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He dies.
I was familiar with the basic story from the Lloyd Webber musical. The musical did a much better job of storytelling not to mention character development although it failed in the blood & violence category. Gibson handled this aspect much more honestly though it does get monotonous after a couple of hours. From what others had told me I expected a real splatter flick but ultra-violence needs a little irony to make it work. The violence in this film was certainly not gratuitous as it was very necessary to the story. Much like Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange." which everyone complained about as too violent. You can hear about somebody being nailed to a cross all your life but it really brings it home when you actually see it. Still it's hard to know what Mel Gibson's point was. To scare Christians? To annoy Jews? Or just to make a bunch of money, more likely. Too bad he can't write tunes like Lloyd Webber, it would have broken up the monotony. The movie was unrealistic in that no man could have survived all that beating and still be coherent at the final nailing part. I guess he justifies keeping his main character alive through it all be cause he was supposedly divine and could survive anything to a point. Some people might think the actors are speaking Gibberish but they are actually speaking the Archaic language which may be a drawback to some but the story is simple enough so most will get the point. I hope Jews won't take this movie too seriously. The Romans come off pretty badly too but I guess they won't care. Not a good first date movie, for sure.
He dies.
I was familiar with the basic story from the Lloyd Webber musical. The musical did a much better job of storytelling not to mention character development although it failed in the blood & violence category. Gibson handled this aspect much more honestly though it does get monotonous after a couple of hours. From what others had told me I expected a real splatter flick but ultra-violence needs a little irony to make it work. The violence in this film was certainly not gratuitous as it was very necessary to the story. Much like Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange." which everyone complained about as too violent. You can hear about somebody being nailed to a cross all your life but it really brings it home when you actually see it. Still it's hard to know what Mel Gibson's point was. To scare Christians? To annoy Jews? Or just to make a bunch of money, more likely. Too bad he can't write tunes like Lloyd Webber, it would have broken up the monotony. The movie was unrealistic in that no man could have survived all that beating and still be coherent at the final nailing part. I guess he justifies keeping his main character alive through it all be cause he was supposedly divine and could survive anything to a point. Some people might think the actors are speaking Gibberish but they are actually speaking the Archaic language which may be a drawback to some but the story is simple enough so most will get the point. I hope Jews won't take this movie too seriously. The Romans come off pretty badly too but I guess they won't care. Not a good first date movie, for sure.
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