The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) [Blu-ray]

The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) [Blu-ray] Review

Whether you believe in Jesus holiness being the messiah or simply a regular human being, you cannot deny this movie touched you in a way. Many people don't wish to understand that this movie is not about Jesus being tortured, but what he went through in his final moments on earth. Many also state that it is impossible that one can handle such beating and still be able to walk with a huge cross on its back. I did my thoroughly investigation after I watched this film for the first time, browsing through websites from people that have studied such brutal events like the crucifixion. I even watched a special documentary on the Discovery Channel when this movie was released in the theaters, regarding Jesus deaths and all events he went through and they all concluded that it was not pretty to witness it. Back in those times many people were crucified and they had to endure torturous procedures before being killed in the cross. And Jesus, convicted for `swearing' he was the son of God, might of actually tolerated a bit more than the usual.

It was a movie that took a lot of bravery and valor from Mel Gibson to make, and that courage paid off with this great film which includes terrific acting and cinematography. `The Passion of the Christ' does contain a lot of violence and gore, something one must have in mind if they are easily offended by that subject.

The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) [Blu-ray] Overview

Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 02/17/2009 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R

The Passion of the Christ (Definitive Edition) [Blu-ray] Specifications

After all the controversy and rigorous debate has subsided, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ will remain a force to be reckoned with. In the final analysis, "Gibson's Folly" is an act of personal bravery and commitment on the part of its director, who self-financed this -30 million production to preserve his artistic goal of creating the Passion of Christ ("Passion" in this context meaning "suffering") as a quite literal, in-your-face interpretation of the final 12 hours in the life of Jesus, scripted almost directly from the gospels (and spoken in Aramaic and Latin with a relative minimum of subtitles) and presented as a relentless, 126-minute ordeal of torture and crucifixion. For Christians and non-Christians alike, this film does not "entertain," and it's not a film that one can "like" or "dislike" in any conventional sense. (It is also emphatically not a film for children or the weak of heart.) Rather, The Passion is a cinematic experience that serves an almost singular purpose: to show the scourging and death of Jesus Christ in such horrifically graphic detail (with Gibson's own hand pounding the nails in the cross) that even non-believers may feel a twinge of sorrow and culpability in witnessing the final moments of the Son of God, played by Jim Caviezel in a performance that's not so much acting as a willful act of submission, so intense that some will weep not only for Christ, but for Caviezel's unparalleled test of endurance.

Leave it to the intelligentsia to debate the film's alleged anti-Semitic slant; if one judges what is on the screen (so gloriously served by John Debney's score and Caleb Deschanel's cinematography), there is fuel for debate but no obvious malice aforethought; the Jews under Caiaphas are just as guilty as the barbaric Romans who carry out the execution, especially after Gibson excised (from the subtitles, if not the soundtrack) the film's most controversial line of dialogue. If one accepts that Gibson's intentions are sincere, The Passion can be accepted for what it is: a grueling, straightforward (some might say unimaginative) and extremely violent depiction of the Passion, guaranteed to render devout Christians speechless while it intensifies their faith. Non-believers are likely to take a more dispassionate view, and some may resort to ridicule. But one thing remains undebatable: with The Passion of the Christ, Gibson put his money where his mouth is. You can praise or damn him all you want, but you've got to admire his chutzpah. --Jeff Shannon

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