The Last Temptation of Christ Reviews

A última tentação de Cristo é uma tentativa mais ou menos bem sucedida de Scorsese de tentar recriar as histórias do novo testamento de uma forma mais realista, realista em um nível herético e desrespeitoso, não digo que o filme seja inteiramente um ataque a religião cristã mas é notório um certo desprezo por parte de quem idealizou pela figura de Jesus Cristo, sendo esse filme baseado em um apócrifo que diz que Judas era íntimo de Cristo e forjaram tudo para que ele fosse crucificado. O apócrifo é evidentemente uma farsa forjada por grupos gnósticos que adoram subverter as religiões para os seus propósitos ritualísticos ou sei lá o que, é um filme que prega Cristo como um ser humano comum, com medos, desejos, aflições, ego e etc, não que o Cristo original carecesse de tudo isso, aqui a sua figura perde esse tom místico de bondade genuína e quase que o reduz a um idiota despreparado.

Ignorando o fato do filme ser propaganda gnóstica, o que há de realmente bom nele? Bueno, Scorsese não é um diretor medíocre, esteve sempre tentando revolucionar o cinema se preocupando mais em contar histórias do que meter duzentos efeitos especiais ou fanservice idiota que não agrega nada a história, obras como Taxi Driver ou Bons Companheiros estão entre seus mais grandes trabalhos. Geralmente suas histórias tem esse ar de tragédia shakespeariana com toques contemporâneos, história que me inclinam a gostar do autor por criticar certos aspectos do hedonismo, niilismo e etc. Como cristão é impossível não levar para o lado ofensivo já que contraria a nossa visão de como Cristo é, por outro lado ainda posso elogiar que o filme não gira em torno de atacar a sexualidade de Cristo, como outras aberrações, já que é a única coisa que os maconheiros comunistas de apartamento conseguem pensar.

O filme de Scorsese consegue ser mais um estudo de personagem que uma crítica a x ou y, aqui nos é apresentado um Jesus humanizado, quando digo humanizado é que este possui defeitos, erros e uma pá de coisas que se postas sob uma balança o faria perder esse título. Seu personagem é bastante psicológico e sua ênfase em ser mais humano termina criando um personagem sumamente complexo e seria bem próximo do que eu imaginaria para esses líderes místicos como Napoleão ou Zaratustra, é quase um retrato psicológico.

Sobre o filme em si, não é um mau filme, como eu já disse, Scorsese é um dos melhores se não o melhor diretor de filmes que já existiu, a ambientação do filme se vê medíocre pelo baixo orçamento, possui um toque experimental que não gosto, uma trilha sonora marcante e um desenvolvimento de personagem bastante competente abordando temas como os demônios internos, os medos, as aflições e coisas que são próximas de obras primas, pero nah, o transfundo de Jesus é competente e apenas, o restante dos personagens não possuem presença e colocar Judas como amigo de Jesus é um erro não por ser heresia mas por quebrar a lógica interna da situação, a forma com qual Judas é apegado a Cristo no filme faz parecer uma ação um tanto sem coesão.

Em resumo é um filme ok sem muitas ressalvas fora ser propaganda gnóstica

5/10

VIVA CRISTO REI!

Willem Dafoe plays Jesus in a movie about Jesus' crucifixion. This movie has the right title! This movie covers the last temptation of Christ!

My temptation is for all who can to see this movie! (should be fine for mature teens 13 and up) 'The Last Temptation of Christ' is something that you'll need to watch all off to understand the ending.

Spoiler alert: This is a big spoiler! Go to the next paragraph if you don't want to know what happens or unless you've seen the movie;

When Jesus (Dafoe) is on the cross, he is tempted by a young girl who claims to be his guardian angel (Juliette Caton) and she takes him down from the cross. Jesus is then cleaned up by Mary Magdalene (Barbara Hershey) who he marries but she dies before giving birth to a baby. Eventually as an old man, Jesus realises that to die on the cross would've saved the world. The "guardian angel" is revealed to be Satan and Jesus realises that he wants to die on the cross. When this movie took us back to Jesus near death on the cross, this movie made a lot of sense to me

This movie is very interesting, the temptation scene made a lot of sense in the end and I understood it. Willem Dafoe is great as Jesus and is well cast. The rest of the cast are also very good and Martin Scorsese's direction is brilliant! (it's an Oscar nominated direction by him)

This movie is rated 15 but it should be fine for mature teens 13 and up. Yeah, this movie is bloody but the only violent scenes are when Jesus takes out his heart (in a vision) and the whole crucifixion scene which gives you most of the details. But not recommended for anyone under 13!

This movie makes sense for the recommended audiences! Anyone under 13 should not understand it! If I’d seen this movie at 10 years old, I wouldn’t have understood it! So parents, don’t show this to your kids, wait until they’re 13 and then show them how amazing this movie is! What an inspiring movie!

Wow! What a controversial film. I find it quite enlightening, and very spiritual. Most likely my favorite film based on Jesus Christ.

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 personal and private levels. With Temptation, Dafoe gives us a Jesus that struggles, doubts, and truly suffers in his battle to accept and live his life as man, and as the human embodiment of God's will. His story is a fierce, tragic, and triumphant one, gritty and ugly in its pain and loneliness, serene and beautiful in its love and humility. Theologically this is a studious and brave effort that strives for meaning and larger understanding of one of the central tenants of the Christian faith. Cinematically this film is strong in many areas, but also a bit of a mess that invites questions about casting choices, pacing, and a rather episodic structure. Of the many that rose to the staggering challenge of making this film, Peter Gabriel deserves special mention for putting together one of the finest musical scores in cinema.

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 and he died at the end of it which was a bit weird. I will give this film credit for being underrated because i think most people choose to watch Mel Gibson's Passion Of The Christ over this one.


I have mixed feelings about Willem Dafoe as Jesus because he was powerful enough for the character but I could see him unfortunately as the Green Goblin/Norman Osborn. In this film he was very heroic and it showed how good Willem can be as a hero as well as a villain. If not Jesus in a biblical story then i think that he would have made a good Moses. I did still like him as Jesus though. Harvey Keitel was pretty crap as Judas because he didn't completely show how powerful Judas really was with Jesus and how badly he betrayed Jesus.


As I said, this is one of the few if not the only non-crime film that Martin Scorsese has directed. Scorsese goes drama just like he went comedy in King Of Comedy and like he went epic in Gangs Of New York. He directed this film really well which surprised me a lot. I was blown away by how Scorsese directed Jesus crucifixion. The script was adapted from the Bible which must have been really hard because the Bible is written in Latin which is like the old British language. It was still really good for that.


This is the underrated Scorsese film but it is my least favourite film from him not because it is the weakest but because it is a film that isn't typical Scorsese. There were some scenes within the film that were very confusing and was a bit too much in your face so to speak. Apart from that, a good film to watch. November