Analysis Of Mel Gibson's Film The Passion Of The Christ

The movie I watched is Lincoln. This movie is about President Abraham Lincoln’s struggles to free all slaves permanently before the Civil War ended. The movie is set in 1865, just after Lincoln was reelected. Lincoln is faced with a moral dilemma. His goal is to pass the amendment to ban slavery forever, but if the war ends before he can do this he’ll never get the opportunity. As he pushes to get the votes he needs to secure the bills passing a peace offer is brought forth by the Confederates. Lincoln must now decide to either end the war now and save thousands of lives or to delay the end of the war and have the chance to save not only current lives but also future lives from a life of slavery.

“When He had finished praying, Jesus left with His disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was an olive grove, and He and His disciples went into it. Now Judas, who betrayed Him,

The Passion of the Christ does graphically depict the violent, sadistic torture Jesus endured for our sins, but what took place that day can never truly be re-enacted. Some individuals are stating that the Passion of the Christ was grotesquely violent and did not need to be portrayed in such a manner. The Passion is an exceptional manifestation of the certainty of the love of God and the brutal repercussions that it sometimes causes (Assist News Service 2003). How can the scripture be accurately portrayed if it is sugar coated because people hate to see the truth. Films are about impact, imagery, visceral response, and imprinting unforgettable visual effects. This films leaves much more than a visual impact, for it changes people's lives, after seeing what Jesus went through for mankind. People are able to sit thru the most gut wrenching, blood bath horror movies ever conceived by mankind, because of their twisted fairytale meaning for entertainment. When it comes to hearing and seeing the truth it is called, too violent? The Passion of the Christ was not by any means as graphic as the representation in the

There were a number of complexities directly related to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The majority of these pertain not only to the reason for his crucifixion but also for popular interpretation of this act and the significance attributed to it. Jesus taught and did much that was contrary to both Jewish and Roman conceptions of law and religion. Many of his transgressions were also directly related to the nature of his death and the significance it would later on take. Both Romans and Jews sought Jesus' death because he was ecclesiastically and politically subversive, professing a tolerance and equality that was ultimately proven by the dramatic nature of his death and its consequences.

Crucifixion compared: Rabbula Gospels’ Crucifixion and Resurrection Marys at the Tomb and the Master of Vyssi Brod’s Crucifixion

At the time Jewish officials were afraid of the Messiah and the influence he was gaining over the people of Israel. People started to follow him and he was able to heal the sick with the touch of his hand. They began to plot against the messiah to see if they could capture him and eventually sentenced him to death. The priests had a snitch came to them in the story of Luke, "4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money," Luke 22:4-5 (Luke 22). After he collected his money he went to meet with Jesus and the other disciples for the Passover feast that was going to be held. At the feast the Prince of Peace announced; "Even my bosom friend in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted his heel against me." Psalm 41:9. Stating that one of the twelve has betrayed him. Jesus knew before-hand that Judas was going to “stab him in the back”. How did the Son of God know this? It was no secret that Judas went to the temple and accepted the bounty for Jesus (“Betrayal”). After supper Jesus told Judas to stay with him and he will be forgiven or leave now and do what he has to do. Judas proceeded to leave the house as the rest of the disciples and his teacher went to a garden to spend the

Throughout all the other gospels, they claim that Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ to the Romans for a mass sum, of 30 pieces of silver. Now that may not sound like too much now, but back then in 33AD, it was a large amount. Judas was a politician. Who played both Jews and romans to use Jesus as leader of the revolution against the roman empire, in which was doubled politic by Jews and the Rabbi and they get rid of both Jesus and Judas in one place. Once they were united, Judas laid a kiss upon Jesus’, cheek, telling the Romans; whom were watching, that this is Jesus Christ. The Romans didn’t believe Jesus to be the man whom he’d heard stories about.

Risen is a movie about the hunt for the body of Jesus by Clavius, a soldier in Roman military. The movie is told though his eyes after the resurrection has taken place to a inn keeper he mets. He shown to be a non-believer when it comes to Jesus as well as a man who does his job which include stopping unrest and uprising in the city of Jerusalem But he's also a man who is wearily of dealing with death on a daily basis and wants a day without it. He does a good job of investigating where the body went and talks to people who say they know of him being alive. Which include one of his disciples and Mary Magdalene with that knowledge. Beside talking to these people, he also talks to the two roman soldiers who were guarding the tomb and eventually gets a honest account from one about what happen at the tomb. But Clavius believe what the guard saw there, it was due him being drunk. He believe that discples are hiding his corpse to make it appear he has risen from the dead.

