Change Your Image
eckhart2002
Reviews
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
The Passion of the Christ told to adults
I wanted to see this movie because I was interested in listening to the words of the Bible spoken in Aramaic. Otherwise I was afraid of a new "Hollywood" version of the bible with an anti-Semitic Christian fundamentalist touch. I came out of this movie deeply moved. After all this suffering (horrible indeed and even my surgical experience of suffering flesh didn't prepare for what I saw), Christ is able to ask for forgiveness for those who made him suffer. This message of love and forgiveness is the greatest message ever told. We have been drowned in this sweet story of our childhood where everything sounded so nice and easy with perhaps a little note of bitterness during the passion tale. This is not so... Life is often suffering and ripped flesh. We had to see this story told in an adult way to understand it again. And there is no anti-Semitism in this movie! Only stupid first level viewer can understand it this way. My best friends were, still are and will be Jews! Some critics however: the message of the resurrection is definitely too short and too superficial ( after all this suffering it had to be somewhat longer); some horror scenes especially regarding the ghouls frightening Judas are perhaps out of focus (Judas is by the way very human). To summarize, this entire movie is a perfect way for adults to listen to the same story again with an unfiltered approach! The actors are perfect and the camera perspectives are inspired by Caravaggio and the medieval Masters!
"Félicitations, Monsieur Gibson"
Que la lumière soit (1998)
Faith is not only suffering and blood
Are we allowed to laugh when we talk about faith ? Not since the "Jesus laughs" (Jesus People) have we been allowed to laugh about matters of faith. This movie brings a fresh wind into our all to serious contact with metaphysics. Not only is the main actress a marvelous example of beauty allied to intelligence hitting the right tone in this movie but we have here a very bright rainbow shining down on us regarding the manifold aspects of faith. This magnificent comedy should be shown more often on our screens especially in a time where fundamentalism is coming back with all its followers of murder, hatred and death. "Que la lumière soit" ! Pure delight
P.s.: I am waiting for the DVD version coming out