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Originally Posted by Puffguts I would like to bring comparison between this film and The Schindler's List. It is true that the Schindler's List wasn't entirely accurate to the historical facts, namely that Jews were not the only victims of the Nazi genocide and the Warsaw ghetto (the majority of the death camp victims were the Jews, next the slavs, and large numbers of Russian POWs since most of those death camps were in Poland), and that is the reason I am not against any historical accuracy of "Passion". The difference is at the portrayal of the Germans, the "oppressor" position is played with a human face. The Nazi stormtroopers were not all cold blooded killers, some of the Nazi Reich officers were not comfortable with the murders, and even the chief villan of the movie (and an villan no less, if not more in real life), Commandant Goeth, was portrayed as a real human being. He has his own secrets, his own feelings, and ultimatly, his very own and believable motives. There is no true villan and no true savior in the Schindler's List. There are only real characters with believable stories, no matter however heroic, courageous, twisted or repulsive they are. |
Great comparison with Schinder's List (great movie and love the black/white mode).
The producers of the film has a goal to achieve with the film.
The Passion of Christ may or may not touch on all historical facts according to the bible but the film will touch a great section of Christ's life. I didn't get a chance to watch any interview of Mel Gibson to hear what his motivation was. But I'm positive that Mel Gibson and the rest of the production crew would want to inform millions, if not billions of people worldwide of who Jesus Christ is and what Jesus Christ has done for all the people.
Hope the film will be effective and show a great deal of Jesus Christ. But if you really want to watch a film that will touch your heart, go watch "
The Jesus Film." The Jesus Film in 1978 Primarily funded by an independent businessman and a long-time friend of Campus Crusade, the Jesus Film began as a six million dollar production. Since then it has become the most widely translated film of all time, and used by more than 1,500 Christian agencies to reach over five billion peopld around the world. Because this film has been translated into more than seven hundred and fifty different languages, a vast majority of people have heard the story of Jesus in their native language.
We all can expect positives and negatives criticism once the release of the film. And as usual, religious film will attract much more critics from various religious groups around the world. But hopefully, the film is not only for criticism/evaluation but an opportunity to convert non-believers to christianity.
I'm glad to see that the language spoken in the film is in its native language (with subscript) and not in english. Phew.
Churches and christian organizations are working on promotion ideas to aid and boost the sales for the first week of its opening, I'm excited to know that my church leased one of the theatres in Anaheim just for our college group.