The Passion of the Christ

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

( My Movie Review)

     The Passion of the Christ (sometimes referred to as The Passion) is a 2004 American film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ. It depicts thePassion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Lukeand John. It also draws on other devotional writings, such as those disputedly attributed toAnne Catherine Emmerich.

     The film covers the final 12 hours of Jesus' life, beginning with the Agony in the Garden and ending with a brief depiction of his resurrection. Flashbacks of Jesus as a child and as a young man with his mother, giving the Sermon on the Mount, teaching the Twelve Apostles, and at the Last Supper are some of the images depicted. The dialogue is entirely in reconstructed Aramaic and Latin with vernacular subtitles.

    The film was a major commercial hit, grossing in excess of $600 million during its theatrical release, becoming the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. The film has also been highly controversial and received mixed reviews, with some critics claiming that the extreme violence in the movie "obscures its message."Catholic sources have questioned the authenticity of the non-biblical material the film drew on.

THE CHARACTERS

Main Cast

Jim Caveizel as Jesus Christ

Maja Morgentern as Mary

Monica Belluci as Mary Magdalene

Rosalinda Celentino as Satan

Minor Casts

Francesco DeVito as Peter

Chokri Ben Zagden as James

Christo Jivkov as John

Luca Lionello as Judas Iscariot

Hristo Shopov as Pontius Pilate

Claudia Gerini as Claudia Procles

Fabio Sartoras as Abenader

Mattia Sbragia as Caiphas

THE SUMMARY

     The film opens in Gethsemane as Jesus prays and is tempted by Satan, while his apostles, Peter, James and John sleep. After receiving thirty pieces of silver, one of Jesus' other apostles, Judas, approaches with the temple guards and betrays Jesus with a kiss on the cheek. As the guards move in to arrest Jesus, Peter cuts off the ear of Malchus, but Jesus heals the ear. The temple guards arrest Jesus and the apostles flee. John tells Mary and Mary Magdalene of the arrest. Peter follows Jesus at a distance. Caiaphas holds trial over the objection of some of the other priests, who are expelled from the court. When questioned by Caiaphas whether he is the son of God, Jesus replies "I am." Caiaphas is horrified and tears his robes and Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy. Three times Peter denies knowing Jesus but then runs away sobbing. Meanwhile, the remorseful Judas attempts to return the money to have Jesus freed but is refused by the priests. Tormented by demons, he flees the city and hangs himself with a rope he finds on a dead donkey.

     Caiaphas brings Jesus before Pontius Pilate to be condemned to death, but after questioning Jesus, Pilate sends him instead to the court of Herod, as Jesus is from Herod's ruling town of Nazareth. After Jesus is returned, Pilate offers the crowd that he will chastise Jesus and then will set him free. Pilate attempts to have Jesus freed by giving the people an option of freeing Jesus or the violent criminalBarabbas. To his dismay, the crowd demands to have Barabbas freed and Jesus killed. Pilate washes his hands and proclaims he is not guilty of Jesus' punishment, but in an attempt to appease the crowd, has Jesus brutally scourged and mocked with a crown of thorns. The crowd continues to demand that Jesus be crucified, and Pilate reluctantly orders Jesus' crucifixion.

     As Jesus carries the cross along the Via Dolorosa to Calvary, Seraphia wipes Jesus' face with her veil. Simon of Cyrene is unwillingly pressed into carrying the cross with Jesus. Jesus is then crucified. As he hangs from the cross, Jesus prays forgiveness for those who did this to him and redeems a criminal crucified next to him. After Jesus gives up his spirit and dies, a single drop of rain falls from the sky, triggering an earthquake which destroys the Temple and rips the cloth covering the Holy of Holies in two, to the horror of Caiaphas and the other priests. Satan is then shown screaming in defeat. Jesus is taken down from the cross. In the end, Jesus rises from the dead and exits the tomb.

MY MOVIE REVIEW

     The Passion of the Christ is one of my favorite movie because it really depicts what we are as a MAN and how we should be as a CHRISTIAN.Based on the movie, it shows FAITH, BETRAYAL, DENIAL, SIN, and most of all LOVE.

     As I watched the movie, I really cherished every details and scenes that had passed and moved over. I felt pity and low especially on the part that Jesus of Nazarene suffered all the sins of man. I really felt the pain that we made to our God despite of the fact that we, the sinful beings, will suffer what He suffered before, during, and after He was crucified.

     When I continually observed the movie, I saw:

FAITH. Even Jesus is the Lord, He still prayed for guidance to show up to His people to always show up our faith             
           to Him even in sickness and in health, in richer or in poorer,or till death do we part.

BETRAYAL. When Judah exhange the life of our God from 30 silvers. But later on he then realized what he had
          done wrong to the innocent blood. He tried to return the money in exchange to the life of Jesus but
          unluckily the priest refused. He then afflicted by the evils and went to the city and and put into death by 
          hanging himself.

DENIAL. When Peter denied Jesus from the people. He said," I swear,I don't know the man.", 3 times. But on his   
          previous communication to Jesus he said that he will not leave Him even in prison and in death.

          As the moment went by, he faced his mother sobbingly and apprehended that he  is unworthy because he denied the Lord.

SIN. If we will looked on the deeply the movie, we can catched up the major role of Jesus is to save man from it   
          sinful being since he is really a sinner as he went outside in this world.

LOVE. According to the Holy Gospel, particularly at the Bppk of John it says," For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 

        Because of the great love of God to His children He then went to the world in the Person of Jesus to save us from our sins. 

         Isaiah 53 states,"He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds we are healed."

     Indeed we should show up our great love to Him by receiving Him as our God and Personal Savior in order for us not to go to the Lake of Fire, the HELL, instead to the place where true happiness and contentment is found,to His kingdom that is not located in this world, the HEAVEN. We should go back to the basics and meditate ourselves for our salvation and to inherit eternal life together with our Almighty God.

I can say that the movie in general is very amazing!

Job well done.

SHALOM!

VIDEOS

We are the Reason by Avalon

At the Cross by Hillsong

Amazing Love