Passion of Christ
This movie had a huge, emotional impact on me. Mel Gibson did an amazing job as a director. It really made me feel like I was in the movie. The different languages and cinematography really made it feel so realistic. At the end of the movie I was so dumbfounded and amazed. The film was overall very gory but I think you need to see everything in a real manner in order to understand it. The man who played Jesus portrayed him very well. I really liked the shots in this movie!! I loved this movie and I would rate it a 10/10 for a Jesus film.
Passion of Christ
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Jesus Film
This week I honestly completely forgot about having to watch a film until I checked the assignment list and saw we were supposed to have watched a 'Jesus Film'. Luckily my family forced me to watch "The Passion of the Christ" with them Saturday night in preparation for Easter. By forced, I mean to say I did not want to watch the movie, as I have never liked 'Christian movies' or anything about the death of Jesus, as the production quality is often low, and they make me sad as they depict the brutality of the death of Jesus. "The Passion of the Christ"was, however, of a higher production quality than most other 'Jesus Films', and therefore I was able to somewhat enjoy the movie. The movie starts off with probably one of the most important scenes as Jesus is in the Garden of Gethsemane, praying and questioning God as the disciples sleep off to the side. As Jesus confronts God about his future of bearing all the sin in the world, Satan (who is played by a women, which is pretty cool) appears creepily in the background covered in all black and whispers to Jesus, trying to convince him that bearing everyones sins will never work. As a snake slithers out from under Satan and over to Jesus. The scene ends by Jesus getting up, looking Satan dead in the eye, and stomping on the snake. The lighting in this scene creates the mood for the rest of the movie, as the lighting is dark and creates a feeling of mysteriousness, as the only light illuminates Jesus. The symbolism in this scene is also huge, as it shows Jesus confronting the reality of his death for the first time, accepting it, and crushing Satan. This scene also establishes the theme of good vs. evil, as well as man vs. himself, as Jesus struggles with facing the reality of his painful demise. Satan also appears in the scene of Jesus being beaten by Roman soldiers, smirking in the background holding a disfigured baby that represents something I'm assuming, possibly sin but I'm still confused and a little disturbed by that. Satan then appears lastly as Jesus finally dies on the cross, screaming out and collapsing on the ground, realizing that he has been defeated. The film had a lot of flashbacks, which helped to add on the the overall story development. I really liked how the film wasn't in English but instead in Aramaic, because it added to the authenticity of the film and helped me to imagine the movie as actual events. I also liked the music used throughout the movie as it added a sense of mysteriousness and suspense to the mood. While I do think that the beating and crucifixion scene was very long and gory, I do think it was a realistic depiction and addressed the pain Jesus went through in order to save mankind, something that I often forget. Overall, this is definitely the best 'Jesus film' I've seen, and I would give it a 7 out of 10, though I probably wouldn't choose to watch it again for entertainment.
Son of God
During the break I watched Son of God. I have never seen this movie before and I never really had seen the crucifixion story with my own eyes as I've only really heard about it and never could really see how bad it really was. This movie really opens your eyes about how awful and terrible Jesus had it and gives you a real perspective on how much He suffered and also how much He offered and how he gave hope and purpose to people. They did a great job with how gory and bloody the Crucifixion story really was and I really did not expect it to be as bad as it was, which I am happy about because it portrayed it well. One camera technique that I noticed right away was when Jesus resurrected he had light shining onto him from the background and wore a bright white that glowed to show that His resurrection and importance and how amazing it really was. Overall I would give this movie a 8/10. I really enjoyed it and it was really cool and I would defiantly recommend this movie to a friend.
