Jim Caviezel portrays Jesus Christ in "The Passion of the Christ" (2004); Diogo Morgado plays the same figure in "Son of God" (2014).
It’s a film my family and I will not go see.
It sounds like this one has fallen into the normal Hollywood trap of trying to remake Jesus into their own image.
Isn’t this movie the same one that was on cable a little while ago? They just edited out the ozero satan lookalike?
Not a chance.
From the trailers I have seen, the production values of Son of God are not even anywhere close to those of Passion of the Christ.
All I know is that I’m not going to watch it.
For most of the people at my Chruch and the Christian groups I attend on a weekly basis this movie isn’t even on their radar. When Passion was coming out that’s all anyone was talking about.
SoConPubbie is exactly correct, it’s an abhorrent ‘Hollywood’ film:
But there was one major Jesus film that is an ageless masterpiece:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3127291/posts?page=54#54
Mel Gibson was driven to make the Passion of the Christ, and he refused all compromises. This one sounds opportunistic. “Let’s do a Bible movie—it’s certain to make a lot of money. And we’ll even consult the Evangelicals to increase our audience!”
They were only too ready to compromise, as the removal of Satan and the three temptations of Christ demonstrates. The director might as well have been Jan Brewer, after caving like that.
There have been quite a few films that portray the life of the Master and some do a fair job. The Passion of the Christ was the first to focus on a specific time frame just prior to His death and gave a few flashback details as to His humanity. It reached to the soul of the audience far better than any film prior (or after, IMHO) because it stressed the torture He went through in our place. All other films gloss over the horrors Jesus faced, but willingly went to, as our Paschal Lamb.
This new film is milquetoast in comparison.
Rick Warren, Joel Osteen and TD Jakes are NOT a “grassroots movement.” They are the Christian equivalent of manufactured mass marketing.
I HOPE that this UNHOLY Piece of Feces, BOMBS!
“”Gibson bloodied the Jews by portraying them as such villains,” Foxman told The Wrap this week.”
Do these movies rightly name who it was that loudly insisted that Pilate put Jesus to death, despite his finding of “no fault in this man?”
>>the most sensitive, caring depiction of the story of Jesus that I have ever seen<<
Uhh...let’s see. “You Brood of Vipers”, whipping the money changers with a cord, separating people into two distinct categories (good fish/bad fish, sheep/goats, etc), and claiming he was THE ONLY way to the Father.
His message wasn’t a sensitive, flowery one. It was revolutionary and drastic, a scandal, as it should be.
Given this, and the support of Megachurches - I can rightly deduce that this is movie will be a pile of dung.
Can’t they at least pretend to find someone who appears to be from the region? The kid looks like an Ambercromby and Fitch model.
Why do I need to go? I already have it on my DVR
It won’t get a dime from me...a pox on the house of hollywood. I saw the Passion...I am a fan of poor ol’ Mel Gibson...but death to today’s hollywood...and the garbage that they put out.
Turner Movie Classics in the past month in showing Oscar Nominated films had both “Quo Vadis” and “the Robe” on, I’m a sucker for a religious film, even the Bathrobe classics.
Son of God may not be “The Passion” or “The greatest story ever told” but hey, it may well evangelize all the same.
I did get to see some of the Bible series. I will rewatch it if I get a chance but it seems they also portrayed Acts, the Road to Damascus and the Apostle Paul and John sentenced to Pathos after the Romans tried to poison him to death. You usually don’t see that part of the Bible in movies, I enjoyed it.