The Gospel of John
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Movie Reviews of The Gospel of John
Movie Review: Better Than The Passion of the Christ
Summary: 5 Stars
The Gospel of John is in many ways a much better film than The Passion of Christ. It is much more nuanced, the characters are better developed. Christ is more human without detracting from His divinity. He is more human because The Gospel of John's focus is not on the few hours surrounding His crucifixion as was Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
The Gospel of John is not as dark as Mel Gibson's work. Not nearly as dark. It does not need the intense violence of The Passion. Jesus is scourged off-camera. He is bloodied but victorious.
Henry Ian Cusick does a stunning presentation of Christ. Cusick powerfully accomplishes this by simply portraying Christ's love for people. Here us another aspect of Jesus that Gibson's film lacked. The Gospel of Christ has ample opportunity to portray this quality in His encounters people: with the woman at the well, the woman caught in adultery, the blind man who Christ healed, but also with Cusick's appealing smile or simple gestures that reveal a caring heart.
This film follows the entire Gospel of John from the Good News Bible and could have easily stalled due to Jesus' lengthy "farewell addresses" but director, Philip Saville, pulls it off by ingeniously using a combination of stunning visuals, Cusick's great acting and John Goldsmith's masterful screenplay.
The Gospel of John is easily the most historically accurate portrayal of the life of Christ. It captures life as it was lived by the average person on the streets of Palestine two thousand years ago. Paul Saville and his team did what Gibson could not--present a believable, warm and dignified portrayal of Christ.
Movie Review: I can't find the adjectives
Summary: 5 Stars
How come nobody ever tried to tell His story using the gospel as the script before? After seeing this one I won't be able to see any other films about Jesus. Magnificent. Powerful. Awesome. Amazing. Incredible. Nothing but the Gospel according to John. Can the Spirit of God write a movie script or what?
But of course it must have taken some talent to put all the technical and artistical ingredients together. No doubt. And the director did a great job. I suppose everyone could have a different choice for who would play John or Peter, or where he would put the camera in a certain scene, or many other things like that. There are as many versions as people. But what we do have is just excellent work. I can't wait to see other books in the Bible told the same way, literally. And one entertaining activity for me is going to be in the next few days imagining how the classic directors would have done it. Imagine Antonioni? or Visconti? or even Vidor or Welles? I know, I know... what's the use of winning the world and losing your soul... Let's be thankful we at last have this great cinematic opportunity to "see" the Word of God. May it be for His glory.
I did not watch the shorter version. I don't see the use having the real thing (the 3-hour version). Wouldn't it be great to have Acts filmed also word-by-word? This is the one book I really would like to see filmed literally. Oh, what a great script writer the Lord is, and we didn't know it!
Movie Review: Great with 1 exception
Summary: 5 Stars
The 3 hour version of this film is perfectly in accordance with the Gospel of John. I was able to follow the movie almost word for word in my bible (as least in context/spirit). The times I didn't read along, I found myself asking (more than once) "The bible doesn't say that, does it?", and sure enough, it did - and I had read John a couple of times!! The acting was more than adequate with some irritating exceptions (noted below), but overall I enjoyed the enthusiasm and fire that the actor brought to this Jesus. Mostly, I enjoyed the accuracy and the different perspective compared with reading in regards to when narration was taking place vs. Jesus speaking and to whom.
So, what's the exception? Well...where my bible would quote Jesus as saying "I solemnly tell you" or "I assure you", this movie each and every time translated all of those types of statements into "I tell you the truth!!" - but the actor did it in a way that sounded argumentative, annoyed and/or whiney, not in a reassuring or confident way or making a statement as fact, but rather as he was trying too hard to convince his listener. And other parts he seemed almost arrogant, condescending and smug. Assuredly, this is not the type of feeling I get in my heart when Jesus comes to me personally! If this is not your introduction to Jesus and you can get past these flaws, you'll totally love this.
Movie Review: The Gospel of John- REL 110
Summary: 5 Stars
In this age of politically correctness, it is hard for anyone to express their own opinion without being bashed for it, but I do believe this is an excellent movie. As close to the truth as we will ever know until out time comes.
The movie itself, maybe not a Spielberg, but all in all a movie with a budget was done very well.The actor that played Jesus did a wonderful job, his acting, his voice along with his range of emotions from anger at the moneychangers to the love you could see in his face for his diciples.
The plot, coming from a very traditional religious background, I do see things in a different light. I dont ever remember any mention of the Jewish faith or how our religion connected to any others in our church. There were pictures of Jesus with his diciples at a huge grand carved table having a feast, but as I see it, I do think things would have been simple in that time. You grow up with a picture that has been painted by others for you and it's good to see things outside of your box for a change.
The message was pretty much the same as what I was taught, Gods love, his willingness to forgive, and to have faith even when you can see something.
I do wish it would have gone into more detail on Jesus and Mary.
I do highly recommend this movie for anyonewho has questions or wants to see things in a different light.
Movie Review: Phenomenal
Summary: 5 Stars
The acting is superb and the dedication to recreating the era is phenomenal. I loved the music even more after I saw the 3rd "extras" DVD and found out about all what went into making it authentic. And, finally actors who look like the Jewish people of the times! Henry Ian Cusick is simply amazing and real and heartfelt as Jesus. I've never seen a better rendition. The main Pharisee was excellent as well. If you didn't know this movie was a word for word portrayal of the bible you wouldn't think anything was strange about it. It simply comes off as a world class major motion picture. And then after you do know, you are so glad that they did it that way. I do have to disagree with one point of a reviewer that it "made no apologies" in portraying that the Romans and the Jews put Jesus to death. I thought it was quite clear that God the Father sent Him to the cross and Jesus accepted that role. The Romans and the Jews were simply instruments of God and that comes across loud and clear. I can't recommend this movie enough. You will get a lot out of it each time you watch it and you will watch it over and over. The interviews on the "behind the scenes" with the scholars and actors, etc. was excellent. Make sure you get the 3 CD set to see all the extras.