Greatest Jesus Movies

Originally posted by bbarr
By volume, he had ten times the blood of any non-God-man. That movie is torture porn for religious misanthropes.

Mel also made "Apocalypto" and "Braveheart" (there may be others 😕 ), that he tried to make as authentic as possible.
To me it says there are a lot of people who believe it went down that way with all that brutality. And whose to say it didn't, but if it did, then something is not right.
I sense you think it's the amount and the viciousness of the torture that is "bunged up", because as I say , no human could endure that and still walk ...

Originally posted by karoly aczel
Mel also made "Apocalypto" and "Braveheart" (there may be others 😕 ), that he tried to make as authentic as possible.
To me it says there are a lot of people who believe it went down that way with all that brutality. And whose to say it didn't, but if it did, then something is not right.
I sense you think it's the amount and the viciousness of the t ...[text shortened]... re that is "bunged up", because as I say , no human could endure that and still walk ...

Braveheart - authentic? 😞

Originally posted by caissad4
Life of Brian

I never heard of this one.

Originally posted by divegeester
Blessed are the cheesmakers...

😵

Another unknown.

Originally posted by kevcvs57
Whistle down the Wind. (Not the musical)

Wow! I missed a lot of Jesus movies.

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
"King of Kings". Jeffrey Hunter is marvelous as Jesus.

"The Last Temptation of Christ" is an interesting take on the "Jesus story".

I found "Jesus Christ Superstar" unwatchable.

Now you are talking. However, I did not see the "Jesus Story" or "The Last Temptation of Christ", but I believe I remember "The Last Temptation of Christ" was another one considered as sacrilegious.

Originally posted by ThinkOfOne
As it so happens, For anyone interested I just noticed that TCM is showing "King of Kings" today at 4:55 ET.

To bad, I read this too late. I would have liked to refresh my memory on that movie. As I remember, it was good and mild enough for children.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Braveheart - authentic? 😞

I saw a doco on it. Apparently it wasn't exactly accurate but as they pointed out the inconsistencies , you could see where he got most of his material from. Any major inconsistencies that I have missed?

Originally posted by JS357
People do have strong reactions one way or the other about the 1973 production if you are talking about the movie. It is definitely dated in style. But it feels to me like it tells the real story about how Jesus threatened to upset the delicate balance of power between the Romans and the Jewish hierarchy, and what it could have been like to be Jesus and Judas.

Yeah, and I think it was a mixer of music with a little musical comedy added such as "King Herod's Song" and even the more serious "This Jesus must Die" song due to the contrast between the low bass voice and the high voice of that other guy that caused a burst of laughter when I saw it.

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 😕

I don't know about the movie, but the Holy Bible says Jesus was unable to carry the cross or cross beam and a Roman soilder pulled a man from the crowd watching to finish carrying the cross the rest of the way to the crucifixion site.

Originally posted by RJHinds
I don't know about the movie, but the Holy Bible says Jesus was unable to carry the cross or cross beam and a Roman soilder pulled a man from the crowd watching to finish carrying the cross the rest of the way to the crucifixion site.

Yes, yes, that's exactly what I'm referring to. If you take a literal interpretation of the man and the times he lived in, then you would have to come up with all kinds of rumor-type drivel to make it work. No real man could take that and still walk.

I just googled "The Life of Brian" and at least I like the attitude of this song under the circumstances:

"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=SJUhlRoBL8M

Originally posted by JS357
No disrespect intended. Do you have one?

Mine is Jesus Christ Superstar (1973, specifically)

The music, the message, the mood, it was a little 70's cheesy, but...

I'm willing to spend a little of my street creds on this recommended few minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDzxn66W3uM

(sorry about the short ad)

The black dude being a presci ...[text shortened]... ng else,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2RNecC68vk&feature=related

"He is dangerous."

I thought Jesus Christ Superstar was well done both on the stage and the silver screen. I also liked The Life of Brian as well as most films about Christ. It is a wonderful story no matter how it's told.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I thought Jesus Christ Superstar was well done both on the stage and the silver screen. I also liked The Life of Brian as well as most films about Christ. It is a wonderful story no matter how it's told.

You just reminded me of the Movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Another good Jesus movie.

Originally posted by LemonJello
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.

Well this gives me a chance to mention a Jesus cameo.

Ben Hur

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About 2 minutes into the clip.

And there is a pretty good race clip, for its day. Before Bullitt.

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