unusually but attractively Perhaps, movies on the biblical theme is best watched by people who know how to be skeptical of this issue, which I relate to, then you can see the blunders, and note the presence of references to the historicity of the moments. I’ve seen several movies on the subject, as I’ve come across a movie where the devil was in the form of some ancient ragman chewing on a baked apple while talking to Jesus in the desert. This unusual interpretation of the image amazed me so much that I have been looking for this film ever since, not knowing its title, not the names of the actors and director, nothing. So I periodically get into this topic, being completely free from religiosity.
That's the movie. Surprisingly, I liked it. The fact that there was no dancing with tambourines about all sorts of miracles there, as well as enthusiasm for the main characters.
Very appropriate and catchy dedication - to all mothers.
Mary is at first just an ordinary girl, a little enthusiastic. The image for me is positive. Although such an explanation of the whole process with the immaculate conception crept in - that there probably still the priests in this temple beat her brains and possibly took advantage of the innocence of the child. Ask those who consider themselves believers not to throw slippers at me, for I do not belong to this camp and I have my own opinion on the events described, especially since I still have a scientific mindset. A mother who has inspired her son that he is the Messiah, and who reaps the fruits of it, waiting for death and pain. In those days, religious exaltation was not uncommon, and people believed in miracles, but from the point of view of psychology clearly read obsession with the idea and an attempt to hide behind it and drown in the unconscious inflicted psychological trauma. Strict imho. The character causes great pity and sympathy. Like any other mother who sends her son to death, like thousands of mothers in all ages and in all countries who cannot resist their sons being persecuted as cannon fodder for war, torture, execution, gulags and Auschwitz. Mary’s face, lost in the crowd that heard the cry of extras, inimitably gone into the world of suffering – this moment is extremely touching. This is another plus.
Joseph is a poor guy. It was still hard to accept. But he's honored. A decent man. After all, the appearance of a child after the wandering of a lonely girl who literally just left the Temple and immediately turned out to be pregnant, in the towns somehow can be explained by far from miraculous reasons.
It should be noted that the film does not show the special religious zeal of the inhabitants of Judea. It's great that they show their lives, their homes, their jobs, their everyday lives in the form of stoning a woman. It's normal. The director does not show the Jews, but only think about God and only pray all day. In their life in the 1st century BC, somehow and other worries were enough - to build a house, to harvest olives. For this director is a separate respect.
Which caused confusion. In the film, Magdalene is Maria's friend (Pas Vega is gorgeous!). But as the years go by, she's just as charming as she was when she was a kid. So is Herodias. By simple calculations, we determine that Mary became pregnant clearly no later than 16 years, and after 30-33 years, and she and Magdalene should have been about 50 years old, that is, clearly not the age when a woman in the 1st century AD (or BC) could be considered a charming dancer at the royal court. Neither she nor Herodias were aging at all. Is it an omission of the director or just leaving these characters as phenomena, not as people?
I deliberately do not pay attention to the correspondence or inconsistency of the Gospel pages, for there are only 4 canonical ones, and dozens of non-canonical ones are still to be analyzed and analyzed, and even then, only those interested in such topics. I've read 7 of them and I've had enough.
Jesus. A good, kind man. It is nice that his faith in his special mission is not exaggerated or exaggerated. A very attractive character, a man having fun at a wedding, dancing with his parents, attentive, afraid and suffering. And he is the result of what his mother taught him from childhood. Still, in this situation, it is better to be called the son of God, rather than ' unknown who' as they shouted in the temple when reading. In this film, he feels sorry for a kind man killed at the request of a creeping crowd. In this film, Jesus is a man, and for that respect the director again.
Execution scene - just remember that this is how slaves were executed during the rebellion of Spartacus, who fought for their freedom. Even more sophisticated in its tortures was the Christian Church. Don't forget that.
The film says that only the mother will be with the son to the last, and only the mother will believe in him, and this was their common belief - Jesus and Mary - that he is the Messiah and the son of God. It seemed to me that no one else in this film believed it, and it is very, very realistic and understandable.
In general, the film is not a timeless masterpiece of Scorsese & #39; The Last Temptation of Christ' but leaves a very good, warm feeling of the unbanality of the director's perception.
7 out of 10