Empire Of Passion (Subtitled)

Advantages: history lovers might enjoy it
Disadvantages: very violent film

...to help him out at all. I was thinking: maybe the real mother of Jesus, in old time, committed suicide after this, but the thing went off to be forgotten on propose, as the suicide is also listed Bible sin. At least that’s what an average human mother would do. Imagine the amounts of pain that his mother went through during the Crucifixion. Than all those SM people, who are willingly watching Jesus’s suffer and no one to get to the idea, to smack up couple of Romans and safe him from the pain. Told exclusively in the original language, it was originally meant to be released without any benefit of subtitles. But how than it would get to its audience? This is movie with an extreme level of gore, "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" is undeniably effective, with its single theme of Christ suffer. "THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST" runs far too... Read review

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Advantages: The simple fact that it's about Jesus.
Disadvantages: The sheer scale of blood and vivid scenes.

...The night before last I was on my way to the local Indian to get a takeaway. I had no plans to get anything else. But, as I have to walk past Blockbusters, I noticed that this film, The Passion Of The Christ, is now out on DVD. So, I bought it. The funny thing is, the man who served me said, "You do realise this is subtitled?". "Er, yes, that's one of the reasons I'm buying it!" was my reply. I hadn't seen it in the cinema and was a slightly unsure of what to expect. Yes, I'd seen all the hype in the news and media at the time. But, until you've seen the film, you'll be left wondering what all the hype was about. Yesterday I decided to watch it. I must admit, I was slightly nervous whilst placing the DVD gently into my Alba DVD player. I'd seen clips of it on telly, and had an idea what to expect. As I said earlier... Read review

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Advantages: none to speak of
Disadvantages: violence, gore, preachy, boring, confusing...

...I was very disappointed and dismayed. I had a sinking feeling from all the reviews I had read of Mel Gibson's infamous movie, The Passion of the Christ, that I wouldn't care much for it and yet when a strong Christian friend offered me her DVD copy, I decided to see for myself what all the fuss was about. My only consolation is I didn't pay for the, um, torture. The overly long movie, even at two hours, but replete with requisite slow-mos at key religious moments, offers the Roman Catholic Gibson's dramatic interpretation of the last twelve hours of the life of the much-suffering Jesus of Nazareth, portrayed courageously by the quite handsome with European features, white-skinned Jim Cavaziel. I've heard that he's so religious that he started a prayer time before work on the set and the one day he forgot to lead it he was stuck... Read review

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