I am not religious,I was christened at birth but I had no say in that.I am fascinated by this story and the reasons behind it lasting over 2000 years.I am prepared to except all aspects of this ancient story apart from the divine and its intervention,I truly believe this man lived and further more you can be sure the ROMAN empire punished him accordingly.this re telling from MEL GIBSON is one of the most riveting films I have ever seen and in my opinion it portrays the humanization of CHRIST,the film starts of in GETHSEMANE with a haunting atmosphere,a praying JESUS and concerned apostles,soon events take place and JESUS's last hours are portrayed in gruesome fashion as the reality of his capture unfolds in a brutal manor,the ROMANS are extremely cruel and heartless here with no PASSION towards their subjects and the JEWISH hierarchy are equally relentless in their pursuit,the life of JESUS is told in flashback as we suffer his faith with him and get drawn towards the innocence of the man,subtitle dialogue in this movie is pivotal to authenticity and the screenplay is excellent,acting is brilliant from the whole cast as the ROMANS and JEWISH are frighteningly believable and JESUS played by JIM CAVIEZEL is the best I have seen,I was seriously moved by this movie on a humane level and it made me see CHRIST as a human and pity him....NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED
The Passion of the Christ
2004
Action / Drama
The Passion of the Christ
2004
Action / Drama
49% - Critics
80% - Audience
7.2
Synopsis
A depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. The story opens in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has gone to pray after the Last Supper. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the controversial Jesus--who has performed 'miracles' and has publicly announced that he is 'the Son of God'--is arrested and taken back within the city walls of Jerusalem. There, the leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy; subsequently, his trial results with the leaders condemning him to his death. Jesus is brought before Pontius Pilate, the prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, for his sentencing. Pilate listens to the accusations leveled at Jesus by the Pharisees. Realizing that his own decision will cause him to become embroiled in a political conflict, Pilate defers to King Herod in deciding the matter of how to persecute Jesus. However, Herod returns Jesus to Pilate who, in turn, gives the crowd a choice between ...
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I HAVE THE POWER TO LAY DOWN MY LIFE AND THE POWER TO TAKE IT UP AGAIN
Emotional experience and cried like a baby
To this day, the most powerful and emotional, moving movie I have ever seen. Raised a Catholic, I realized that this movie was basically everything I expected it to be. My eyes were so swollen from the crying and tears I shed. I gave my life to Christ in 2011 and this movie sent one clear message - the only way to God is through Jesus. Never have I ever cried and sobbed during a movie than I did for this one because it all happened and One Man endured all that viciousness, torture, pain and death for all of our sins. I applaud Mel Gibson on this film, the cast and the crew for giving us this once in a lifetime movie!
Good?!?!
Criative and the best work by Mel Gibson in direction. We could see that the actors, and Gibson and Fitzgerald are a moving and an unique portrait of Jesus Christ. I understand and support the criative expression of filmmakers, after all, it's the seventh art, I also understand, what Gibson try recreate and show to the audience. But when, he show Passion's message, all the gore violence obscure Jesus' last hours and Mel's attempt of evangelize flaw. The Passion of the Christ, it's one of the most controversal and hard-to-watch movie that I ever saw.
