ttbrowne

I've only watched this film 200 times. My buddy was a projectionist and I can still remember him saying, "Hey, There's a new Eastwood movie showing that's 3 hours long and it's so good you want it to go 6 hours!" I had to see it. This is the greatest western ever made and quite possibly the greatest film ever. It flows beautifully. No wasted scenes, movements, actors, lines. It's like watching a beautiful symphony. I was disappointed with the anniversary dvd. Whoever did the voiceover track didn't know very much about scenes or actors. I thought they coulda done a better job. But buy it anyway.

A good film.Beautiful cinematography, lighting. It was just a little heavy-handed. By that I mean had another director taken the same script, It would have been a masterpiece. The music swells to deliberately draw tears from believers in the audience. Maybe this was Gibson's goal. That this film cannot be judged by the usual film criteria...That it needs to be a "Christian film for Christians". If so, Mel succeeded.

If you don't have a belief in christ, It comes up as a confusing story. The characters are not very well defined. No attempt to go into their backgrounds. Peter, from what I understand a very important part of this saga, is given only surface attention. Same with Judas & Mary. No background. Mary is a Mom crying for her son. Scenes show her sobbing for him over and over and over. Okay, Great...but if she is such an IMPORTANT figure in Jesus's life, Why isn't she given more background attention. The two little glimpses of "little Jesus falling" and "table scene" tells nothing about Mary at all. Mary Magdelene...same thing applies. Here's a woman who Jesus may or may not have been romantically involved with. Who was she? It's a good film but falls way short of being THE film that everyone says it is.

A great Sci Fi film. I didn't know what to expec since the box said something about 'what sci fi used to be'. What I got was an "adult" sci fi picture. Not some fools running around with phasers & lazers or The Last Maalox. Finally, An intelligent film about the future where your mind has to actually figure something out. You won't HAVE to worry about your little children or young teenagers ruining it either, It's well beyond their thinking capability. When one character said, "If I tried to tell you what's happening here, It wouldn't be what's happening here.", I didn't understand. Later when I found out what was happening, I fully understood what the character was saying.

This film is a quiet rush. A velvet rollercoaster. Put the dvd on and don't get distracted. If you truly understand film, This is truly a great one.