The Passion of the Christ. Two of my friends and I went to Downtown Disney today to watch the 7:00 PM showing of the film. So what did I think? Overall, it was intense...pretty
powerful actually. On the other hand, it may have been
too intense. I think there were some parts of the film where Mel Gibson just overdid it on the depiction of Jesus getting roughed up by the Romans. And it's no wonder why the Jewish community was concerned that this film was going to spark more rounds of anti-semitism. Watching certain parts of the movie, I thought to myself, "It's no wonder why Jews have been getting persecuted for the past 2,000 years. And why a million of them died in World War II." What was Mel Gibson thinking??? Anyways, the shot of Jesus rising from the dead inside the tomb was the saving grace of the film
(what a surprise, heheh)...considering for the previous 2 and a half hours Jesus was covered in blood and scars and whatnot. We should ALL be glad the Roman Empire is gone. Those
heathens!! Although I don't know why, in my faith, we're called
Roman Catholics...
And discussing the depiction of Satan in the film: Why am I not surprised that he wears a black hood for most of the film?
A la the Sith in the
Star Wars films, the Ringwraiths in the
Lord of the Rings trilogy, Voldemort in
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone, and even the mummy Imhotep in
The Mummy (1999). Villains seem to be getting more stereotypical in fantasy and epic films these days...
By the way, Jim Caviezel did a commendable job playing the Messiah.
