This movie did have controversial issues, and in class it seemed as if Jesus being married was the most controversial, but to me it wasn’t at all. I think that if Jesus was married it would make sense. Why wouldn’t he have a wife and kids? He was suppose to be an example to us, so why wouldn’t he have had children? For me the most controversial issue, and what was hardest for me in this movie was hearing “Jesus” say that he had sinned. This was the most controversial for me because I have always been taught that Christ was perfect, so hearing this was the most disheveling part of the movie for me. It was also hard for me to get over the fact that Jesus was being played by the same actor as the green lantern, and so the whole movie I was thinking that Jesus was the creepiest man ever, and I didn’t like the feeling that I got. I like to think of Jesus as not crazy or creepy, but very together and articulate. This movie opened my eyes and made me think of what the world would be like without the Jesus that died for us. I liked Sol/Paul’s statement that he didn’t care if Jesus was still alive, he cared that we knew the Jesus that had died for us and had been resurrected, because that’s what the people needed. I think that Sol/Paul’s statement is what stuck out to me the most. We need the hope that Jesus creates more than anything.
You can see why there have been many wars over religion and why people with solely faith will die for their religion. So many people claim that their religion is the right one and are closed off from other views. It is such a hard topic to discuss because everyone has their own points of view. Some points of view have been established from childhood and therefore are harder to debate with. It’s easy to say you believe something, for yourself, without understanding how much of an influence other factors had on that decision. Factors can come from a variety of influences such as from family, religious education and community. It is distressing that religion is such a heated topic. I personally don’t care what anyone believes as long as they don’t push their beliefs on me. Sometimes this is hard for various people to do.
When I was in Catholic elementary school, you weren’t cool unless you were wearing a WWJD bracelet. For those of you who don’t know, WWJD stands for what would Jesus do. The idea was that if you were ever in a situation where you had to choose between two things, one being a good decision and the other bad, you could check you handy-dandy WWJD paraphernalia and ask yourself, “What would Jesus do?” and being that he is perfect and always makes the right choice, you would choose the better of the two options. The way he is portrayed in this movie as a slightly evil, confused, sinning and creepy man is the main part I found to be disconcerting, which is odd because I do not believe Jesus was the flawless man people today make him out as. I have always wondered whether Jesus was only a symbol to teach a lesson and bring people closer to what they want to believe such as the boy who cried wolf taught children not to cry for unnecessary help. It does not literally mean there was a boy who cried wolf and was then eaten by one. Even if the story was based loosely on an event that really took place, it does not mean every little detail must remain exactly the same as it did the first time it was told. The message remains the same as different versions emerge in different countries and translated through different languages. Keep in mind the story of the boy who cried wolf has not been passed down through as many years as the story of Jesus. With this being said, Jesus’ legacy holds the same message whether he would have married, had children, lived in another country, or been bald rather than long wavy locks. Point being, that the small details of his life do not hold much value and definitely do not give reason for hatred or the firebombing of movie theaters. If you hold your own values from the bible and the ten commandments, isn’t it more important to create a loving and happy life for the present rather than fighting over whether a man lead a perfect life or was married over two thousand years ago?
I thought this movie was the main reason why Jesus wants us to believe in his two stories that he had told, but this movie was so different from the other movie like “Passion of the Christ”. He wanted us to believe what if he chose the other life and what it would be like. Would he died for us all on the cross and sacrifice his body for us because he wanted to save us? He thought about the other life where he would go and get married and has children, but that was his vision of what if. I think that everyone can have a choice in life that they can choose whatever they wanted, but you can only choose one. For example you have the choice to choose whatever religions you wanted to believe in. So my point is that Jesus chose his only faith what he believe in is best for him, so he chose to died on the cross for his people.
The film "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Martin Scorcese, has raised many different opinions on the true life of Jesus Christ and the days leading up to, and thoughts of Jesus Christ, while being crucified. Was Christ fully human or fully divine or both? Centuries of Christian theology have taught us about the divine side of Christ's nature. We hear about miracles, his resurrection, saving us from our mortal sins. Much less attention has been focused on his human side. Did he ever get frustrated people who just wouldn't learn? Did he ever feel weakness or loneliness? We know almost nothing about his childhood or his life as he matured into a man. There is almost no mention of Jesus being happy or having fun. Did he ever marry or have children? The Last Temptation of Christ explores the human side of Christ including his desires and fears and a human being.
Wow did this movie have alot of controversial issues. In this movie the writer and director makes Jesus seem weak and imperfect. They both thought out of the box. It was totally the opposite of what I have been taught. This movie makes you think alot of what he may have done if he would have been a human like all the rest of us. But at the same time it makes you think if maybe he did do all or some of these things brought up in the movie but we will never find out. As we discussed in class there is not alot of evidence about his childhood or even some of his adulthood. The director and writer were really brave to bring this to the theaters. However,does it change my mind or beliefs about how I have been taught all my life. But let's not forget this is just a movie and I don't think it was made to change people's mind but to think a little of how things would have been different if he would have chosen not to die on the cross for us.
this movie is filled with contovery because it makes jesus look way to human in parts, it kinda raises the question, what if he did have a wife and kids? i thought it was a good movie in the way that it did not stick to the basic story of jesus it kinda went a little off the path there for a sec. the whole mary magdaline thing is something that has interested me for a while, that is one of those things that make you think a little, because what if she was not what the bible says she is. but all in all this was a pretty good movie.
The last temptation of Christ is on my lists of worst movies. From the very beginning it had a dark feel to it. I said in class, if there are two different stories about the same event how are we to know which is true. That doesn’t apply to this movie because at the very beginning of the film it said it wasn’t a true story. I think making a fictional film about Jesus is controversial in its self. To me it seems this movie was trying to break apart many of the qualities of the Jesus we know and admire. It took away the exemplary man he was and showed him as an average or below average Joe. It showed Jesus as a man with many weaknesses. It showed him as a man who wanted to give in to temptation. It showed him as a man who followed gods will not because he wanted to, but because of his fear of god. This is offensive to me not only because this is not the Jesus I have learned about, but because Jesus is a man that many people highly respect. It doesn’t feel right to me to show him as a fictional actor. To me it is deceptive. They are openly telling long drawn out lie about Jesus life. Why? I think the intent is to make us ask did Jesus struggle more than the in the stories we have learned? Was Jesus the man we think he was? I don’t like that this movie whispers questions of doubt about a man that I hold high respect for based off a fictional story.
i did not like this movie what so ever. i found it extremely boring, and pointless. what was the point of him getting off the cross and doing all that other stuff if he's just going to end up back on the cross at the end? some say it's to show that all that stuff could have happened. so what? he also could have shit his robe when he found out that he was going to be crucified. i think that would have been more interesting of a movie anyways. he also could have liked men and that was the reason he never had sex or got married. there is an infinite amount of possibilities out there of what could have happened but they're not going to make a movie about all of them... are they?
