January 10, 2005
The Passion Of The Christ
James Caviezel .... Jesus
Maia Morgenstern .... Mary
Hristo Jivkov .... John
Monica Bellucci .... Magdalen
Francesco De Vito .... Peter
Mattia Sbragia .... Caiphas
Luca Lionello .... Judas
Hristo Shopov .... Pontius Pilate
Claudia Gerini .... Claudia Procles
Fabio Sartor .... Abenader
Giacinto Ferro .... Joseph of Arimathea
Olek Mincer .... Nicodemus
Luca De Dominicis .... Herod
Pietro Sarubbi .... Barabbas
Sabrina Impacciatore .... Seraphia
Jarreth J. Merz .... Simon of Cyrene (as Jarreth Merz)
Rosalinda Celentano .... Satan
I was supposed to see this movie when it came out with John and Liz. Instead, we ended up going to see Dawn of the Dead. Then, it came out on DVD and I put it in my Netflix queue. I've had this movie in my possession since December 15. I just now decided to watch it. I really think that should've been a clue to me that I wasn't going to like it.
I had no problems with the language or the sub-titles. In fact, I think it would've taken away from the movie to have the characters speaking English.
Most of the acting was great. I thought Maia Morgenstern did a great job as Mary and James Caviezel was decent as Jesus.
However, the movie as a whole was boring. It was way too long. And some of the torture scenes, while necessary to convey the hell Jesus went through, went on just a little too long.
And my pet peeve was the use of characters without identifying them. I mean, I'm familiar with the story of the death of Jesus, but I don't know all the details so I have no idea who some of the people were and the movie didn't feel the need to tell me who they were. Like, who was the Apostle that was hanging out with Mary and Magdalen during the whole movie? And who was the guy that helped Jesus carry the cross? Would it really have killed Mel Gibson to throw a line or two in to say the characters' names?
Personally, I'm not going to watch this movie again.
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Posted by xinh at January 10, 2005 01:25 AM