02-27-2004, 06:03 PM
Shlama lukhon,
I saw the movie on opening night here in the Los Angeles area was absolutely stunned and awe-inspired. Considering all the obstacles and challenges facing Mel Gibson and the crew I consider it a Masterpiece!
While the scenes displaying the bloody sufferings of Meshikha were often too much to bear, I found the use of cut-aways and flashbacks immensely inspiring and extremely emotional in ways other movies or even reading directly from the Gospels are unable to reproduce.
Most "Gospel" movies follow the life of Meshikha in a chronological order much like the Gospels themselves so by the time you get to the "passion" scenes, the teachings of Meshkiha and other aspects of His life were seen much early in the film.
In fact, many critics of the "Passion" claimed the movie was out of context because the movie focused too much on the last 12 hours of Meskhika's life.
I found it the complete opposite!
It appears that Gibson purposefully brought the context directly to the viewer by cutting back and flashing back to early parts of Meshikha's life at the same moments that He is experiencing extreme pain and suffering. So portions of the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper and other beautiful teachings are brought in direct context while we are watching Meshikha living the exact words He taught about earlier in His life.
The use of language was fascinating: While the Aramaic was for the most part Aramaic in grammar and Syntax; clearly Hebrew words were sprinkled throughout in probably an attempt to present a very "Jewish" Aramaic.
Roman savagery and brutality was particularly demonstrated. So critics who cry "Anti-Semitism" unjustifiably should probably wonder why the Italian communities don???t consider the movie "Anti-Roman or Anti-Italian" because it appears that Gibson went out of his way to characterize the Roman soldiers as blood-thirsty savages.
Just my 2 cents ....
Dean Dana
I saw the movie on opening night here in the Los Angeles area was absolutely stunned and awe-inspired. Considering all the obstacles and challenges facing Mel Gibson and the crew I consider it a Masterpiece!
While the scenes displaying the bloody sufferings of Meshikha were often too much to bear, I found the use of cut-aways and flashbacks immensely inspiring and extremely emotional in ways other movies or even reading directly from the Gospels are unable to reproduce.
Most "Gospel" movies follow the life of Meshikha in a chronological order much like the Gospels themselves so by the time you get to the "passion" scenes, the teachings of Meshkiha and other aspects of His life were seen much early in the film.
In fact, many critics of the "Passion" claimed the movie was out of context because the movie focused too much on the last 12 hours of Meskhika's life.
I found it the complete opposite!
It appears that Gibson purposefully brought the context directly to the viewer by cutting back and flashing back to early parts of Meshikha's life at the same moments that He is experiencing extreme pain and suffering. So portions of the Sermon on the Mount and the Last Supper and other beautiful teachings are brought in direct context while we are watching Meshikha living the exact words He taught about earlier in His life.
The use of language was fascinating: While the Aramaic was for the most part Aramaic in grammar and Syntax; clearly Hebrew words were sprinkled throughout in probably an attempt to present a very "Jewish" Aramaic.
Roman savagery and brutality was particularly demonstrated. So critics who cry "Anti-Semitism" unjustifiably should probably wonder why the Italian communities don???t consider the movie "Anti-Roman or Anti-Italian" because it appears that Gibson went out of his way to characterize the Roman soldiers as blood-thirsty savages.
Just my 2 cents ....
Dean Dana