This movie was actually pretty interesting to me,I was basically raised by a pack of wild hippies that didn't want to force a religion upon me (like they felt they had experienced growing up). So like most of us I picked up the values I was raised with and there is not one organized religion that is logical to me at all. Nonetheless this movie was educational and entertaining for me, but was really nothing more to me than what it was, a movie. We believe in the values that were instilled in us growing up. For me I get a lot more fullfillment hiking to the top of a peak and feeling that connection with the earth than I ever would regurgitating scriptures. Whatever gets you through this crazy world I can respect.
I thought this movie was a great choice for this class because it is so controversial, in more ways than one. Living in Utah kind of shelters alot of people from the outside world. When we were all young I think most of us heard the syory of Jesus Christ and how he lived his life, weather it was from reading yje bible or attending sunday school. What I think makes this movie so controversial is that it basically goes against all the doctorine we were tought growing up. Now I do not think that was the directors intensions but I bet thats what about eighty percent of all the viewers thought. Looking at it from the directors point of view, I think that he is just trying to push the whole religious aspect aside and tell a story of a man who did some really incredible things with his life. I believe the directors whole purpose of the movie was to ask himself, if I was Jesus, how would i have lived my life? At the begining of the film I thought it was interesting how Jesus heard God in his thoughts and mind but was hesitant and unwilling to ask if it was really him. To me he seemed like another confused teenager. another part of the movie that stood out to me was when the director shows us another path that Jesus could have taken if he would not have been crusified. In my own opinion this was the most controversial part of the entire film because the director tries to play it of as if Jesus was a normal man with a wife and kids and didnt believe he was the actual mosiah. I think that when you watch this movie you just need to keep in mind that its just a story of what another man thinks "could have happened." There are many different stories of Christ's life out there, this is just an opinion of one of them. Seth K.
When the film first started I was a little shocked at how the story of Christ was being protrayed. I am very religous and have been brought up being taught a certain way which I believe to be the way the Bible protray it. So when I first saw this film I thought of it as the producers take on the Bible. But Now that I look back I see that the contraversy was not about an interpretation of the Bible but rather a film to stir up emotion by adding fictional attributes to a film that normally is based off of facts from the Bible. It also leads me to think of all the different churches and all the different teachings about Christ. It seems like so many Churches understand the same scripture so differently. Perhaps the producers is giving his exaggerated side to show how interesting different Christain secs can be compare to one another. Thanks for reading my post, overall a worthwile film.
I have read alot of books about Jesus, and my families are catholic, however, it seem really hard for me to understand the movie, because it totally different with what I thought. Eventhough it did have alot of controversial issues, but it kindda confussing for some people especially me. I'm now living in UT which is the state of Mormon relegion, they also believe in God however it's different from other religion. Every time people talking about the religion I don't feel comfortable to talk about it at all. when I watched the movie I felt really uncomfortable because all the racist and those people in the movie weren't believe in God, and they thought that Jesus was insane so it really gave me a hard time to watched it. Anyway, I think no matter what your religion is, they alway teach you to do the good thing not the bad things,so for me that all it matter.
My view on religion is one of questions, how can we be sure about a lot of things? I wasn’t there, were you? There are too many mistakes in the translation of the bible and other scripts from the past. The words are different and they have many different meanings. Another thing is who has the say on which paper is holy and which one is not. I liked the movie a saw, because it makes you think outside of the box. It allows you to view another’s perspective. It makes you think of your own beliefs and if what you believe is true. Man is not perfect, therefore, why should I listen to one preaching to me when there is too much hypocrisy?
I can't say this movie was what I was expecting. Religion is and always will be one if not the most controversial issue out their. Many believe their religion is THE religion. How can we be so sure of what we saw before our eyes? Was it the author's intention for it to be so overwhelming or was it to show how he believes history happened? This movie can make people doubt their belief system. I can say it didn't make or budge what I've been taught all my life, for how is a movie going to make one doubt who they've gown up to be?
At the beginning of the film it said this film is not based on the gospels but is a fictional exploration of the eternal spiritual conflict. Fictional account is the important thing to remember when viewing this film. There are speculations and theories about Judas Iscariot and Mary Magdalene, but as mentioned in our readings none of them are based upon actual proven historical evidence. People have all sorts of different beliefs about Christ, so that is not something that was new to me in hearing another different view on Christ then I am used to. The portrayal of Jesus was very odd. It was indeed unlike any I have ever seen. It was difficult to watch. Jesus as taught and testified of in the New Testament was not a man filled with doubt, fear and unsurety. He knew who he was. He knew his purpose. He was kind, brave, faithful, and his strongest desire was to do the will of his father. What set him apart from us was his ability to withstand temptation, not sin and always obey. This portrayal and story indeed had to come from inner conflicts and feelings that Kazantzakis was having in his life.
This was another good movie. For me that's all it was, I'm an athiest so whether Jesus is a savior or not, isn't really up for discussion with me right now. However, looking at this from a religious stand point, I would be very flustered, even though at the beginning of the movie they clearly state its not a portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ. I've been taught for the most part if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then its probably a duck. They took a very influentual man from history, (we must all agree regardless of religion), used stories about this man and used characters that looked like this man, and even went as far to have all the characters named after him and his followers. So I think its safe to say the blurp at the beginning of the movie was place there as an escape goat. The director knew it was going to be controversal and decided with this denial at the beginning he might be able to fend off the negativity that was about to be brought upon the film. Did the film make me think? It did. Never have I heard of the book of Judith, or what was in the book. It does make sense, for a religious stand point, that the book would exist. Why surface so far after the death of Jesus christ? That I don't understand. But there's alot about the christian religions that I don't understand. I understand how the world needs religions to help keep peace and peace of mind. But how people can follow so blindly and faithfully to factions that can't be proven. wow, it baffles me.
We realy can't thick of how it would be to be Jesus Christ. Most of all he knew what he was here for, from the begining, even before he was born. I can't even begin to think that he wasn't strong or even knew who was talking to him. He was taught in his youth who he realy was and what his role in life was. This moive to me was very Anti-Christ.
