Mel Gibson's The Passion of The Christ

The film starts in the Garden with Jesus praying to his Father asking for the courage and will to do what must be done. He also prays for it not to happen. We also see him being observed by a person. He then crushes a snake under his sandal and makes his choice. This first scene represents a basic theme in everyones life, the struggle between good and evil. As the film progresses we see this person throughout and then we understand that this person represents evil.

The images on the screen are very brutal as we are transported into that time and place. Jesus was beaten and flogged by the soldiers, both Roman and Jewish. The brutality of these forms of punishment are portrayed in all their detail. The flogging scene is especially bloody. There were gasps in the audience, especially when he was turned over and continued to be whipped on the front as well as the back.

The film takes us back as this is happening to parts of Jesus' life, in his mind, to "better" times. In one scene when he is brought before the crowd by Pilate, we are brought back to 5 days earlier when he came to Jersualem and was welcomed. Pilate even makes a comment about that to the crowd. This was portrayed through the eyes of Jesus himself. There are many more scenes where this occurs in the film.

We also see how Judas' last hours were spent and we see what he saw. He sees evil in the faces of the children who are taunting him and then we see him hang himself with the very powerful portrait of an animal where he gets the rope to end his life.

Jesus' mother is shown throughout watching her son being beaten and tortured. Pilate's wife warns him not to do anything to this man and Pilate trys not to, but he has a dilema, he can not afford an uprising by either side. He even discusses this with his wife. He tells her that his head is on the chopping block if Rome gets wind of an uprising. In the end he succumbs to the will of the crowd and has Jesus executed.
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The scene where the crown of thorns is put into Jesus' head is extremely brutal. Then Jesus is made to carry his cross to the execution site. This part of the film was again very brutal and sadistic. The Roman soldiers stood by as the mob beat Jesus and finally a Jewish man who was picked by the Romans to help Jesus carry the cross intervenes. The scene were Mary, Jesus' mother, comes to his aid is very powerful. Again in flashbacks we are taken back to when Jesus was a little boy and had fallen. Mary did not want to go to Jesus during his carrying of the cross. She did not want to see her son this way, but in the end she did go to him. You see her anguish. The cruxification scene is very brutal and bloody. Again gasps from the audience when the cross is flipped over to bend the nails that were driven thru his hands and feet. The film ends with Jesus at the tomb walking out with a shot of his hands. The last scene shows evil in a pit with skeletons.

The film is filled with very powerful images. The film is spoken in Aramaic and Latin and is subtitled. The language adds to the power of the film. You soon get over the movie being subtitled. Contrary to some opinions the film is not anti-semitic. The mob was controlled by the High Priest. The priest was the one who insisted that Jesus be executed and the mob followed suit. In one scene you see soldiers paying people to be part of the mob. We must remember that not all Jewish people wanted Jesus to die, only certain people who had everything to lose to a new idea.

I would suggest that if you are a believer in the story of Jesus that you see the film. I would recommend that you decide if you children are ready and able to see this type of brutality. This film is not for everbody. Mr. Gibson has made a very powerful film that will touch many people. If you believe, your faith will not be swayed by this film. If you do not, you will see the brutality of that part of history. If you are looking for enetertainment do not waste your time. This film is not entertaining.

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