Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

TanQ A B-movie masterpiece. The cast and crew set out to make a B-movie and they succeeded beyond expectations. If you're not hooked right from the beginning of the film then you should probably just go out and get a copy of Cloverfield and pretend it's good. The film starts with some crazed narration delivered in the style of Rasputin then gets right down to the action and never lets up. The camera-work is crude, the sound isn't synced (intentionally) and the fight scenes, which there are many, are laughably good. There is a charm to this low-budget masterpiece, it never takes itself too seriously and yet never mocks itself. It presents the ludicrous in a deadpan manner while still staying true to itself. Filmed over a 2-year period on weekends, this film should be a lesson to everyone in the film business that it's not about cranking out garbage that will bring in a chunk of money then be forgotten (I'm looking at you, DC and Marvel superhero factories). This film has heart and, despite it's ridiculous premise, never forgets to entertain.

thatsarappp I am, admittedly, someone who believes in Jesus as who he says he is in the Christian bible. (Who HE says he is, not who "christians" say he is.) I am also rational, open-minded, and can certainly have a sense of humor when it comes to things of this nature. In fact, I was pretty excited to watch this when I read about it. Low budget in itself does not automatically disqualify ANY film from being considered one of quality. It can be done with great skill, creativity and style. By reading some of the reviews here and on Netflix, I got the impression JCVH had those things going for it. Good God was I wrong.It was by no means offensive. In fact, it didn't even border on it for me. Blasphemous? I suppose, in the most fundamental way, and to only the most small-minded of the Christian community. Perhaps the reason I found it so shockingly unoffensive was the fact that I never even really felt as if I was watching Jesus. That guy was no more Jesus than he was Ving Rhames. Chris Kattan, sure. Jesus, not so much. I read someone imply the film had some biblical wit to it- that is, the writers had some knowledge of the bible and used it to make the film funnier. That turned out to be untrue as well.The film is not really overly crude or vulgar, which is probably what most people expect it to be when they read the basic plot synopsis. Truthfully, it wasn't even funny at all. Weird and incredibly awkward, yes. Genuinely funny, not at all. There were even parts that made me feel very weird inside, and I think at one point I threw up in my mouth a little. (Transvestites with big hairy boobs tend to do that to me.) Now that I think about it, a little good old fashioned crude vulgarity would have done this film some good.As far as the technical aspects of the film, well, they are atrocious in every way imaginable. Again, with a little hard work and creativity, low budget can be done with some style. This was brutal to watch. The sound was some of the worst I've ever seen, if not THE worst. The dialog was so not in sync with the picture it looked as if it was dubbed. Visually, it was just as bad. Now, I'm no Avatar fan boy who judges films only by their visuals. (In fact, I pretty much hate all action movies.) But this was unbearable. Hard to believe this thing was made when it was.The reality here is, this is an awful film. The whole thing really just made my skin crawl. I really wanted to like it, and I stuck it out all the way to the end. But when all is said and done, there's nothing appealing about this film beyond its premise. And because the premise itself is still fantastic, it gets saved from the dreaded 1/10 rating.

drockhammy This film was nearly impossible to sit through, but as a die hard film critic and fan, I decided to power through. The only way I made it all the way to the end was because I had a few friends to joke with about it the whole way through, which was far more interesting than the movie itself.From a production standpoint, it's unbearable. It seems like they grabbed a camera from circa 1975 and shot the whole thing with only video on 16mm film, then dubbed EVERY SOUND OVER..from background noise to main concept dialogue. Hardly any of this is correct as far as continuity goes, but I didn't expect much from the first scene on.I read online that this film had a $100,000 budget. It's movies like this that really encourage me to go to film school, because I know that if I only had a $20 budget, I could still make a better film than this.Please don't put yourself through the torture of watching this movie...unless you have some witty friends 'enjoy' it with you and keep it interesting =D

bloodweiser1 Make no mistake - this is a REAL B movie. And it shows. The crew were working with a tiny budget and things like props, special effects, wardrobe etc, are all just incidentals that were tagged on if they had time or any money left to afford them. It looks like they didn't have any money left though!!! But that's the beauty of this movie. It's rawness is a major part of it's appeal. If JCVH had been made by a major company, it just wouldn't be right. It thrives on it's crudity. No major company would touch this movie though - they wouldn't have the balls to approach it's subject matter or the bravery to take a risk with it. So JCVH works perfectly as it stands.I'm not going to go into the details of the movie; suffice to say that any movie with a religious godhead as a character is going to be controversial and may even be seen as blasphemous. But if you're going to watch it thinking it's a condemnation of Christianity, you'll be disappointed - if anything it reaffirms the core message that everyone should be cool to one another. And how can anyone disagree with that?JCVH is not so much a laugh out loud movie. There weren't many instances where I was doubled up with laughter but I found myself sitting through the whole movie with a smile on my face. It's beauty is it's cleverness. At first glance, many of the jokes seem superficial, but when contemplated, you realise how much effort went into them and how original they are. Days later you may find yourself referring back to something in the movie and thinking to yourself "Wow!!! That is really clever!!!" It may sound strange, but JCVH is a movie that I found funnier in the days after I watched it. They say that revenge is a dish served cold. Likewise, that also seems to be the case with the humour in JCVH.Many people won't get this movie. Nowadays, we expect everything to be sparkling and polished. That creates a veneer that often blinds us to the true substance - a terrible movie will often draw acclaim whereas that which doesn't meet this expectation and yearning for the artificial is consigned to the trash can. JCVH uses no trickery, no mirage or veneer - it relies on it's intelligence and rawness. And to tell the truth: it does it very, very well.