The Passion of the Christ

[berkeley]

EVERYONE that I know who had seen this movie wept. I watched it, didn't blink, didn't flinch. Whatev. The beating was brutal, but I'm with Brat, more realistic than the old movies with a trickle of blood down the face. Not really a movie you see more than once or twice.

[sandie]

Originally Posted by notofworks

Never watched, have no intention to. I'm a bit of an old curmudgeon with this kind of thing. I wish it didn't take theatrics like this to move us. That being said, it moved many so I suppose I'm thankful for that.

However, the greatness of the story is the resurrection, without which the death is meaningless. I don't believe the movie featured much, if any, of that.

It showed the resurrection at the end, it was really well done.
Jim Cavezel did an excellent job. His father was a customer of my husbands.

[Adam]

It's in my Netflix queue. Will probably be getting it on Wednesday. Thanks for all the opinions. Sandie's opinion really moved me the most. Thanks, Sandie.

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Adam

It's in my Netflix queue. Will probably be getting it on Wednesday. Thanks for all the opinions. Sandie's opinion really moved me the most. Thanks, Sandie.

You're very welcome, Adam.

[Sam]

I have never seen it. I don't think I want to.
I've purchased a DVD a couple of times and gave them away.
I just don't think I can watch it.

One of our daughters-in-law saw it with a group from her parents' church. She said she closed her eyes at times --just couldn't watch.

[acerrak]

Originally Posted by Sam

I have never seen it. I don't think I want to.
I've purchased a DVD a couple of times and gave them away.
I just don't think I can watch it.

One of our daughters-in-law saw it with a group from her parents' church. She said she closed her eyes at times --just couldn't watch.

yea the first couple of times i watched it i broke down, i never really had a picture in my head of how it possibly could have been

[Sam]

Originally Posted by acerrak

yea the first couple of times i watched it i broke down, i never really had a picture in my head of how it possibly could have been

I don't think we can really imagine how horrible and brutal His suffering was.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Adam

Never seen this film. I've always heard of it, but have always had a sense of dread regarding actually seeing it. I suppose the brutality of it all keeps me from wanting to watch it. But, now, I recently saw parts of it put together with Tim Hughes - Here I Am To Worship, and now I really want to see it. If you have seen it, what did you think of it? Did it strengthen your relationship with Jesus? Had no effect? Would be interested in your opinion. Thanks.

It didn't do or take away anything. I came away though with a greater appreciation of what I already knew about how he suffered, especially the scourging .

One thing that needs to be known is this movie is not entirely based on the bible, though obviously some accounts are biblical.

The movie is actually based on the visions of a roman catholic seer mixed with bible narratives

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ
. A principal source is The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ[11] the meditations of the stigmatic German nun Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824), as told to the poet Clemens Brentano. Among the many elements taken from the Dolorous Passion are scenes such as the suspension of Jesus from a bridge after his arrest by the Temple guards, the torment of Judas by demons after he had handed over Jesus to the Jews, the wiping up of the blood of Jesus after his scourging, and the dislocation of Jesus’ shoulder so that his palm would reach the hole for the nail.[11] A second source mentioned was The Mystical City of God by María de Ágreda (1602–1665), a 17th-century Spanish nun.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

I thought it was an awful movie. The brutality of Christ's whipping was exagerated. I don't think there is any proof that his beating was that brutal. Mel Gibson also depicted the jews as cursed people with satan appearing among the jewish crowd. I thought the film had anti-jewish bias.

http://www.bible-history.com/past/flagrum.html

This sketch depicts a Roman Flagrum which was designed to quickly remove the flesh from the body of a victim.
The Romans would, according to custom, scourge a condemned criminal before he was put to death. The Roman scourge, also called the "flagrum" or "flagellum" was a short whip made of two or three leather (ox-hide) thongs or ropes connected to a handle as in the sketch above. The leather thongs were knotted with a number of small pieces of metal, usually zinc and iron, attached at various intervals. Scourging would quickly remove the skin. According to history the punishment of a slave was particularly dreadful. The leather was knotted with bones, or heavy indented pieces of bronze.

Sometimes the Roman scourge contained a hook at the end and was given the terrifying name "scorpion." The criminal was made to stoop which would make deeper lashes from the shoulders to the waist. According to Jewish law (discipline of the synagogue) the number of stripes was forty less one (Deut. 25:3) and the rabbis reckoned 168 actions to be punished by scourging before the judges. Nevertheless, scourging among the Romans was a more severe form of punishment and there was no legal limit to the number of blows, as with the Jews. Deep lacerations, torn flesh, exposed muscles and excessive bleeding would leave the criminal "half-dead." Death was often the result of this cruel form of punishment though it was necessary to keep the criminal alive to be brought to public subjugation on the cross. The Centurion in charge would order the "lictors" to halt the flogging when the criminal was near death.

[Truthseeker]

Never seen the movie but seen the passion.


No movie gonna make one closer to God.