I watched Passion of the Christ yesterday. I am sure that I was one of the last to watch it. So David Lim and I watched the film. Well.... I found it to be a violent film that really showed the human side of Jesus. Which is why it is works. It did not focus so much on the deity of Christ. But his human side being exposed and punished. Feeling his pain and suffering as another human being. You can feel that he was terrified. His perserverance of facing temptations as a human being. His physical weakness from the persecution. It really captured his frailty as a human being. It was really well made. The flogging scene was very hard to watch. But the most moving part for me was when the thief that was crucified next to Jesus confessed his sins, asking Jesus to remember him. Wow. What an incredible scene. Mel Gibson scored again. The movie was not as moving for me as it might have been for some out there. I think cause I heard too much about it. But the greatness of the filmmaking in this movie was that knowing what was to happen did not ruin it for me. I was still shocked and moved by the film. It certainly makes me reflect upon my sins and the reason Christ went through all that suffering for little old moi! I needed a cigarette after the movie.
Thanks be to JC. My Jigga Christ.....