He is a Cross Maker, not just a carpenter. Voices seize his mind and he falls down with those seizures, but it is God talking to him. Judas is his pal, sent to kill him for traitor behavior but who comes along to check out what is going on.
Granted, there is a disclaimer that this Jesus story is not from the gospel, but based on a novel. And Willem Dafoe is not as good as I remember him from the last time I watched the movie.
The theology of the movie denies the diety of Christ. He is a man chosen, forced by God to preach. It doesn't end well.
Back in the day, it was the condemnation of the movie by Christian leaders that gave the movie greater press and publicity than I think it deserves.
I don't know, I just can't spend a lot of time on this one.
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Daddy you never told me you had a blog. Why not?
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