This story comes closer to the nature and purpose of the historical Jesus. Hopefully, future movies on Jesus will further explore his human side and the actual historical events that made his teachings into the dominant religion that it is today. I see the Bible as a fiction. There was once a man named Jesus, however the books of the Bible which describe him were written *~100* years later. These stories were distorted. For example one claimed the child-Jesus held out his hand & killed his playmates (a miracle). Another story said Jesus chose Mary Magdalene as his "favored disciple". Still another recorded one of Jesus' speeches & he sounded like a confusing mystic.
In the end, the Jesus-portion of the Bible was created 200 years later! The Church took all these contradictory stories, kept the versions they liked and threw out the stories they did not like. End Result: What we see is not an accurate record, but a "cleaned-up" version of it.
the last temptation of Christ was a very interesting movie to view in a classroom setting especially in Utah. i think the most controversial point in the movie comes from the idea that Jesus was "in-pure" because he married and had children... i feel that a lot of people growing up in Utah have been sheltered in a way. i think it is good to see a movie bring up these other ideas about how things could have been because no on knows for sure. i feel this was a great film and if nothing more was great entertainment that made you think and question what is supposedly "how things are".
The Last Temptation of Christ brought up a lot of controversial and interesting topics in our classroom. I like to hear peoples reactions on religion and also on this movie because every religion has their own point of views in what they believe is right, but I was never raised believing in any religion so I think its very interesting hearing peoples point of views. This movie was confusing for a moment because I don't know Jesus story and who he was involved with so I didn't really see the controversy till I heard and read peoples views on the movie. I thought Sara had a lot of valid points in class to justify the movie and also really made you think if I were in Jesus shoes how would I live.
It was understandable how this movie was such a big deal and caused so much controversy however for me I didn't see anything wrong with it at all. First of all I don't know why Jesus couldn't be married. One of the commandments is to go and replenish the earth so why wouldn't the man that everyone strives to be, be married and have children to be an example to everyone? Even though (as some believe) Christ is our savior he was still a man. A man with flaws and worries. I liked how this movie portrayed him. It showed him as the man not as the perfect son of God who is never angry and forgives everyone. I liked that it showed him making the crosses. You could tell in the movie it wasn't necessarily something he wanted to do but he felt such a heavy burden of the person he was supposed to become that he was willing to do anything to stop it. I can understand this. If I was hearing voices in my head telling me I was the messiah I would probably do anything I could to stop it too. I guess I just liked the fact it showed him more as the human than the immortal which I can see this making people angry because people want to feel like they are trying to be like someone who is perfect which gives them a crutch. When they do things that are wrong (because no one can be perfect) it isn't as big of a deal because they already know they can't be perfect so if a few bad things happen that's just normal right? I can just repent and pretend like it never happened. If Jesus was just a regular guy picked to do something special then it makes it so there isn't anything really special about Christ himself just his actions. That alone is controversy for many people.
The other thing I thought was great about this movie was how they portrayed Judas. For me it is much more believable that Jesus told Judas he had to betray in order for a chain of events to start. I mean Jesus had to have known he was going to betray him anyway and let him do it because it needed to be done so it is just as likely that Judas didn't want to betray but Jesus told him he had to. I can also see how this would spark controversy as well as people like to have their scapegoats and like having one person or thing they can blame for everything that happens.
I wasn't in class to watch this movie, but i have seen it before. I find this more to harbor many aspects of controversy, but in the end, the most controversial idea portrayed, i believe, would be the idea of Jesus being married and having kids. Although i'm not incredibly religious and this doesn't personally affect me, i can see why some would find this attribute unsettling. Jesus, being the man that died for everyone's sins, allowing his own life to be taken in the ultimate selfless act, makes him undoubtedly a holy man to many. I don't believe the controversy lies within him being married as much as it lies within the idea of him having a bloodline. As many voiced, yes, he was just a man, so why not replenish the earth and engender as many children as possible? In the end though, i find the idea of Christ contributing to an eventual bloodline of his own holy self, followed and worshipped by many, as an act that doesn't carry much need or warrant. In fact, if he did have children, an eventual hierarchy would be established. What would stop the holiest bloodline from reigning over it's own religious followers. I don't believe God or Jesus would intend for a bloodline to be created that would set such a people apart from the rest.
It is my opinion in the end, that although Jesus was a man with his own needs and desires, i don't believe he was married or had any encompassing children. It would be more plausible for a marriage, rather than children, but i don't believe it warrants much care or need. People feed off of controversy and difference. It was only a matter of time the holiest of holies would be questioned himself.
The Last Temptation of Christ is a controversial movie, but for me it was just something to watch. I probably would have been more into the topic had the movie built up some sort of credibility, but throughout the movie, Jesus was shown having so many weird qualities. Maybe they were true, I am not one to say, but for me, the way he was portrayed made me lose interest in the movie. The concept of Christ being married is, I guess, debatable, but it is not something that shouldn't strike doubt in the minds of believers. If he got married and had kids, what's wrong with that? Many of those against that idea seem to think of sex as a sin. It can be if used to satisfy and used irrationally, but at the same time it is the complete opposite. God told Adam and Eve to replenish the earth. Now how are they supposed to do that without having sex and raising children? Arguers against that notion state that Adam and Eve were sinners and having sex like them is a sin, but they seem to tag sex with the same tag they use on them partaking of the apple. Yes they did bite the apple, and yes it is seen as a sin since God told them not to, but you can't say every action they did following the fall was a sin. Procreation was a commandment by God, and not as many think, a sin. If Christ so happen to be married and have kids, he was merely participating in the commandment of God. What’s wrong with that? I hope I'm not committing heresy here lol by saying all I did, but that is how I understand it. I could be all wrong, who knows, but this movie, the way Christ was portrayed and such, lost its credibility in my eyes as well as its controversy. Had it been done better, perhaps I would argue it with the ideas I stated above, but ye, that would have to wait until a better version comes out, if it ever does.
I have seen this movie 2 years ago for the first time. When I watched this movie, it was enough to shock me because I just started to go to church. But later, I thought that it was just a movie and fiction so I tried to understand the director massage from this movie. Actually, I think this story comes closer to the nature and purpose of the historical Jesus. Hopefully, future movies on Jesus will further explore his human side and the actual historical events that made his Jewish separatist sect into the dominant religion that it is today. The scene in which Jesus confronts Paul is great as it shows that it is Paul who made the Christian church breakout from the other competing sects and flourish. If you believe that Jesus was on a mission for God, then this movie's Judas makes more sense than the traditional stereotype of Judas. Anyway it was a good movie for me.