The Bible has been a major cultural influence throughout the world for centuries. This work has taken roots in movies, music, literature, art, and more, and as a result the interpretations and spin-offs are endless. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago is one of these interpretations. Saramago is knowledgeable on the Bible as well as information about the historical circumstances of the time period. Putting these two factors together, he created a novel that humanizes the characters to make it more understandable to readers, as well as sculpt a unique backstory that differs from anything Christians would find acceptable. However, he was so efficient in doing so, that some would

He had been aware that this was coming, and His face shows it. Judas also was aware this was to be done, his face full of sorrow. Previous to this act of betrayal, Judas had sworn to Jesus he would do no evil to him three separate times. This makes his act of betrayal more of an eye-opener, allowing Judas to reveal to himself the liar that he had allowed himself to become, and the viewer can really feel that emotion as visually portrayed in “Kiss if Judas.” The frustration of Jesus’ followers is also seen through Giotto’s choice of having Joseph cut the ear off of the man in the same frame as the kiss given by Judas.

"The Passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson, recounts the last twelve hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, portraying his arrest, trial, crucifixion and death. One of the most popular religious movies in modern times, it therefore becomes susceptible to criticism. Although the film is based upon the stories within the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, there are many exaggerations and non-biblical elements present in the movie. This is not unexpected, since it is a movie, but the vivid detail of the brutality in the movie as well as the Anti-Semitic theme are the most publicly criticized elements of the movie. The Passion emphasizes the brutality Jesus endured to give himself for his people, but at the same time in

After Christ was captured, he was flogged with a lead-tipped whip and mocked for being the “King of the Jews”. By the time of his crucifixion, Christ was so weak and broken that a man named Simon had to carry his cross. The Romans nailed his wrists and ankles to the cross, and at nine o’clock in the morning, he was crucified. There was a darkness that fell across the land from noon to three o’clock. When the darkness vanished, Christ called out to God, saying “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The viewers were confused, as they thought he was calling out to a prophet to save him from his fate and they decided to see if the prophet would come. However, the only thing that happened was Christ cry as his soul was leaving his body and ascending into Heaven. “And when Christ had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit”. The Roman officer who was facing him during his crucifixion was shocked. When the curtains of the Temple split in two, he new that they were all wrong, for Christ was the son of

Historically, the time period that Jesus was sentence to a crucifixion was reserved for the serious criminals. Rick Renner analyzed the facts surrounding the death of Jesus Christ. He stated “Crucifixion was indisputably one of the cruelest and most barbaric forms of punishment in the ancient world. Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian, described crucifixion as “the most wretched of deaths.” It was viewed with such horror that in one of Seneca’s letters to Lucilius, Seneca wrote that suicide was preferable to crucifixion.” Getting into some of the gory details, Jesus literally had a five-inch iron nail through each wrist into the wood of the crossbeam. Then he was hoisted up with a rope that dropped into a groove creating even more pain in the hands and wrists. The weight of his body caused his arms to pop out of their sockets. Then the feet were nailed down as well. Slowly, all of his joints would dislocate. “When he was finally too exhausted and could no longer push himself

My knowledge of Judas comes only from what I read in the Bible. It is easy to jump the gun and assume he was an outsider always causing trouble. Then something grabs my attention and makes me second guess myself. Remember reading the story of the Last Supper (Matthew 26:19-25) and the way in which Jesus specifically says one within His group will betray Him? Notice when reading the story none of the disciples point to Judas as the obvious choice. In fact, they ask, “Is it me?”

The Passion, directed by Mel Gibson, follows Christ from His suffering in Gethsemane to the Crucifixion, and shortly past it. Although Mel Gibson used mainly the Gospels as his sources in writing the script, he included a few scenes that were never mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John. For example, the androgynous devil holding an infant during the Crucifixion, mocking Our Lady. Also, the devil tempts Jesus while He is praying in the garden. Not long after, Christ crushes a serpent. Despite none of these instances occurring in the Biblical texts regarding Christ’s Passion, Mel Gibson used the Gospels and descriptions from mystics in order to craft an accurate depiction of the suffering and death of Our Lord.