Posted on 02/26/2016 3:11:03 PM PST by NYer
I better take two or three hankies with me.
I use my husband's BIG cotton handkerchiefs. Kleenex is made of paper, which is made of wood, so nose gets all sore. Cotton handkerchiefs are the ONLY way to go. Nose is saved.
On the second viewing, I also noticed the window he looks out at inn at the very beginning and end of the movie. There are two wooden sticks transposed as a cross. The seem entirely too fragile to serve any purpose other than being a cross.
Another thing I really liked about the movie was in Clavius's dialogue with Christ on the starlit night. For some reason, I've always found myself making note of people who say, "Christ died for our sins," and those who say, "Christ died for my sins." In that scene in the movie, Clavius admits to Christ something to the effect of, "When you died, I was there. I helped kill you." It hit me that the character was speaking for me, and for all of us.
I’m no bible scholar, but I believe artistic liberties were taken in the secuence of events. However this did not alter the heart of the story. Overall I enjoyed the movie very much. Highly recommend it, bring tissues.
Perhaps not that bad. A good mix of sorrow and joy.
My mix would be sorrow and GRATITUDE (mixed with an enormous feeling of relief).
I try to express my gratitude with prayers and Christian actions.
I hope Jim Robinson gets his bother to fix the problem. The last I heard, they were working on the swirly-ques. I wonder if there is any progress on it?
Thank you for posting this interesting review, NYer. I know you certainly tried your best, but I find it almost impossible to read the full article with all of the "swirly-que" text problems.
Jim or John: Is there any progress being made on this problem? Seems like we've had this problem for a long time now. It's getting more and more difficult to read articles on FR these days. Thanks...
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REVIEW: Movie “Risen” is a “resurrection mystery” and a reflection on death
Posted on 20 February 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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NB: That A.D. bit there.
Heh.
I went to see Risen yesterday.
It starts like a mystery novel/show, but not a murder mystery. It’s a resurrection mystery.
Its starting point is the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the body of Jesus of Nazareth, which could become a dangerous political flashpoint for the embattled Pontius Pilate on the eve of a visit from the Emperor Tiberius.
The main character is, of course, the Body of the Risen Lord. But the other main character is that of a Roman military Tribune, Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), who is tasked to find the body of the crucified Nazarean after his fanatic disciples steal it during the night… or so they think. The politics and the tension between the Jews and Roman is portrayed pretty well.
This movie was not made by Catholics. As such there are a few points that are not quite right, but you can look for them yourselves. I don’t like to post spoilers or too many detail.
Before the release, when I posted about the lead up of this film on this blog, a commentator posted that he thought there was an irreverent scene involving the Eucharist. I contacted the distributors at that time to clarify the situation. Having seen it myself, I didn’t find any irreverence toward the Eucharist. The scene involves a meal wherein the Apostles are eating. They are tearing apart pieces of bread that they pass around. It isn’t an explicitly Eucharistic moment, as far as I can tell. However, had I been consulted during the making of the film about that scene, I would have advised that they do it a bit differently so as not to create even the slightest appearance of Eucharistic irreverence.
There is a “Shroud of Turin” moment.
I eventually remembered where I saw Clavius’ subaltern … Draco in Harry Potter. Growed up, he did. I hope he, as an actor, can eventually shake off feckless characters and that he won’t be forever typecast.
Along the way, and I think this isn’t too much of a spoiler given that everyone knows going into it that the Roman Tribune is going to become a believer… Peter takes to Clavius along the way. I wonder if this isn’t a subtle Protestant way of dealing with Christ’s entrusting of the “keys” to Peter, to downplay the Catholic understanding. Latin clavis means “key” (think of French “clef” in music). Clavus, by the way, is “nail”. The name “Clavius” wasn’t common for Romans. The name of the famed Jesuit mathematician Christopher Clavius has nothing to with an ancient Roman name. It is a Latinization of a German name Clau. I think the movie was originally named “Clavius”. I suspect that “Risen” will resonate more with Christians of various non-Latin stripes. I may have over-analyzed that. Maybe they just wanted a Roman sounding name.
The way that the Apostles are depicted … differently from other movies. I thought their directorial
Now that is what is wanted! Thank you!
Beautiful!! Thank you, Jim! :-)
We saw it last night and to compare "Risen" to "The Robe" is like comparing "Star Wars" to "Plan 9 From Outer Space". It is a really excellent movie; well written, well acted, and well directed. It could have gone wrong in so many ways but it didn't. I've seen just about all of the Academy Award nominees for this year and I'd place "Risen" over half of them.
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Thank you! Have tried to use various converters, to no avail. Many thanks for the post and ping.
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