ThiefHott Too much of everything

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Emmanuel Isaiah Smith In the ending of this movie, Jesus descends from the cross, and follows a beautiful young angel to Jerusalem, where Christ proceeds to live a normal life. The highlight of this part of the film, is when Jesus realizes that his redemption from the cross was actually the work of Satan, who did not want Jesus to redeem mankind with his blood. The ending shows that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was a part of his earthly ministry, and that any deviation from this fate would have spelled doom for mankind.

a.lampert I felt I wanted to comment on this film to warn viewers that this really is the most boring pretentious rubbish I've seen for a long time. At nearly three hours long there is nothing here to recommend it other the main reason I watched it, and that was to see Barbara Hershey when she was at the top of her game. And she's not in it for long. Like most of us at school in England in the 1950's as I was, we were all taught these familiar stories about Jesus, healing the sick, turning the water into wine, raising the dead, dying on the cross and being resurrected etc etc. so I'm very aware of the background, unfortunately I couldn't really make much sense of the narrative here as it's tried to be way too clever for it's own good as cinema. I understand it follows the book which I haven't, and clearly will never read. However, if you are going to make a film about Christ, and it's still a good story, regardless of whether or not you believe all that stuff, which I do not, it doesn't necessarily mean you cannot enjoy a well made film as I did with Mel Gibson's terrific 'Passion of The Christ'. Unfortunately here, we have a skin white Jesus, played by Willem Dafoe as if he's about to fall asleep most of the time, wandering around muttering mumbo jumbo and being browbeaten by a much tougher Judas, played with gusto by Harvey Keitel as if he's just stepped out of one of his Scorsese gangster movies and can't quite make the adjustment. There are long, long scenes when absolutely nothing much happens and for the first half I kept thinking, well, David Bowie as Pontius Pilot is listed as one of the stars so that might be interesting. Well, he appears for about three minutes and wanders off and that's it. I think he must have gone for a cup of tea and decided not to come back. If I can nominate an actor for being top bore in an epic film, then Willem Dafoe wins my vote. Needless to say, Barbara Hershey was wonderful, but that's the only reason for staying on this trip.

Eleanordent A few years ago I saw this film from the crucifixion scene until the end and thought it was very thought-provoking. I recorded it and watched the first half a few nights ago. I thought I ought to watch all of it before making a judgement but Willem Dafoe's portrayal of Jesus made me want to throw something at the television. It wasn't his fault, though; the material was appalling. For one thing, there is nothing in the Gospels to suggest that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. At least two unnamed women have been assumed to be Magdalene throughout the centuries but this is pure supposition. I thought it was an interesting departure from the Gospel accounts to have Jesus know both Judas and Mary before His ministry began but the depiction of Mary having sex while other men watched was completely gratuitous. To show Jesus the carpenter making crossbars on which the Romans would crucify other Jews is ludicrous. No-one would have followed him or listened to anything he said if he had done this. The naked women shaking their hair around in the Jordan while John baptised also doesn't ring true. The scene in the Temple where Jesus overturns the tables of the moneychangers was one of many wasted opportunities and shows that the author of the novel and screenplay didn't know what to do with what was a good idea. I did love the scene where Jesus was tempted in the desert but it's insulting the intelligence of the audience to suggest that the 30-year-old man doesn't know who he is or what he is meant to be doing when the Gospel says that he already knew his purpose when he was 12. I turned off halfway through as it was such a disappointment.

eric262003 It's been well over two and a half decades since this classic film directed by Martin Scorsese came out and what a following it had and not always for the better I might add. Not that I had anything negative to say about it, but it did cause an uproarious impact to over zealous religious fanatics who thought this film was blasphemous and an insult to the Bible let alone God's beloved son Jesus Christ. And even after so many years one has to wonder why? What was the reason for any kind of outrage? The reason "The Last Temptation of Christ" angered the religious community was how Jesus Christ was portrayed. He was depicted not as a patron saint, but as a normal man who conveyed emotions, concerns, fears, doubt and acceptance for who he was. This story is about as real to the person as any other film that portrayed him and refrained from making Christ look like a storybook character, but a real human being with exceptional talents with believable emotions. And it never once goes against any message that Christ has preached about through the years. The opening scene in which Jesus Christ (Willem Dafoe) laying on the ground looks just like a picture page taken from the Bible. When he awakens we observe the man is in excruciating pain. During the course of time he is seen travel around from town to town, looking for knowledge as he remains both enthusiastic and fearful over what God has planned for him. One nailed to the cross The Devil persuades him to live a normal life as regular everyday person, married, with kids and an occupation which he gladly takes in. He eventually lives a fulfilling life as a mortal getting old and happy. While counting his last breaths as Jerusalem is in an inferno, he learns what he did wrong and pleads to his father for his wrong-doing and and to return to the cross and to die for everyone's sins. The humanistic plot point is that we get a better understanding of Jesus and why he sacrificed himself for the sake of our humanity. Whether he was a deity or a human is unimportant, the bottom line was that he was a great service to himself and to all of God's creatures big or small. The primary idiosyncrasy that makes this film more passionate than a certain anti-Semitic Mel Gibson interpretation was that director Martin Scorsese and scriptwriter Pal Schrader took the adaptation by Nikos Kanzantakis by detail and refrained from making it big-budgeted or grandeur. Though inspired by his predecessors from the 1950's he took his low-key interpretation and successfully kind spoke to the viewers instead of just making feel preachy and self-righteous. One of the primary things that turned people off about this movie was the usage of modernized dialect and the obvious New York accent by Harvey Keitel (Judas). My guess is that Scorsese just wanted to attract the moviegoers and to give them a indicator of what's happening in the scenes. If you wanted realism, the film should have been done in Hebrew with subtitles. If there was something that "The Last Temptation of Christ" ticked me off was the overabundance of major Hollywood stars. Sure they put in remarkable performances, but if they're just there to stuff money in their wallets than that is just unexceptional. Dafoe was an excellent choice in the role of Christ, but when regular Scorsese alums like Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Hershey no disrespect for David Bowie (RIP) playing supporting characters can be quite jarring at times. At least Scorsese corrected his mistake when he directed his next religious based film "Kundun" which was a career best for him.For me "The Last Temptation of Christ" is truly right up there with other Scorsese greats like "Taxi Driver", "Mean Streets", and "Raging Bull". The conflicts depicted here are equally poignant in terms of being both spiritual as it was physical. It was still not close to "Kundun" where the spiritual revelation is in full effect. But "The Last Temptation of Christ" has enough charm and enlightenment to lure anyone for a chance to see a film about Jesus Christ in more humane form rather than as a caricature.