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“This is a highly ambitious, serious, and explorative film that in single scenes engages its material with a larger sense of wonder and reverence than the entirety of Mel Gibson's exploitive film ever could. In a disclaimer at the very onset of the film, Scorsese warns audiences that his film is not intended to be a retelling of one or any of the four gospels, but rather an artistic exploration of the dual nature most Christians attribute to Christ, of what the spiritual struggle may look or feel like for one who is fully human, and yet fully divine. Themes of sin, guilt, condemnation, redemtion and salvation are central to much of Scorseses' work and he is a proven master at sharing his stories of spiritual crisis on grand and epic scales, but also in ways that strike us and move us on per” read more

Movies watched in 2010 (138 movies items)

""What's good for men isn't good for God""

Films Directed by Martin Scorsese (29 movies items)

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Movies watched in 2010 (191 movies items)

"12.3.10 Hyvä ja hieman erilainen kuvaus Jeesuksen seikkailuista muinaisessa Palestiinassa. Loppuratkaisu on mielestäni hienosti totetutettu ja suo katselijalle vähän ajateltavaa. Suosittelen jos on kiinnostusta asiaa kohtaan."

Hmmm... naa sorry, Martin. Could've been better...

“I had high expectations for this film because it is a film from Martin Scorsese and it is one of the few Scorsese films that is a non-crime film and has drama within it. This film disappointed me quite a bit. The best things about this film were that it did show how horrifying Jesus' crucifixion really was to endure and to witness. The disappointments for me were that it dragged on a bit and went a bit boring. Also, I know the story of Jesus but i got a bit confused at times because there were an awful lot of events that occurred at around the same time. I was confused on the scene where Jesus was crucified and then his guardian angel came to him and she took him off the cross and he was alive but in the Bible he never came off the cross alive but the screen flashed to Jesus on the cross a” read more