Posted on 02/23/2014 6:45:35 PM PST by restornu
“As we were shooting 'The Bible,' we knew there was another story in here.”
Roma Downey, actress ... "Son of God," a two-hour movie highlighting key events in Jesus' life, ministry and death, to open nationally on Feb.
... retelling the well-known Old Testament stories of Noah and "Exodus," featuring the great flood and Moses leading the children of Israel from Egypt.
Is the 2014 release of Bible-themed films a trend? "It certainly looks like it," ... "There are more of these films coming out ...
But the reasons for Hollywood's recent embrace of the Bible vary from seeing the good book as a vehicle for great storytelling to a more deliberate purpose of using the powerful medium of film to spread a religious message.
Mark Burnett, producer of the "Son of God," said he expects the film "to be a conversation starter" ... some principals may not have imagined. "The disciples didn't know they were going to end up in the Bible," he said. "They were merely following Jesus."
Sacred, secular inspiration
The theatrical release of "Son of God" has its roots in the hugely popular 2013 TV miniseries "The Bible."...
Studio vice chairman Rob Moore, an evangelical Christian, told The Hollywood Reporter the...
By contrast, 20th Century Fox's "Exodus,"... appears to be more faithful to its biblical narrative, found in its eponymous Old Testament book.
Expected to be released on Dec. 12, the film is Ridley Scott's retelling of the children of Israel's liberation from Egyptian slavery,.....
For "Son of God," advance work to boost the opening box office is a key strategic element. Downey and Burnett urged the Washington, D.C., preview audience — ...to encourage people to pack theaters when the film opens.
"The only chance a faith-based movie gets is in the opening weekend," Burnett said.
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
For the movie, SON OF GOD, they deleted the scene that showed the devil’s face, which WAS shown in the series. Satan will NOT get a facial part in the SON OF GOD. THAT is as it should be!
Although any Biblical accuracy will be tossed.
“Son of God” is not a new movie. It is selected scenes from the really bad “Bible” mini-series that came out last year.
It takes all kinds of liberties with scripture and actually puts words in Jesus mouth that he never said. I didn’t care for the mini-series at all. It got a lot of publicity though and made a lot of money, so the producers want more. EWTN has really been promoting the movie, I guess because Roma Downey is a Catholic and Raymond Arroyo likes her. But the movie has no Catholic technical advisors. Downey said she is grateful that the movie got favorable ratings from Joel Osteen and Rick Warren. She also cited Cardinal Donald Wuerl as giving it a thumb-up.. So if Osteen and Warren and liberal Cardinal Wuerl think it’s a great movie, that should tell anyone that believes in the Bible to stay away from it. Fox News has also been touting it. Cafeteria-Catholic Sean Hannity to be precise.
For the movie, SON OF GOD, they deleted the scene that showed the devil’s face, which WAS shown in the series. Satan will NOT get a facial part in the SON OF GOD. THAT is as it should be!
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I don’t like Obama
But putting a photo which looks like him was antagonistic and wrong.
Another thing the devil does not have a body and never will he is an evil spirit or should we a form of substance.
So appropriate. It is an exact replica of the demonic “one” in the White House.
God never sleeps.
Roma Downey Catholic?
well probably as much as most everyone else claims to be.
google ‘Roma Downey New Age’
Really? It is a re edited tv series, not shot as a motion picture? That is news to me. Where did you get that info.?
Just read the article
Sacred, secular inspiration
The theatrical release of “Son of God” has its roots in the hugely popular 2013 TV miniseries “The Bible.” http://www.history.com/shows/the-bible/videos Both are the creation of reality-show pioneer Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, who portrays Mary, the mother of Jesus, in both projects. Downey is no stranger to faith-based themes, having originated the role of “Monica,” an angel who intervenes in earthly situations in “Touched by an Angel,” a drama series that ran for nine seasons on CBS.
Diogo Morgado, the Portuguese actor who portrayed Jesus in “The Bible” miniseries returns to the same role in “Son of God.” During a recent screening of the film in Washington, D.C., Downey and Burnett said the idea for the movie began when they were filming the miniseries, and additional scenes were shot specifically for the movie.
“As we were shooting ‘The Bible,’ we knew there was another story in here,” Downey said, with that story ending up as the new movie.
“Son of God” will be followed by the March 28 opening of “Noah,” starring Russell Crowe as the title character
Jer 17:4: And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.
A "movie" or two about the Bible means nothing. Not in light of what we've done.
Son of God is a 2014 American epic biblical drama film based on Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s ten-hour miniseries The Bible. The film will feature selections of the miniseries as well as deleted scenes not featured during the telecast.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_God_%28film%29
no offense but we’re not just going to see a hollywood movie because they make a marketing attempt to draw christians into theaters.
the only reason He doesn’t is He has tremendous patience and stacked up against ANY other country in the world we outstrip any of them in terms of charity on any level’you care to compare.
No Catholic scholors or theologians had anything to do with the movie. The protestant “experts” that helped them out with the mini-series and movie were Joel Osteen and Rick Warren and a few academics, probably left-wingers.
Downey and Burnett wanted to stay as true to the content in the Bible as possible so they put together a wide variety of pastors and academics to review the script and filming. For example, they worked with Pastors Joel Osteen and Rick Warren and academics such as Craig A. Evans and Mark Goodacre.[14]
As of March 25, 2013, The Bible series has been watched by over 80 million viewers during its first three installments.[15] The show has been the number one downloaded TV show in iTunes and ranked number 2 on Amazon’s best sellers in movies and TV.[15] The Bible will have a theatrical release containing “recut scenes and extra stuff” from the record breaking television event and could be released as early as this fall.[16] The Bible has been nominated for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award, Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Downey
1 Sam 15:22-23: Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
1949 – “Samson & Delilah”
1951 – “David and Bathsehba”
1953 – “Salome””
1953 - “The Robe”
1954 – “Demetrius and the Gladiators”
1956 - “The Ten Commandments””
1959 - “Ben-Hur”
1961 - “King of Kings”
1961 - “Barrabas”
1964 – “Becket”
1965 - “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
1965 – “The Agony and the Ecstasy”
1966 - “The Bible … In the Beginning”
1966 – “A Man for All Seasons”
1968 - “The Shoes of the Fisherman””
If you want to check out a recent movie where the dialog is almost word for word taken from scripture, I recommend the Gospel of John. It came out about the time as Passion of the Christ and was basically overlooked. To me it is better than the Mel Gibson movie and light-years better than the Roma Downey Bible mini-series.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Gospel-John-Henry-Cusick/dp/B0006Q93ZG
The Gospel of John is, in my humble opinion, the best Biblical-based movie since The Gospel According to St Matthew. The Gospel of John was filmed in Toronto using unknown actors and a British director. The intent of the Producers was to present the text of the book with no embelishments or viewpoints, letting the words speak for themselves and leaving the viewer to draw their own conslusions. The film accomplished this beautifully. The result is a powerful presentation that, while three hours long, seemed to fly by. I never got bored or tired, and felt like I had been there 2 hours or less.
Sadly, it gets mediocre reviews from the “sophisticated” reviewers who cannot appreciate the simple beauty and power of the words as written by John without the aid of post-modern interpretation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug2cn71CDeE
The Gospel Of John - (The Full Movie)
Great movie. Thanks for the link.
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