On February 15th 2004, was a day that reminded thousands of people in the United States what a man did for his own people and beliefs 2,000 years ago. This day was the official date when Mel Gibson’s new film The Passion of the Christ had the country lost for words. It is always a difficult challenge to make such a great impact on people, especially the United States because of its extremely diverse society, but not for Mel Gibson. In fact, his intention was not to effect people in any sort of way or matter but did anyway. His purpose for creating this film was to show how much passion he had for Jesus and therefore is called “The Passion of the Christ.” As a result of this, many people were greatly influenced to convert to Christianity, including the cast itself. Not only that, but also seemed to project and influence them so much that even miracles would happen.
The film, The Passion of the Christ was based on Jesus from Nazareth and the last 44 hours of his life. Mel Gibson chose to film that particular spot because those were the most significant moments and events that occurred in Jesus’ life. In an interview for Time Magazine, he mentioned,” a deep need to tell the story… The Gospels tell you what basically happened; I want to know what really went down.” Gibson contributed millions dollars to make sure it was just as great as he imagined. In an interview he had with Diana Sawyer, he says,” I wanted it to be shocking. And I wanted it to be extreme... So that they see the enormity of the sacrifice; to see that someone could endure that and still come back with love and forgiveness, even though extreme pain and suffering and ridicule.” A film critic by the name of Roger Ebert claimed that The Passion of the Christ “the most vi...
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...eft sobbing for mercy. These people such as Muslins, Satanist, and Wiccans later on converted to Christianity almost immediately after watching the film. Cases where murders and robbers, such as several women in a Florida penitentiary, confessed to the crimes they’ve committed after watching the film. In another case, a young man confessed to his girlfriend’s murder after watching the film. His girlfriend’s death was ruled as a suicide but turned himself later on from the enormous amount of guilt. If he had not confessed, the young man would’ve never been caught.
Without knowing it, Mel Gibson amazingly created one of the most unforgettable and most impacting films of all time. Although it took Gibson nearly ten years to actually produce the film, the wait was definitely worth it. It later on came to show that all the pain and suffering was well paid off in the end.
achieving his goal of placing doubt into the minds of the religious. Making this a poorly-argued film due
I chose to view and analyze the film The Boondock Saints. There were many different things I focused on while viewing the film. I decided to brake them down into the following categories: narrative, theatrical elements, cinematography, sound, and the overall experience. I will begin with stating my personal interpretations and understandings of the narrative.
To begin with, in this film Maher’s ethical appeal is deeply impacted through inflating his ethos. His opinions of religion take over almost all of the film and it is distracting. Each time he interviews someone and he is about to make a really good point the interview ends cutting straight to Maher’s commentary. For instance, Maher’s interview with Jesus the actor at the “Holy land,” the actor’s scene was edited just as “Jesus,” starts answering questions, and replaced with Maher gazing into the camera in a skeptical way attempting to be funny. Constantly seeing interviews like this one cut off in a film is annoying even when substituted with humor. It is almost like watching the Wile E Coyote chase the Road Runner then, just as the Coyote is about to catch him, the anvil f...
In conclusion, I found a quote from Michael Medved that I thoroughly agreed with, he says, “This same habitual blindness to spiritual, substantive dimensions of every significant challenge continues to handicap Hollywood”. I believe what he wants to get across here is that the Hollywood industry always misses the mark when it comes to spirituality and this is his whole meaning throughout the book. Whether I agree with his wording or not, I am a Christian, and I should be concerned with the way the media is influencing the mind of the world around me. I am called to be the light in this world, and I do believe that is the one area Medved and I agree; in some way, we both believe that the world is under attack and it is our job to show the light to this darkened world.
To conclude, the movie is filled with hatred, evil, faith, doubt, love and so on. While watching the movie, we see how the director has involved transcendence, metaphors, and striking images that the viewer is drawn to. Helen had something to accomplish with Matthew, which is the need for redemption and the sacraments of the Christian church. We notice the religious people and there actions throughout the movie. It shows us how different faith is to each individual and the way they see the Old and New Testament. Surprisingly, many follow the Old Testament but do not chare any thoughts with the New Testament.