I have never seen this movie before, but this movie is better than Passion of Christ. I was in Christian school for 12 years from elementary till senior high even I'm not christian. This movie is controversial because it doesn't look like when I was study back then in the christian school. It is something new from me. I have never see Christ can having sex. This is what the natural human will do except maybe Christ. But, in this movie, they made totally different because they expose how if Christ can having a natural human attitude like having sex. Well, there is no movie that I have seen before like this one. This is one of the best movie I have ever seen from now on.
This was the first time I had seen this movie or any movie like this. Throughout the entire movie I could only see the Green Goblin form spider man as Jesus, so I could hardly take the movie as credible. I also thought the Green Goblin played a very creepy version of Christ. I think the director also was not a very religious man and he portrait Christ unlike the Bible does. I thought it was weird that Christ had a wife, but I don't see anything wrong with it, I just had never heard of it. It was a very interesting movie overall.
This movie was really different from any I have ever seen. It put Christ and Judas in a new light. The part of the movie I enjoyed the most was when Christ's betrayal by Judas was shown from a different point of view. It showed Judas, not as a "villain," but as someone acting as a true friend. His and Christ's friendship was really strong in the film. Obviously, no one really knows what happened, but it didn't have to be a cruel betrayal. Another interesting part is the idea that Christ was married. According to Christian beliefs, this wouldn't be wrong. But, it is a subject I hadn't really thought about. I think it was a very logical idea that he was, but weird that nothing was ever written about her if it was true. The movie was odd, but did a good job in showing Christ as a human with feelings, emotions, and self doubts.
I’ve heard so much about the film before. Many people said it was blasphemy. As I’ve seen the movie, I would say there is no blasphemy during the film because I could feel how much Jesus blessed us and how great our Jesus is. Some of Christians are saying that the film deals with Jesus having sexual relations with Mary Magdalene. Also they worry about it may make people fascinated with wrong theory from the film which Jesus was not crucified and ran off with Mary Magdalene. But it was just fantasy. It was all an illusion, of course. At the end of the film, he awake from a delusion. The director just tried to make a film with new technical tools which help create more convincing illusions.
This was the first time I have seen this film. When the film started it was very shocking. The reason this is such a controversial movie is because this view on who Jesus Christ was and how his ministry was is very different than what all of us have learned and how we picture it in our head. The movie has the view of how it would be for one of us to go through what Jesus went through. It introduces some of the controversial topics such as who Mary Magdalin was. Mary was one of the first people Jesus apeared to after he was resurrected. Why couldn't Jesus be married? The movie showed this in a very detailed way. They showed him having a real relationship with all aspects, including having a sexual relationship. Also another shocking thing they put in was about Judas Iscariot. He was the one who betrayed Jesus. In the book of Judas it talks how Jesus came to him and asked him to betray him. This would change everything on who Judas was and that he isn't such a bad guy after all. This movie had many controversial issues which many of us try to ignore. But they are real issues and this film of a man going through what christ went through made us all think and definitely got all our emotions turning.
I understand why this movie was so controversial, it completely differentiates from every story about Jesus Christ ever told, thus making it offensive in some points and boring in others. However, I really liked the angle Jesus was portrayed as; he constantly talked about how he sinned, and this is a big character turnaround in what those who believe in him think. Scorsese portrayed him as a human, and even though he did brave things, a human nonetheless. He probably wanted to advance believers into a new light when it comes to Jesus and what he went through, because after all, there isn't much proven evidence as to what his life was like. It's interesting to see Judas in a different aspect as well - who knows how he truly was as a person? I think the fact that Scorsese mixed up many sides as to how Jesus lived his life made this movie worthwhile, because it takes the viewer out of the box...It was extremely interesting...
This film shed a very different perspective on what life could of been like if someone were to choose a different path than the path that Christ chose. It is interesting because as I was watching it I would ask myself what would I do as situations arose and the consequences of his actions played out. What most texts say about how Christs life are contrary to what this film portrays and I think that's part of what the author was going for when he wrote this. All and all this film was good because it showed something most people don't even think twice about.
I believe the original author of this story was trying to give a different perspective of the biblical story of christ. This was exactly his intent. People are taught to believe one story of Christ and are told to believe it as fact. What if it didn't happen exactly that way, how do we know, we weren't there. Christ may have thought twice about becoming a saviour. I don't believe Nikos Kazantzakis was trying to be evil or malicious in the writing of this story, I believe he was trying to give people a different perspective.
I found it odd an unpleasant that Christ was portrayed as not only a "regular joe" type of guy, but also as a crazy guy who hears voices in His head. The portions of the movie such as Him protecting Mary Magdalene from the stoning and the Sermon on the Mount were iteresting to see because they were fairly accurate.
As someone else pointed out, Willem Dafoe portraying Christ was disturbing as well because he's just so CREEPY! Maybe at the time the movie was made he had not yet been type-cast as such, but it was distracting, nonetheless.
The only part of the movie that I really liked was Peter Gabriel's musical contribution. The music was outstanding!
I was SO not a fan of this movie. My Christ, while he suffered and at some points did ask for relief, was not crazy and whiny. He understood that He was here to serve a specific purpose and while much of His life was difficult because of this, He certainly didn't moan and groan.
The part where He sat in line all day to see Mary Magdalene and watched her "working" as He did so. Just plain blasphemy in my opinion.
I can see why this film is part of this class, and for that I appreciate it. However, I will NEVER watch it again!
I had never seen the Last Temptation of Christ movie before. To be honest, I am not a Christian and so I thought that this movie was uninteresting to me. However, after I watched I had some curiosity about Jesus. I wondered if he was a natural human or someone more godly. I am so confused because I read a little about the history of Jesus but a lot of the perspectives about what actually happened are different. There is little agreement between historians and that is why I am unsure about what is really correct history. Although there are different versions about the history of Jesus Christ, this film made me interested about Jesus. Now, I am often searching for information about the life of Jesus by using the internet.
the last temptation of Christ was a very interesting movie . i see why so many people were against this movie. it show things people will find wrong and against their religious beliefs. i don't think it would have been wrong for christ to live a normal life but if he what would have happened.
