The plot is basicly a vivid depiction of the last 12 hours of Jesus Christ's life. Sometime around the year A.D. 30, in the Roman province of Palestine, an obscure Jewish carpenter named Jesus of Nazareth began to teach publicly and to proclaim the coming of a 'Kingdom of God.' For centuries, the Jewish people had expected the appearance of a promised deliverer known as the Messiah --a figure who would restore their ancient dignity, and free their sacred homeland from all evil and despair.
In the minds of many, Jesus appeared to be this Messiah. Surrounded by a core group of twelve disciples, Jesus began to attract a massive following from among the common people of Galilee and Judea, who eventually praised him as their Messiah and King. However, Jesus also had many enemies in Jerusalem. The Sanhedrin, a governing senate composed of the leading Jewish priests and Pharisees, conspired to put Jesus to death.
With the aid of Judas Iscariot, a member of Jesus' own inner circle, the Sanhedrin succeeded in arresting Jesus, handing him over to the Roman secular authorities on unsubstantiated charges of treason against Rome. Although Jesus consistently maintained that his Kingdom was a heavenly and spiritual one, the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate, faced with the possibility of a riot, ordered that Jesus be taken outside the city and crucified as a common criminal.
This movie's existence boggles me on so many levels.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
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I would pay to see it
[ 01-16-2004: Message edited by: Vorago ]
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Sakkra stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Wow! That sounds like a kickass movie! I wonder if they've made it into a book yet...
Okay.. this made me laugh out loud in a room by myself.
I want to see this movie. I want to see what the big deal is. People were flipping out over it, and I don't want to judge it unless I see it for myself.
[ 01-16-2004: Message edited by: Katrinity ]
Odd how the "inevitable" protest kinda died out after that....
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Check out the big brain on Neo-Blindy!
the actor playing jesus was struck by lightning 3 times during the filming of the movie.
lol
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Neo-Blindy wrote this stupid crap:
the actor playing jesus was struck by lightning 3 times during the filming of the movie.
Last I heard it was a camera man, and he had been struck twice.
Got an article handy on that?
assistant director struck twice.
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So much for the basis of our current calendar! 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Bloodsage said:
Christ died in 30 A.D.?So much for the basis of our current calendar!
Our callender is based off of B.C. - Before Christ, and Ano Domini - After birth.
lern 2 reed
"Although it is not due for release until early next year, it has already hit headlines after Jewish figures in the United States slated it for being "dangerous" and portraying Jews in a negative way."
I don't think this is the biggest problem anyone could have with this film. Anyway it kind of reminds me of (I think I read about this on Penny Arcade) the anti-Arabic-defamation league or something along those lines criticizing Aladdin because it portrayed many of its Arabian characters in a negative way...but all the characters were Arabian...so...
But really. What is the point of making a film about the life of Jesus Christ? We have the Bible, we have passion plays, we have Jesus Christ Superstar.
Although, filming it entirely in Latin and Aramaic with no subtitles is pretty damn bold. But I hear there are some die-hard fanboys of this series already that probably know the story by heart or something. I even hear some of them are worse than those hard-core LotR and Star Wars guys. Geez.
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Cysa The Clown thought about the meaning of life:
Our callender is based off of B.C. - Before Christ, and Ano Domini - After birth.
Pssst: it was a joke. If it was based on reality rather than popular misconception, it wouldn't be humorous.
Neener. 
Edit: btw, if you're going to correct me, at least be thorough. Anno domini means "in the year of our Lord" roughly. Not "after birth." It signifies the birth, roughly, but that's not what it means.
Neener again. [ 01-16-2004: Message edited by: Bloodsage ]
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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A sleep deprived Bloodsage stammered:
Pssst: it was a joke. If it was based on reality rather than popular misconception, it wouldn't be humorous.Neener.
Edit: btw, if you're going to correct me, at least be thorough. Anno domini means "in the year of our Lord" roughly. Not "after birth." It signifies the birth, roughly, but that's not what it means.
Neener again.
After all, if it signified the exact date of birth then Christmas would be the New Year if everything else is accurate.
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Sakkra had this to say about Knight Rider:
After all, if it signified the exact date of birth then Christmas would be the New Year if everything else is accurate.
It's not even the same year.
And Christmas is merely the usurpation of the winter solstice by the Church. The best way to get pagans to covert is to steal their holy days.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
It's not even the same year.And Christmas is merely the usurpation of the winter solstice by the Church. The best way to get pagans to covert is to steal their holy days.
From what I've heard Jesus most likely would have been born some time during summer. Thats when the Romans generally did taxes and the census.
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Bloodsage still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
It's not even the same year.And Christmas is merely the usurpation of the winter solstice by the Church. The best way to get pagans to covert is to steal their holy days.
Usurpation. Now THAT's a 63 dollar word!
That's why I've always wondered why some Christians pitch a fit about Christmas being commercialized and about gift giving and all that jazz. IIRC, the holiday which the Church usurped centered on gift giving as a means of celebration. And similarly, isn't Easter a...a usurpation of the pagan holiday for the vernal equinox, or even the Roman new year(they celebrated the new year at the start of spring for some time, although I don't know if they did towards the end of their Empire)?
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We'd have no choice but to convert 
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Bloodsage had this to say about Robocop:
Christ died in 30 A.D.?So much for the basis of our current calendar!
Christ started his ministy in 30 and died in 33. April 4th after sundown is the exact day of the Jewish Calander that he died this year. It changes each year.
