fantastic film.

Great imagery, great cinematography, and I think that some of you are missing the point of the film.

It wasn't a movie about Christ's teachings, and you all should have been aware of that on going in (I'm not sure how you weren't.) There are plenty of films on his teachings if you wish to see that

This movie was about Christ's suffering, and what he endured for the rest of us. Just as in the movie, and bible, when he came as the messiah, people called him a farce and, as we know, killed him. It took such an overt, horrendous act to make believers out of humans (who are normally very skeptical as we all know).

As for the violence in the movie. I have said it once, and will say it again. It is one thing to say "yeah, jesus was crucified". But that is an easy thing to just pass off. It's quite another to see it reenacted in it's full technicolor glory (and as some have said on here, it worked it's point. If you think you were offended watching, imagine how horrendous it was to endure). I liken this all to the mindset of people who support war, without enduring it. It's one thing to say "yes, let's kill that xxxxx". It's another to see it, or go through it.

If you want films about christ's teachings, life, etc. May I suggest that you look at "The Last temptation of christ", or "Abraham". Both great films