When American Sniper opened in theaters January 2015, the world was shocked and excited that a film about a war has finally shown the emotional and psychological pain a soldier goes through. To many this was a new concept but, what the public did not realize, was in 2014, a World War II film, Fury was released. Fury is an insightful film about a tank crew surviving through World War II through the emotional and psychological hardships. The film takes place in April 1945, five months before WWII ends (Fury, IMDb). There are many key points to which makes Fury a modern war film from the extent of backstory each character has, to the prescreening prep and training, to the research of the props. Though American Sniper and Fury differ in wars and
What I particularly liked was the fact that Gibson didn't Americanize the movie. It wasn't advertised with big clichéd lines like "This Winter Experience The Passion." It wasn't made in a Hollywood studio and filmed in English. Gibson set out to make it as believable and realistic as possible so he made it in Aramaic and this way everyone in the world can see it and experience it in the same way.
"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 the movie the Jews are the ones that cry for his death. During several scenes of The Passion of the Christ, there are elements such as characters, themes, and motifs that are not found within the gospels, but are in the movie to add more dramatic elements.
This movie was inspiring and encouraging to anyone who is struggling with something. Overcoming his controversies in life became the main point of the movie. Knowing that this movie was based upon a true story inspires the people even more.
Yet, before any arguments on these two films can be analyzed, we must first briefly discuss each of the films plots and characters to provide background for the thesis. Chronologically, The Blood of Jesus came first, so that is where we will begin. The setting for the film takes place in a small southern town, where a religious woman, Martha, is accidently shot by her undevout husband, Ras. After being shot, due to the limited medical advancements of the time, there was not much that could be done for Martha. In other words, everyone in the town knew she was going to die. Yet, when she is in her comatose state of slumber she encountered an angel, who gives her wisdom of how to avoid the devil and finally reside in Zion or Heaven.
...ds to film, the religious stories surrounding the scenario are more than likely far less exciting and more straightforward than what is portrayed. The depiction of Christianity in a melodramatic fashion aims to keep people interested but it is not taken into consideration that the events that had taken place in Christian texts such as the bible could be equally interesting and exciting if they are depicted accurately within the story being narrated. Movies are over eager when they get a religious topic to work with and place it unnecessarily over the top, so that the religious undertones and lessons are almost lost and to get them, one must pay extremely close attention.
Though not a film to be taken too seriously, this movie has the power to whisk audience members away for 2 hours, into a world in which the bad guys finish last and the power of good conquers evil.
The Paschal Mystery of Christ; the passion, death and resurrection and the religious message of these is shown in Jesus of Nazareth. The passion is Jesus withstanding torture to show the unconditional love he has for each and every one of us. With his death, Christ liberates all humans for their wrong doings and forgives them. The most importance is put on the Resurrection of Jesus because by rising he is opens the pathway for new and eternal life for us. The Movie accurately portrays these three parts of the mystery and the religious message. It shows that the meaning of the Paschal Mystery is new life through death; finding light through darkness. It allows us to go beyond death and find new meaning with in that, instead of seeing it as a end to life, with faith we know it is only the beginning to an entirely new life with God. It allows hope to conquer evil.
God reveals himself to the tribe of Judah through Jesus, although they reject him. The movie ultimately shows God’s plan for restoring his relationship with mankind, through the sacrifice of his son Jesus. The greatest personal insight gained from the movie was the political and spiritual battle with the religious establishment and the blindness of the Jewish culture that lead to the rejection of their symbolic spiritual Passover.
Love is a word that’s been both miss-used and over-used all at once. Romantic movies change our definition of and have a big impact on this definition greatly. There have been many movies and novels made over love, but never like this. “The Notebook” is a love story about unconditional love that two people have for each other. This emotionally, heart touching story will have your eyes blood-shot and burning from you not wanting to blink your eyes. This tremendously wonderful love story will have you not wanting to even miss a millisecond of this heart throbbing film. With many plot twists and many scenes that will have you falling off of your seat and you not having any nails by the end of the movie, this is the movie for you. This emotionally rich film is full of action, laughter, and romance, which is the perfect trio combination. This movie shows us how love can bind us together forever. This film went above and