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Originally posted by bilmore
So, you're saying it was historically accurate?
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Gibson did reasonably well at keeping close to particular gospel passages, so if you read the gospels as history, it's probably a more accurate piece of history than many historical dramas.
That having been said, I'm not holding him to that high a standard and he certainly took a few liberties, but I'd judge those liberties based on what they did or didn't do for the underlying message.
But Gibson turned up the violence without turning up the passion. The graphic violence has all the gut impact of horror film blood and gore. When Christ is walking out of the tomb at the end, I'm left with that "he's back" feeling you get in a horror film rather than any religious feeling. That's why Gibson needs time in front of Jeanne d'Arc, a film that was through of as very graphic in its time but that really imparts the passion.
OK, rant over, carry on.
