Bible As Literature 6 Movie Movie Review

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The life and death of Jesus Christ especially him being the founder of the Christian faith should always have a universal appeal to all peoples from all walks of life and all ages. This has always been the foundational precept of the establishment of the Christian faith. However, in Gibson's The Passion, the universality was not adhered to especially when it was given an R-rating as a result of the violent scenes portrayed in the movie. Thus, younger viewers were not able to watch this contemporary interpretation in visual form of the Gospels. The film was a little over two hours long and the violent scenes seem to have emphasized further than what is necessary. Particular amongst the scene were during the flogging of Jesus and his crucifixion. Gibson went through the most graphical portrayal of which and some audience who are not accustomed to such may feel unease.
This further contributed to the loosing of the universality or availability of the movie to all audience from all age groups.

If Gibson truly wanted to portray the uncompromising love that Jesus has taught his followers, he would have done more justice to it by tempering the violent scenes and concentrating on the real message this great man has for humanity. But since what is done, The Passion can still be appreciated by more mature audience and those belonging to the Christian faith will find solace that the man who has given his life for his belief is truly an extraordinary person who gave his life to make his message of love, peace, and hope be known by mankind and throughout times......

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