This movie did have controversial issues, and in class it seemed as if Jesus being married was the most controversial, but to me it wasn’t at all. I think that if Jesus was married it would make sense. Why wouldn’t he have a wife and kids? He was suppose to be an example to us, so why wouldn’t he have had children? For me the most controversial issue, and what was hardest for me in this movie was hearing “Jesus” say that he had sinned. This was the most controversial for me because I have always been taught that Christ was perfect, so hearing this was the most disheveling part of the movie for me. It was also hard for me to get over the fact that Jesus was being played by the same actor as the green lantern, and so the whole movie I was thinking that Jesus was the creepiest man ever, and I didn’t like the feeling that I got. I like to think of Jesus as not crazy or creepy, but very together and articulate. This movie opened my eyes and made me think of what the world would be like without the Jesus that died for us. I liked Sol/Paul’s statement that he didn’t care if Jesus was still alive, he cared that we knew the Jesus that had died for us and had been resurrected, because that’s what the people needed. I think that Sol/Paul’s statement is what stuck out to me the most. We need the hope that Jesus creates more than anything.
ReplyDeleteYou can see why there have been many wars over religion and why people with solely faith will die for their religion. So many people claim that their religion is the right one and are closed off from other views. It is such a hard topic to discuss because everyone has their own points of view. Some points of view have been established from childhood and therefore are harder to debate with. It’s easy to say you believe something, for yourself, without understanding how much of an influence other factors had on that decision. Factors can come from a variety of influences such as from family, religious education and community.
ReplyDeleteIt is distressing that religion is such a heated topic. I personally don’t care what anyone believes as long as they don’t push their beliefs on me. Sometimes this is hard for various people to do.
When I was in Catholic elementary school, you weren’t cool unless you were wearing a WWJD bracelet. For those of you who don’t know, WWJD stands for what would Jesus do. The idea was that if you were ever in a situation where you had to choose between two things, one being a good decision and the other bad, you could check you handy-dandy WWJD paraphernalia and ask yourself, “What would Jesus do?” and being that he is perfect and always makes the right choice, you would choose the better of the two options. The way he is portrayed in this movie as a slightly evil, confused, sinning and creepy man is the main part I found to be disconcerting, which is odd because I do not believe Jesus was the flawless man people today make him out as. I have always wondered whether Jesus was only a symbol to teach a lesson and bring people closer to what they want to believe such as the boy who cried wolf taught children not to cry for unnecessary help. It does not literally mean there was a boy who cried wolf and was then eaten by one. Even if the story was based loosely on an event that really took place, it does not mean every little detail must remain exactly the same as it did the first time it was told. The message remains the same as different versions emerge in different countries and translated through different languages. Keep in mind the story of the boy who cried wolf has not been passed down through as many years as the story of Jesus. With this being said, Jesus’ legacy holds the same message whether he would have married, had children, lived in another country, or been bald rather than long wavy locks. Point being, that the small details of his life do not hold much value and definitely do not give reason for hatred or the firebombing of movie theaters. If you hold your own values from the bible and the ten commandments, isn’t it more important to create a loving and happy life for the present rather than fighting over whether a man lead a perfect life or was married over two thousand years ago?
ReplyDeleteI thought this movie was the main reason why Jesus wants us to believe in his two stories that he had told, but this movie was so different from the other movie like “Passion of the Christ”. He wanted us to believe what if he chose the other life and what it would be like. Would he died for us all on the cross and sacrifice his body for us because he wanted to save us? He thought about the other life where he would go and get married and has children, but that was his vision of what if. I think that everyone can have a choice in life that they can choose whatever they wanted, but you can only choose one. For example you have the choice to choose whatever religions you wanted to believe in. So my point is that Jesus chose his only faith what he believe in is best for him, so he chose to died on the cross for his people.
ReplyDeleteThe film "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Martin Scorcese, has raised many different opinions on the true life of Jesus Christ and the days leading up to, and thoughts of Jesus Christ, while being crucified. Was Christ fully human or fully divine or both? Centuries of Christian theology have taught us about the divine side of Christ's nature. We hear about miracles, his resurrection, saving us from our mortal sins. Much less attention has been focused on his human side. Did he ever get frustrated people who just wouldn't learn? Did he ever feel weakness or loneliness? We know almost nothing about his childhood or his life as he matured into a man. There is almost no mention of Jesus being happy or having fun. Did he ever marry or have children? The Last Temptation of Christ explores the human side of Christ including his desires and fears and a human being.
ReplyDeleteWow did this movie have alot of controversial issues. In this movie the writer and director makes Jesus seem weak and imperfect. They both thought out of the box. It was totally the opposite of what I have been taught. This movie makes you think alot of what he may have done if he would have been a human like all the rest of us. But at the same time it makes you think if maybe he did do all or some of these things brought up in the movie but we will never find out. As we discussed in class there is not alot of evidence about his childhood or even some of his adulthood. The director and writer were really brave to bring this to the theaters. However,does it change my mind or beliefs about how I have been taught all my life. But let's not forget this is just a movie and I don't think it was made to change people's mind but to think a little of how things would have been different if he would have chosen not to die on the cross for us.
ReplyDeletethis movie is filled with contovery because it makes jesus look way to human in parts, it kinda raises the question, what if he did have a wife and kids? i thought it was a good movie in the way that it did not stick to the basic story of jesus it kinda went a little off the path there for a sec. the whole mary magdaline thing is something that has interested me for a while, that is one of those things that make you think a little, because what if she was not what the bible says she is. but all in all this was a pretty good movie.
ReplyDeleteThe last temptation of Christ is on my lists of worst movies. From the very beginning it had a dark feel to it. I said in class, if there are two different stories about the same event how are we to know which is true. That doesn’t apply to this movie because at the very beginning of the film it said it wasn’t a true story. I think making a fictional film about Jesus is controversial in its self.
ReplyDeleteTo me it seems this movie was trying to break apart many of the qualities of the Jesus we know and admire. It took away the exemplary man he was and showed him as an average or below average Joe. It showed Jesus as a man with many weaknesses. It showed him as a man who wanted to give in to temptation. It showed him as a man who followed gods will not because he wanted to, but because of his fear of god. This is offensive to me not only because this is not the Jesus I have learned about, but because Jesus is a man that many people highly respect. It doesn’t feel right to me to show him as a fictional actor. To me it is deceptive. They are openly telling long drawn out lie about Jesus life. Why? I think the intent is to make us ask did Jesus struggle more than the in the stories we have learned? Was Jesus the man we think he was? I don’t like that this movie whispers questions of doubt about a man that I hold high respect for based off a fictional story.
i did not like this movie what so ever. i found it extremely boring, and pointless. what was the point of him getting off the cross and doing all that other stuff if he's just going to end up back on the cross at the end? some say it's to show that all that stuff could have happened. so what? he also could have shit his robe when he found out that he was going to be crucified. i think that would have been more interesting of a movie anyways. he also could have liked men and that was the reason he never had sex or got married. there is an infinite amount of possibilities out there of what could have happened but they're not going to make a movie about all of them... are they?
