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?
They labeled it a bunch of things, including "torture porn". The real issue is that anyone who watches it ends up feeling a specific way towards what took place. That's what a good film and a good actor and director should do. A good film will move you and Hollywood didn't want any converts to Christianity in their quest to destroy society with their garbage. It's antithetical to their purpose. I've never been a religious person, but I actually watched it recently as it just kind of showed up in my Amazon queue as one of those films I had saved that I knew I should watch at some point. Since watching I feel changed on some level. It's brutal. And if it doesn't move you on some level there is something wrong with you. But again, that's why they had to demonize it.