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As a Religious Studies major, I was thinking the same thing. But there was an interview with one of the top scholars in ancient languages. or something similar, on NPR, and apparently a younger dialect of it is still spoken in Somalia. He also suggested that they probably would have been speaking more Greek than Latin by then...maybe this speaks to Gibson's preference for Latin, a la pre-Vatican 2 liturgy?Originally Posted by Lucy
Gosh, Libra4, I asked my husband about this who is a linguist and he said the same thing; that aramaic is not a dead language (although it's dying) and that more likely Jesus spoke Greek. I guess the religious scholars and linguists can duke it out.
Saw it last night. EXCELLENT!
The theater was packed and silent. (Not a single cell phone rang!)
Many people were sitting in their seats and not moving once the lights came up. The crowd kinda trickled out. Lots of sniffling and red eyes.
The subtitles are really minor and you don't miss a thing reading them. Really, you could see the movie w/o the subtitles and know exactly what was going on.
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My husband and I saw the movie.....Im still trying to process it. It was so raw and powerful. THe theater was packed and had showings every half hour. You could hear people sobbing, men women, teenagers. It was such a diverse crowd. Hispanics, Whites, Blacks, Asians...old, young...It was very nice to see.
My husband who doesnt really show emotion was crying...especially while Christ was carrying the cross.
It certainly was NOT Anti-Semitic. And to challenge the people who say its the most violent film ever??? I guess they didnt see Kill Bill or any other action movie in the last 15 years. The violence is hard to watch in this movie, because Jesus is a real person to many. I think that 's what is hard about it, that someone actually went through this.
Kudos to Mel Gibson.
Oh , and that Satan was scarier than anything!
rcm, I was wondering what the spoiler could be... I was thinking something like... in then end, Jesus dies or something
I was really shocked!
Yes, creepy, definitely!
We thought it interesting that his face was neither feminine or masculine. The kind of face that could take on any sort of characteristic. (Satan uses many disguises and shapes to do his work.)
realitycrazedmom- love your av! My husband thought Satan looked like David Bowie! It was actually played by a woman. Very androgenous looking. Your right Satan takes many shapes and forms to do his work.
I saw it last night. It's definitely a powerful film. It's more visual than verbal, so the subtitles weren't that bad.
Jim Cavaziel's performance was outstanding. He portrayed Jesus with so much emotion. I cried during alot all throughout the movie, but the one scene that was gut-wrenching for me was when Jesus showed fear and asks God to save him from what is about to happen to him. That just made it more real for me.
As far as the violence is concerned, yeah, it's definitley violent, but does anyone (believers of the faith) really think that it was a cakewalk for Him?
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I asked my husband if he thought if it was really that bloody. He believes it to be even worse than what was portrayed on screen (if you could imagine).
Just imagine what he must have gone through in Gethsemane? To suffer so hard that he literally sweat blood! No outer wounds, but the internal pain must have FAR outweighed any damage that could have possibly be done to his body. IMHO
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