ReplyDeleteThis movie was actually pretty interesting to me,I was basically raised by a pack of wild hippies that didn't want to force a religion upon me (like they felt they had experienced growing up). So like most of us I picked up the values I was raised with and there is not one organized religion that is logical to me at all. Nonetheless this movie was educational and entertaining for me, but was really nothing more to me than what it was, a movie. We believe in the values that were instilled in us growing up. For me I get a lot more fullfillment hiking to the top of a peak and feeling that connection with the earth than I ever would regurgitating scriptures. Whatever gets you through this crazy world I can respect.
ReplyDeleteI thought this movie was a great choice for this class because it is so controversial, in more ways than one. Living in Utah kind of shelters alot of people from the outside world. When we were all young I think most of us heard the syory of Jesus Christ and how he lived his life, weather it was from reading yje bible or attending sunday school. What I think makes this movie so controversial is that it basically goes against all the doctorine we were tought growing up. Now I do not think that was the directors intensions but I bet thats what about eighty percent of all the viewers thought. Looking at it from the directors point of view, I think that he is just trying to push the whole religious aspect aside and tell a story of a man who did some really incredible things with his life. I believe the directors whole purpose of the movie was to ask himself, if I was Jesus, how would i have lived my life?
ReplyDeleteAt the begining of the film I thought it was interesting how Jesus heard God in his thoughts and mind but was hesitant and unwilling to ask if it was really him. To me he seemed like another confused teenager. another part of the movie that stood out to me was when the director shows us another path that Jesus could have taken if he would not have been crusified. In my own opinion this was the most controversial part of the entire film because the director tries to play it of as if Jesus was a normal man with a wife and kids and didnt believe he was the actual mosiah. I think that when you watch this movie you just need to keep in mind that its just a story of what another man thinks "could have happened." There are many different stories of Christ's life out there, this is just an opinion of one of them.
Seth K.
When the film first started I was a little shocked at how the story of Christ was being protrayed. I am very religous and have been brought up being taught a certain way which I believe to be the way the Bible protray it. So when I first saw this film I thought of it as the producers take on the Bible. But Now that I look back I see that the contraversy was not about an interpretation of the Bible but rather a film to stir up emotion by adding fictional attributes to a film that normally is based off of facts from the Bible. It also leads me to think of all the different churches and all the different teachings about Christ. It seems like so many Churches understand the same scripture so differently. Perhaps the producers is giving his exaggerated side to show how interesting different Christain secs can be compare to one another. Thanks for reading my post, overall a worthwile film.
ReplyDeleteI have read alot of books about Jesus, and my families are catholic, however, it seem really hard for me to understand the movie, because it totally different with what I thought. Eventhough it did have alot of controversial issues, but it kindda confussing for some people especially me. I'm now living in UT which is the state of Mormon relegion, they also believe in God however it's different from other religion. Every time people talking about the religion I don't feel comfortable to talk about it at all. when I watched the movie I felt really uncomfortable because all the racist and those people in the movie weren't believe in God, and they thought that Jesus was insane so it really gave me a hard time to watched it. Anyway, I think no matter what your religion is, they alway teach you to do the good thing not the bad things,so for me that all it matter.
ReplyDeleteMy view on religion is one of questions, how can we be sure about a lot of things? I wasn’t there, were you? There are too many mistakes in the translation of the bible and other scripts from the past. The words are different and they have many different meanings. Another thing is who has the say on which paper is holy and which one is not. I liked the movie a saw, because it makes you think outside of the box. It allows you to view another’s perspective. It makes you think of your own beliefs and if what you believe is true. Man is not perfect, therefore, why should I listen to one preaching to me when there is too much hypocrisy?
ReplyDeleteI can't say this movie was what I was expecting. Religion is and always will be one if not the most controversial issue out their. Many believe their religion is THE religion. How can we be so sure of what we saw before our eyes? Was it the author's intention for it to be so overwhelming or was it to show how he believes history happened? This movie can make people doubt their belief system. I can say it didn't make or budge what I've been taught all my life, for how is a movie going to make one doubt who they've gown up to be?
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the film it said this film is not based on the gospels but is a fictional exploration of the eternal spiritual conflict. Fictional account is the important thing to remember when viewing this film. There are speculations and theories about Judas Iscariot and Mary Magdalene, but as mentioned in our readings none of them are based upon actual proven historical evidence. People have all sorts of different beliefs about Christ, so that is not something that was new to me in hearing another different view on Christ then I am used to. The portrayal of Jesus was very odd. It was indeed unlike any I have ever seen. It was difficult to watch. Jesus as taught and testified of in the New Testament was not a man filled with doubt, fear and unsurety. He knew who he was. He knew his purpose. He was kind, brave, faithful, and his strongest desire was to do the will of his father. What set him apart from us was his ability to withstand temptation, not sin and always obey. This portrayal and story indeed had to come from inner conflicts and feelings that Kazantzakis was having in his life.
ReplyDeleteThis was another good movie. For me that's all it was, I'm an athiest so whether Jesus is a savior or not, isn't really up for discussion with me right now. However, looking at this from a religious stand point, I would be very flustered, even though at the beginning of the movie they clearly state its not a portrayal of the life of Jesus Christ. I've been taught for the most part if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then its probably a duck. They took a very influentual man from history, (we must all agree regardless of religion), used stories about this man and used characters that looked like this man, and even went as far to have all the characters named after him and his followers. So I think its safe to say the blurp at the beginning of the movie was place there as an escape goat. The director knew it was going to be controversal and decided with this denial at the beginning he might be able to fend off the negativity that was about to be brought upon the film.
ReplyDeleteDid the film make me think? It did. Never have I heard of the book of Judith, or what was in the book. It does make sense, for a religious stand point, that the book would exist. Why surface so far after the death of Jesus christ? That I don't understand. But there's alot about the christian religions that I don't understand. I understand how the world needs religions to help keep peace and peace of mind. But how people can follow so blindly and faithfully to factions that can't be proven. wow, it baffles me.
We realy can't thick of how it would be to be Jesus Christ. Most of all he knew what he was here for, from the begining, even before he was born. I can't even begin to think that he wasn't strong or even knew who was talking to him. He was taught in his youth who he realy was and what his role in life was. This moive to me was very Anti-Christ.
