The Passion of The Christ: Review

OK, this is a very serious subject, no no fuckin about. I'm only going to discuss the movie from a MOVIE point of view, not a religious one, I don't care what your religious stance is, all are fine by me. But regardless if you think Jesus Christ is your personal savious or not, he was a real man who endured an extreme amount of brutal torture, that is historically proven. With that out of the way, onto the movie. Being the movie focused on the last 12 hours of Christ, the movie was very graphic. Not just graphic for the same of being so like is so common now, but graphic for a point...extreme suffering. Just watching a mans flesh be ripped to shreds by two spiked whips (a cat-o'-ninetails of sorts), with his blood splattering about is enough to turn iron stomachs inside out. The crucifixtion scene did neraly make me sick to my stomach, not for the intensity of the burden, but for the intinsity of the gore. The acting was subperb; the extreme devotion of Mary and John; the betrayls of Judas and Peter; the moral conodrum of Pontious Pilot; the suffering of Christ; all were expertly portrayed and represented. I would not call this movie anti-Jew (forget the proper word, anti-semetic or something), but I would say it shows how a few INDIVIDUALS (who happened to be Jewish) went against Christ. The crowd agreeing with the High Preists is to be expected, don't slaughter the herd for the poor decisions of thier mouthpeice. I didn't cry, although it was a very emotional movie, but I would say nearly everyone else did cry at some point during the show. On an uninteresting side note, I actually understood half of what the Romans were saying, as they were speaking in Latin. Kinda surprised me, but kinda cool at the same time...didn't have to read the subtext the whole time. Bottom line, see it...it's a great movie about perhaps the most influential individual in the history of written time, just bring a barf bag if your stomach doesn't like to see gallons of blood and open wounds...oh, and a box of Kleenex, even if you don't need it, your neighbor will.