Saul: The Journey to Damascus

Don't waste your time unless you want to watch a fantasy. I don't know where they came up with this stuff! The only true parts were that the priests liked Saul, but they didn't like Paul. And Saul was afflicted on the road to Damascus. It would have been so easy to make this true to life. All they had to do was open the Bible. But I'd venture to say they're few and far between in Hollywood.

The film is good but I'm addressing previous critiques here. Saul/Paul played a major role in the life of so many or most Christians today. Without Paul, there wouldn't be a lot of books in the Bible. It's still disputed which ones were written by whom. The Butcher only led Saul to need Jesus and therefore become Paul. What the story told was true enough to make the point and touch a soul.

The story is from the Bible and I've never seen details on Saul's life as Saul before Jesus rescued him. Prove me wrong, but the Butcher is never mentioned anyway.

I thought it was well played but you should give credit to all the actors and staff.

One can read a number of books in a genre called Biblical fiction. Some of those are quite good. This would be Biblical fiction for the movies. There are a few of those around already, "Barabbas", "Quo Vadis", "The Robe", perhaps "Ben Hur". Obviously, some of these are highly acclaimed movies. So, understanding, this is not a directly Biblical account of Saul/Paul, I find the subject matter wanting and coming up a bit short. There was a sincere attempt to tie things together in this ambitious work. Maybe this is too much of an action flick and a tad too fanciful in the plot.

"Paul, Apostle of Christ" with James Faulkner and Jim Caviezel or."The Apostle Peter: Redemption" seem to meet the challenge though, are far from perfect as well.

This is the closest I have seen in a movie to the story of Paul and Stephen. I would say the production was B rated, but the acting was surprisingly good. The story followed scripture fairly well and presents a good representation of Paul and also our Jesus.

Saul, becoming Paul as the believer, is well presented in this movie. I would recommend it for any believer. As stated this is the closest I have seen, but I am sure there could be better. But, thankfully we have this movie.

Some of the cast to me were a little unbelievable. For example Mary of Magdelene was Spanish, that is not accurate. Others were very European, still not right. But they did act well and the story was well told.

So much accuracy traded for dramatic effect when it is not necessary. The story has its own drama without having to resort to fictionalization.