ReplyDeleteThis story comes closer to the nature and purpose of the historical Jesus. Hopefully, future movies on Jesus will further explore his human side and the actual historical events that made his teachings into the dominant religion that it is today.
ReplyDeleteI see the Bible as a fiction. There was once a man named Jesus, however the books of the Bible which describe him were written *~100* years later. These stories were distorted. For example one claimed the child-Jesus held out his hand & killed his playmates (a miracle). Another story said Jesus chose Mary Magdalene as his "favored disciple". Still another recorded one of Jesus' speeches & he sounded like a confusing mystic.
In the end, the Jesus-portion of the Bible was created 200 years later! The Church took all these contradictory stories, kept the versions they liked and threw out the stories they did not like. End Result: What we see is not an accurate record, but a "cleaned-up" version of it.
the last temptation of Christ was a very interesting movie to view in a classroom setting especially in Utah. i think the most controversial point in the movie comes from the idea that Jesus was "in-pure" because he married and had children... i feel that a lot of people growing up in Utah have been sheltered in a way. i think it is good to see a movie bring up these other ideas about how things could have been because no on knows for sure. i feel this was a great film and if nothing more was great entertainment that made you think and question what is supposedly "how things are".
ReplyDeleteThe Last Temptation of Christ brought up a lot of controversial and interesting topics in our classroom. I like to hear peoples reactions on religion and also on this movie because every religion has their own point of views in what they believe is right, but I was never raised believing in any religion so I think its very interesting hearing peoples point of views. This movie was confusing for a moment because I don't know Jesus story and who he was involved with so I didn't really see the controversy till I heard and read peoples views on the movie. I thought Sara had a lot of valid points in class to justify the movie and also really made you think if I were in Jesus shoes how would I live.
ReplyDeleteIt was understandable how this movie was such a big deal and caused so much controversy however for me I didn't see anything wrong with it at all. First of all I don't know why Jesus couldn't be married. One of the commandments is to go and replenish the earth so why wouldn't the man that everyone strives to be, be married and have children to be an example to everyone? Even though (as some believe) Christ is our savior he was still a man. A man with flaws and worries. I liked how this movie portrayed him. It showed him as the man not as the perfect son of God who is never angry and forgives everyone. I liked that it showed him making the crosses. You could tell in the movie it wasn't necessarily something he wanted to do but he felt such a heavy burden of the person he was supposed to become that he was willing to do anything to stop it. I can understand this. If I was hearing voices in my head telling me I was the messiah I would probably do anything I could to stop it too. I guess I just liked the fact it showed him more as the human than the immortal which I can see this making people angry because people want to feel like they are trying to be like someone who is perfect which gives them a crutch. When they do things that are wrong (because no one can be perfect) it isn't as big of a deal because they already know they can't be perfect so if a few bad things happen that's just normal right? I can just repent and pretend like it never happened. If Jesus was just a regular guy picked to do something special then it makes it so there isn't anything really special about Christ himself just his actions. That alone is controversy for many people.
ReplyDeleteThe other thing I thought was great about this movie was how they portrayed Judas. For me it is much more believable that Jesus told Judas he had to betray in order for a chain of events to start. I mean Jesus had to have known he was going to betray him anyway and let him do it because it needed to be done so it is just as likely that Judas didn't want to betray but Jesus told him he had to. I can also see how this would spark controversy as well as people like to have their scapegoats and like having one person or thing they can blame for everything that happens.
I wasn't in class to watch this movie, but i have seen it before. I find this more to harbor many aspects of controversy, but in the end, the most controversial idea portrayed, i believe, would be the idea of Jesus being married and having kids. Although i'm not incredibly religious and this doesn't personally affect me, i can see why some would find this attribute unsettling. Jesus, being the man that died for everyone's sins, allowing his own life to be taken in the ultimate selfless act, makes him undoubtedly a holy man to many. I don't believe the controversy lies within him being married as much as it lies within the idea of him having a bloodline. As many voiced, yes, he was just a man, so why not replenish the earth and engender as many children as possible? In the end though, i find the idea of Christ contributing to an eventual bloodline of his own holy self, followed and worshipped by many, as an act that doesn't carry much need or warrant. In fact, if he did have children, an eventual hierarchy would be established. What would stop the holiest bloodline from reigning over it's own religious followers. I don't believe God or Jesus would intend for a bloodline to be created that would set such a people apart from the rest.
ReplyDeleteIt is my opinion in the end, that although Jesus was a man with his own needs and desires, i don't believe he was married or had any encompassing children. It would be more plausible for a marriage, rather than children, but i don't believe it warrants much care or need. People feed off of controversy and difference. It was only a matter of time the holiest of holies would be questioned himself.
The Last Temptation of Christ is a controversial movie, but for me it was just something to watch. I probably would have been more into the topic had the movie built up some sort of credibility, but throughout the movie, Jesus was shown having so many weird qualities. Maybe they were true, I am not one to say, but for me, the way he was portrayed made me lose interest in the movie.
ReplyDeleteThe concept of Christ being married is, I guess, debatable, but it is not something that shouldn't strike doubt in the minds of believers. If he got married and had kids, what's wrong with that? Many of those against that idea seem to think of sex as a sin. It can be if used to satisfy and used irrationally, but at the same time it is the complete opposite. God told Adam and Eve to replenish the earth. Now how are they supposed to do that without having sex and raising children? Arguers against that notion state that Adam and Eve were sinners and having sex like them is a sin, but they seem to tag sex with the same tag they use on them partaking of the apple. Yes they did bite the apple, and yes it is seen as a sin since God told them not to, but you can't say every action they did following the fall was a sin. Procreation was a commandment by God, and not as many think, a sin. If Christ so happen to be married and have kids, he was merely participating in the commandment of God. What’s wrong with that?
I hope I'm not committing heresy here lol by saying all I did, but that is how I understand it. I could be all wrong, who knows, but this movie, the way Christ was portrayed and such, lost its credibility in my eyes as well as its controversy. Had it been done better, perhaps I would argue it with the ideas I stated above, but ye, that would have to wait until a better version comes out, if it ever does.
