Originally posted by FMF Are there 70s adapted-for-TV musicals that you like? Or is it a genre/era problem?
It's not a problem IMO, it's just how that movie comes across as dated for me because of some of the slang, although overall it's my favorite Jesus movie. I think at the time I first heard it, (the album) I was ready for a fresh narrative on the Jesus story.
I don't remember any 70s adapted for TV musicals. Surprisingly JC Superstar was originally a rock opera concept record album by Andrew Lloyd Webber (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics). It was performed more or less without their involvement by small theater companies before making it big. Andrew Lloyd Webber didn't like the movie.
Originally posted by ThinkOfOne There are musicals that I do like. However, in general I can't help but see the 70's as a lost decade not only for film, but for music as well.
I can see why, but there were gems in the 70's. Superman, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Rocky, The God Father...and the rise of Blacksploitation films, which are the only genre to consistantly feature blacks in main character roles. That alone is important, since other genres like fantasy, almost never have a non-white main character, let alone a black one. So I'd say the 70's were important for film.
Jesus Christ Superstar was a great film, despite it's cheesiness. I was a tad disapointed with The Passion of The Christ; I thought the trailers were more moving than the movie. Still an effective film.
Originally posted by vivify I can see why, but there were gems in the 70's. Superman, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Rocky, The God Father...and the rise of Blacksploitation films, which are the only genre to consistantly feature blacks in main character roles. That alone is important, since other genres like fantasy, almost never have a non-white main character, let alone a black o he Christ; I thought the trailers were more moving than the movie. Still an effective film.
Well, can't say as I'd place any of those films on my list of "gems" other than "The Godfather". That said, I'm not at all saying that there weren't any valuable films in the 70s which is why I qualified my statement with "In general".
Originally posted by Suzianne The Passion of the Christ (2004).
Surely it is this movie that we should be discussing as Mel tries to get it as it was.
Surely only the son of god or a supernatural man could have endured all those tortures and still had enough energy (or still be alive), to be able to pull that cross up that hill 😕
Originally posted by karoly aczel Surely it is this movie that we should be discussing as Mel tries to get it as it was.
Surely only the son of god or a supernatural man could have endured all those tortures and still had enough energy (or still be alive), to be able to pull that cross up that hill 😕
By volume, he had ten times the blood of any non-God-man. That movie is torture porn for religious misanthropes.
My favorite movie with a Jesus is The Big Lebowski.
But I guess you are asking about that other Jesus. I guess my favorite would be The Last Temptation of Christ, but I haven't seen several of the other films that have been mentioned here.
Originally posted by ThinkOfOne Well, can't say as I'd place any of those films on my list of "gems" other than "The Godfather". That said, I'm not at all saying that there weren't any valuable films in the 70s which is why I qualified my statement with "In general".
I know you weren't saying that no good films existed in the seventies, which is why I started my reply saying "I can see why" you feel the 70's were a bleek movie period. That decade is responsible for a lot of film attrocities, cheesy movies, Chuck Norris' acting career, and porn was even considered fashionable to watch in movie theaters.
So I pretty much agree with you. I'm just pointing out the every decade, no matter how bleek, still has significant bright spots.
Originally posted by vivify I know you weren't saying that no good films existed in the seventies, which is why I started my reply saying "I can see why" you feel the 70's were a bleek movie period. That decade is responsible for a lot of film attrocities, cheesy movies, Chuck Norris' acting career, and porn was even considered fashionable to watch in movie theaters.
So I pretty m st pointing out the every decade, no matter how bleek, still has significant bright spots.
Thought you probably understood that, but I thought I should explicitly state it after dismissing the majority of films on your list. I suspect we draw the line on "bright spots" in a much different place. From what I've seen, the 70s were MUCH bleaker than most and I've watched quite a few films from the 30s on up (excepting the last decade or so).
The Life of Brian caused a bit or row when it came out, protests outside cinemas etc
but I can imagine the big fellah up there having a chuckle at it.
The 70's gave us JAWS and ALIEN two super films.
(Airplane, was that 70's or early 80's?)
Someone mentioned black characters taking the lead in the 70's, SHAFT, another good film
came out round about then. Though Sidney Poitier in the 60's was simply
brilliant in 'In the Heat of the Night' and 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.'
The TV ground breaker regarding black actors was Starsky and Hutch in the 70's.
American TV were uneasy having black criminals getting hassle from white cops
but in S and H they came up with the brilliant idea of having a black head of the
department whose 'ass was always on the line because of the heat from downtown.'
So with a Black chief of police it was OK to have black criminals getting arrested
by white cops. It worked.
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