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the 'demon' aspect - I always thought Judas killed himself out of guilt, not because he was chased by infant versions of gollum
the scene where christ is being tried by the jewish council. In the bible this clearly defines a particular group of the current jewish status quo wanting to condem christ whilst others questions the accusations. This could have been a really important scene to highlight the difference between the 'jews' killing christ and a particular part of the ruling elite. In the films presentation of the opposition to condemming christ I felt you were left seeing the 'jews' as responsible for the cruxifiction rather than one sect. Combined with the sympathic presentation of pilate and the ineffectual Herod I think the accusations of anti-semetism seem valid.
The bloke's a nasty piece of work anyway. An ultra-fundamentalist homophobe who even thinks the Catholic Church is 'too liberal'. :rolleyes:
"Allegedly"
But I always thought Judas killed himself because of guilt, too.
Oh and Piccolo, my issue was with the presentation of the different people involved, Gibson doesn't paint everyone as equally responsible.
well yes it is part of free will because the devil doesnt MAKE us feel guilty or MAKE us sin, the devil doesnt have the power to make us do anything he just puts the temptation there and thats where Free will comes in. but what i was trying to say was that the way Judas's suicide was portrayed in the film was because of the guilt of knowing he had done something that the devil wanted, if you know what i mean. in a way i agree its a reflection of conscience. but i know that i hate feeling guilty about something, but always do when i do something wrong and i suppose yes thats a good thing in moderation because its important to know when you do something wrong. but an important thing i have learned about being a Christian is that once im forgiven i dont have to feel guilty anymore because God hasnt judged me guilty. do you know what i mean. hmm. it makes sense in my head.
Things that niggled a bit - the whole devil thing - creepy, yes, mentioned in te Gospels? Not to my knowledge. Also, and this is SO pedantic I know, but throughout the film the languages spoken were pretty strict - the Romans spoke in Latin to one another and Aramaic to the Jews, the Jews spoke Aramaic amongst themselves and to the Romans, yet Jesus and Pontius Pilate randomly had a conversation in Latin. Why? I can't see why Jesus would be fluent in Latin when the High Priests, who were presumably well educated, were not.
If you're interested, Matthew 27