I have seen this movie 2 years ago for the first time. When I watched this movie, it was enough to shock me because I just started to go to church. But later, I thought that it was just a movie and fiction so I tried to understand the director massage from this movie. Actually, I think this story comes closer to the nature and purpose of the historical Jesus. Hopefully, future movies on Jesus will further explore his human side and the actual historical events that made his Jewish separatist sect into the dominant religion that it is today. The scene in which Jesus confronts Paul is great as it shows that it is Paul who made the Christian church breakout from the other competing sects and flourish. If you believe that Jesus was on a mission for God, then this movie's Judas makes more sense than the traditional stereotype of Judas. Anyway it was a good movie for me.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen this movie before, but this movie is better than Passion of Christ. I was in Christian school for 12 years from elementary till senior high even I'm not christian. This movie is controversial because it doesn't look like when I was study back then in the christian school. It is something new from me. I have never see Christ can having sex. This is what the natural human will do except maybe Christ. But, in this movie, they made totally different because they expose how if Christ can having a natural human attitude like having sex. Well, there is no movie that I have seen before like this one. This is one of the best movie I have ever seen from now on.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first time I had seen this movie or any movie like this. Throughout the entire movie I could only see the Green Goblin form spider man as Jesus, so I could hardly take the movie as credible. I also thought the Green Goblin played a very creepy version of Christ. I think the director also was not a very religious man and he portrait Christ unlike the Bible does. I thought it was weird that Christ had a wife, but I don't see anything wrong with it, I just had never heard of it. It was a very interesting movie overall.
ReplyDeleteThis movie was really different from any I have ever seen. It put Christ and Judas in a new light. The part of the movie I enjoyed the most was when Christ's betrayal by Judas was shown from a different point of view. It showed Judas, not as a "villain," but as someone acting as a true friend. His and Christ's friendship was really strong in the film. Obviously, no one really knows what happened, but it didn't have to be a cruel betrayal. Another interesting part is the idea that Christ was married. According to Christian beliefs, this wouldn't be wrong. But, it is a subject I hadn't really thought about. I think it was a very logical idea that he was, but weird that nothing was ever written about her if it was true. The movie was odd, but did a good job in showing Christ as a human with feelings, emotions, and self doubts.
ReplyDeleteI’ve heard so much about the film before. Many people said it was blasphemy. As I’ve seen the movie, I would say there is no blasphemy during the film because I could feel how much Jesus blessed us and how great our Jesus is. Some of Christians are saying that the film deals with Jesus having sexual relations with Mary Magdalene. Also they worry about it may make people fascinated with wrong theory from the film which Jesus was not crucified and ran off with Mary Magdalene. But it was just fantasy. It was all an illusion, of course. At the end of the film, he awake from a delusion. The director just tried to make a film with new technical tools which help create more convincing illusions.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first time I have seen this film. When the film started it was very shocking. The reason this is such a controversial movie is because this view on who Jesus Christ was and how his ministry was is very different than what all of us have learned and how we picture it in our head. The movie has the view of how it would be for one of us to go through what Jesus went through. It introduces some of the controversial topics such as who Mary Magdalin was. Mary was one of the first people Jesus apeared to after he was resurrected. Why couldn't Jesus be married? The movie showed this in a very detailed way. They showed him having a real relationship with all aspects, including having a sexual relationship. Also another shocking thing they put in was about Judas Iscariot. He was the one who betrayed Jesus. In the book of Judas it talks how Jesus came to him and asked him to betray him. This would change everything on who Judas was and that he isn't such a bad guy after all. This movie had many controversial issues which many of us try to ignore. But they are real issues and this film of a man going through what christ went through made us all think and definitely got all our emotions turning.
ReplyDeleteI understand why this movie was so controversial, it completely differentiates from every story about Jesus Christ ever told, thus making it offensive in some points and boring in others. However, I really liked the angle Jesus was portrayed as; he constantly talked about how he sinned, and this is a big character turnaround in what those who believe in him think. Scorsese portrayed him as a human, and even though he did brave things, a human nonetheless. He probably wanted to advance believers into a new light when it comes to Jesus and what he went through, because after all, there isn't much proven evidence as to what his life was like. It's interesting to see Judas in a different aspect as well - who knows how he truly was as a person? I think the fact that Scorsese mixed up many sides as to how Jesus lived his life made this movie worthwhile, because it takes the viewer out of the box...It was extremely interesting...
ReplyDeleteThis film shed a very different perspective on what life could of been like if someone were to choose a different path than the path that Christ chose. It is interesting because as I was watching it I would ask myself what would I do as situations arose and the consequences of his actions played out. What most texts say about how Christs life are contrary to what this film portrays and I think that's part of what the author was going for when he wrote this. All and all this film was good because it showed something most people don't even think twice about.
ReplyDeleteI believe the original author of this story was trying to give a different perspective of the biblical story of christ. This was exactly his intent. People are taught to believe one story of Christ and are told to believe it as fact. What if it didn't happen exactly that way, how do we know, we weren't there. Christ may have thought twice about becoming a saviour. I don't believe Nikos Kazantzakis was trying to be evil or malicious in the writing of this story, I believe he was trying to give people a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteI found it odd an unpleasant that Christ was portrayed as not only a "regular joe" type of guy, but also as a crazy guy who hears voices in His head. The portions of the movie such as Him protecting Mary Magdalene from the stoning and the Sermon on the Mount were iteresting to see because they were fairly accurate.
ReplyDeleteAs someone else pointed out, Willem Dafoe portraying Christ was disturbing as well because he's just so CREEPY! Maybe at the time the movie was made he had not yet been type-cast as such, but it was distracting, nonetheless.
The only part of the movie that I really liked was Peter Gabriel's musical contribution. The music was outstanding!
I was SO not a fan of this movie. My Christ, while he suffered and at some points did ask for relief, was not crazy and whiny. He understood that He was here to serve a specific purpose and while much of His life was difficult because of this, He certainly didn't moan and groan.
ReplyDeleteThe part where He sat in line all day to see Mary Magdalene and watched her "working" as He did so. Just plain blasphemy in my opinion.
I can see why this film is part of this class, and for that I appreciate it. However, I will NEVER watch it again!
I had never seen the Last Temptation of Christ movie before. To be honest, I am not a Christian and so I thought that this movie was uninteresting to me. However, after I watched I had some curiosity about Jesus. I wondered if he was a natural human or someone more godly. I am so confused because I read a little about the history of Jesus but a lot of the perspectives about what actually happened are different. There is little agreement between historians and that is why I am unsure about what is really correct history. Although there are different versions about the history of Jesus Christ, this film made me interested about Jesus. Now, I am often searching for information about the life of Jesus by using the internet.
ReplyDeletethe last temptation of Christ was a very interesting movie . i see why so many people were against this movie. it show things people will find wrong and against their religious beliefs. i don't think it would have been wrong for christ to live a normal life but if he what would have happened.
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