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The Passion
Feb. 29th, 2004 08:51 pmI saw it today.
I'm still trying to formulate thoughts on it.
For me, it was an extremely emotional movie, because it's so close to home. I cried for about 3/4 of it. I knew I would - it's not something I could ever expect not to cry at. But it's not a sad movie - I was crying because I realised He did that all for me. Even if I was the last person on the earth, he'd still go through all that for me.
It's not violent per se, but it is quite graphic. Not unnecessarily, I felt. It's what would have happened - that's how they did things then. The Romans in the outer provinces were particularly barbaric because they could be. It's all well and good to read the stories in the Bible, and even to read a description of the whole thing, but it's something completely different when you see it. It's not a movie that you'd want to see on TV only - I think if you're going to see it, go to the Cinema.
Everyone around the Cinema was in shock, and quite a few people were crying, but surprisingly, not one person got up and left. They stayed the entire time. Usually, if something is unnecessarily violent, then people just get up and leave. I guess that says alot about the movie. And it's not a story so much as an event - it starts in the garden at Gethsemane, and finishes right after the ressurection. So it's not even a story movie, and yet people still stayed.
The worst scene for me was the part where Peter denies knowing Jesus the three times - my heart broke.
Still whoaing.
*****
I should be in bed, but I had to type that up.
I'm still trying to formulate thoughts on it.
For me, it was an extremely emotional movie, because it's so close to home. I cried for about 3/4 of it. I knew I would - it's not something I could ever expect not to cry at. But it's not a sad movie - I was crying because I realised He did that all for me. Even if I was the last person on the earth, he'd still go through all that for me.
It's not violent per se, but it is quite graphic. Not unnecessarily, I felt. It's what would have happened - that's how they did things then. The Romans in the outer provinces were particularly barbaric because they could be. It's all well and good to read the stories in the Bible, and even to read a description of the whole thing, but it's something completely different when you see it. It's not a movie that you'd want to see on TV only - I think if you're going to see it, go to the Cinema.
Everyone around the Cinema was in shock, and quite a few people were crying, but surprisingly, not one person got up and left. They stayed the entire time. Usually, if something is unnecessarily violent, then people just get up and leave. I guess that says alot about the movie. And it's not a story so much as an event - it starts in the garden at Gethsemane, and finishes right after the ressurection. So it's not even a story movie, and yet people still stayed.
The worst scene for me was the part where Peter denies knowing Jesus the three times - my heart broke.
Still whoaing.
*****
I should be in bed, but I had to type that up.
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