I when this movie came out, I remember Hollywood declared this movie as being highly "anti semantic" and were protesting against it strongly.
This never made much sense to me because.
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This movie was not atypical to any other movie about the crucifixion of Christ. There had been many movies about the crucifixion of Christ showing Pharisees in a bad light prior to this. There were about 25 minutes of Jewish people treating Jesus cruelly. The rest of the movie was of the Romans brutalizing Christ.
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I really doubt these white skinned secular Hollywood billionaires really feel any connection to these ancient Hebrews.
So what was the real reason for this outrage?
It was the first time Mel Gibson left the plantation and did exactly what he wanted. Look at all his movies before that...mainly a bunch of typical Hollywood action/thrillers. This was the first sign of him being awake in my opinion.
Don't forget "Conspiracy Theory" -- a great movie with top stars.
Love that movie!