This was truly a movie about Jesus, with a rendition that was gentle and compassionate, yet spirited and sharp when he had to be. I could tell that He was a man with a huge mission.
It was great that the script stayed close to the Bible-with such a well-known story, it's annoying when they take extensive artistic liberties with the script, like in "King of kings".
The apostles were made so real for us in this movie, as well as all the people and places, beautifully done!
I wish I had the writing skills to express how rich, alive and realistic the movie is-how the camera touches faces in the crowds, their woven clothes, the dirt roads, until we forget that we watch something that took place 2000 years ago. It is amazing how well it portrays the apostles' feelings, especially Peter's-his surprise, ambivalence, fierce feelings of love and sorrow.All in all, GREAT movie, the one to see or have about Jesus Chist. And it did not have too much of portentous, loud music either, for which I was grateful.
I just wish the script had not presented something absent from the Bible-the association of Judas with the Zealots. It makes the motives of the filmmakers kind of suspect in doing that.....as if they want to give a bit of nobility to his wretched betrayal.
It was great that the script stayed close to the Bible-with such a well-known story, it's annoying when they take extensive artistic liberties with the script, like in "King of kings".
The apostles were made so real for us in this movie, as well as all the people and places, beautifully done!
I wish I had the writing skills to express how rich, alive and realistic the movie is-how the camera touches faces in the crowds, their woven clothes, the dirt roads, until we forget that we watch something that took place 2000 years ago. It is amazing how well it portrays the apostles' feelings, especially Peter's-his surprise, ambivalence, fierce feelings of love and sorrow.All in all, GREAT movie, the one to see or have about Jesus Chist. And it did not have too much of portentous, loud music either, for which I was grateful.
I just wish the script had not presented something absent from the Bible-the association of Judas with the Zealots. It makes the motives of the filmmakers kind of suspect in doing that.....as if they want to give a bit of nobility to his wretched betrayal.