Passion
This week I reviewed Passion of the Christ. I watched the
movie once when it first came out when I was very young but I remembered almost
none of it. Watching the movie again really opened my eyes to why the movie was
so popular in the first place. So many people have known about the crucifixion
story and told how brutal it was but seeing it take place is a whole different
thing. Mel Gibson did a great job making the film extremely gory but not unnecessarily
so. All of the blood and gore was put into the movie to prove just how bad
Jesus’s crucifixion was. Some of the film techniques I noticed were moving
shots as well as varying camera angles. There were also several scenes where it
shows only Jesus’s upper body instead of his whole body. Along with this, one
of the techniques was to make the film so controversy that it really cannot be
ignored. The film shows a theme of Man vs Man with the people beating and
killing Jesus however, there was no battle because Jesus willingly accepts his
death. There also is an inside battle as Jesus prays and you can see
uncertainty when he is going to be carried away to be killed. Overall the film
was shocking and one not to be forgotten quickly. I would give it a 6 out of 10
because as much as I feel the idea behind the film is a good one, there was no
English in the movie and it was almost all brutal killing scenes. I would
however, recommend it to a friend if they had not already seen it.
Son of God (Jesus film)
Son of God is a two hour and fifteen
minute film about the life of Jesus Christ. Although it holds its own as a
single, cohesive film, it is really a compilation of episodes from the
miniseries The Bible. Though it
seemed a bit long to me and dragged on a bit in places, I enjoyed the movie
overall. It effectively put Jesus’s story in a historical context and was a
good reminder of the social and political atmosphere that Jesus lived in. I
found the plotting of the Jewish priests, led by Caiaphas, particularly
interesting. Not every detail was entirely accurate to the Bible, but I felt it
seemed to capture the important parts of the story pretty well, pulling
primarily from the book of John. I recognized much of the dialogue as direct
quotes from the Bible.
I also found
several technical aspects of the film interesting. For example, I noticed that
the lighting, in several scenes, fell on Jesus at such an angle so as to seem
like a heavenly aura or halo, making him seem angelic. Additionally, tilted
horizon was used in a few scenes, such as when Jesus is being prepared to be
crucified, adding tension. Altogether, I felt the film was successful in
portraying Jesus’s primary message, which is one of love, forgiveness, and
redemption, causing the film to fall into the overarching theme of love
conquers all.
4/5
The Lone Ranger (Western)
What the Heck was this movie? I have so many mixed emotions about it.
My parents decided to watch it with me because they watched it as a tv show when they were a kid. I watched it because I think Armie Hammer (the guy who plays the Lone Ranger) is hot. Anyway, the movie tracks a man trying to get redemption for the killing of his brother by a gang leader in the west Butch. He's helped by an Native American named Tonto and the two help track him down and eventually defeat him.
The acting in this ranged form really good to really bad. Johnny Depp managed to do really well in his role as he was born for character parts (even though I'm 99% sure his part was offensive). Armie Hammer proved that he can't act to save his life but he can manage to look pretty. You could tell it was produced by Walt Disney Company, because the shots were very basic and not as artistically creative. The really only good shot was a tracking shot across the dessert when we were following the Texas Rangers hunt for Butch.
My mom is from Texas so I know a few things about a good Western and this was not one. If I had to recommend a good Western I would recommend True Grit and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Please don't waster your time with fake Western Disney crap.
The Dark Knight : A Christopher Nolan Movie
As a child who grew up watching DC Comics cartoons, I was expecting The Dark Knight to be fun and adventurous. I was instead, pleasantly surprised to watch a film not that gruesome with blood but horrific to watch on a psychological level.
I was first drawn to this movie due to the notoriety Health Ledger got in this playing the Joker. It had always amazed me that someone could win an Oscar for a comic book villain, but watching the movie it got creepy in the way that he totally transforms into the character. While the Joker was my favorite character, I thought all the roles were intriguing because they were all displayed in a grey area and not cookie cutter good or bad. There were times when you would feel for the Joker, there were times when you would be mad at Batman, and there were times when you couldn't tell who was the hero Batman, Joker, or Dent.
The way the movie ended with Batman being hunted down and having to recede in the shadows was interesting as in it didn't end in the way a normal comic book movie does with the superhero flying out into the sunset. The symbol of destroying the Batlight and the greyish tones that made up Gotham in the end defined the movie as not completed and left the Joker in the upperhand with his splash of green and red. Nolan uses a lot of colors in his films to underscore themes of insanity and normality. I would highly recommend this to a friend who likes drama or even suspense. I would give it a 7/10 overall and a 10/10 for Heath Ledger's acting.
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