4/4  Passion=Pain
No, I can't watch this movie over and over, but this was one of the best films about the life and crucifixion of Jesus Christ on the cross. What struck me most about this movie was the hype. It wasn't incredible, but it did attach itself... (read full)

4/4  AND HE DWELT AMONG US...
"ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES" .... This is pretty much the ultimate litmus test of the entire production.
I am so tempted to go deep in analytical argument but I refuse to. I am merely doing a movie review. When it comes to a bible-b... (read full)

4/4  See It
This movie should have won a Best Picture Oscar. The story jumps out of the screen and effects you on so many different levels. Many people cried, I did not. I got angry. The reason I got angry is because of the punishment that they were g... (read full)

3.5/4  Very Gory- But it Should Be.
Whether by the use of the languages of the time or by the exquisite photography that is really masterly you get the real sense of being there and living the last days of Christ on Earth as if by a distance,unseen but still there.

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2/4  Unimaginable pain
While I was watching this movie, I was eating my popcorn and bit my tongue. It hurt so bad and I have never experienced that kind of suffering. I can't imagine going through a more difficult experience than that, especially when it starte... (read full)

4/4  The Passion.
One of the best biographical movies I've ever seen. It's pretty much exactly (at least) what the Bible says. Some says is atisemtic, well, I can see why. But I don't agree. This movie is a must see not only because of the technical qualiti... (read full)

3/4  The Passion of the Christ Quick Review
There are some good important things that came out of this movie even if it is exaggerated. Gibson does a great job of showing how he believed Christ suffered. The problem lies with in the story behind the suffering. Special? No.

3/4  The Passion of the Christ Quick Review
I'm not a very religious person, but I do believe Jesus Christ suffered and died for my sins. I didn't realize how much he suffered. Passion is very graphic, but it is also very powerful. Hard to watch, impossible to forget.

5/5 Soul's Retina
  by neotroglodyte (desert southwest)
This is one of those rarest of films whose trajectory penetrates all of the intermediary sensory and cultural tissues and impacts the fibers of one's soul. It is not seen and heard, it is felt. It is nearly perfect in its power of telling.
Whether deist, theist, agnostic or atheist, the viewer may briefly taste the sum of all the world's pain. The sensations may engender knowledge. And with this knowledge, the beginning of wisdom?

5/5 Best Movie All Year
  by Timothy Lay (Texas)
Best movie ever made. Will leave you breathless and in tears. This is defentily a must see movie. This version should not be watched by kids. There is a recut version that is good for them to see.

5/5 A master piece true to the bible
  by Virginia C. Branch
A master piece..... True to the bible...... Mel Gibson did a great job. I cried watching the whole movie.

5/5 Great Action Flick, Better Than Transformers!!!
  by Anthony C (NYC)
OMG! (oh my Gibson) this movie is fantastic. I am very skeptical of any action movie that doesn't have at least one robot on robot fight in it, but The Passion of the CHRIST (Centurion Humanoid Robot Intelligence System version - T) was amazing. Mel Gibson's attention to detail was apparent in every scene. He even gave J-CHRIST his own archaic robo-language (thank Gibson for subtitles right!). However, I am still a little perplexed why Gibson decided to set this film in Gladiator times, Crowe already nailed that role and this movie didn't have a single chariot race in it, so what's the point? I suppose I am just nitpicking, the rest of the film was thrilling and packed full of more action than a bang bus on spring break.

The Passion of the CHRIST's plot was very post modern and provocative. In most films, the down on his luck robot cop has to turn in his robo-badge and go home to his unloving abusive robo-wife, but eventually he overcomes the odds and starts smashing robot faces while Drowning Pool's "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" plays in the background. (Note to Mr.Gibson: You need a better soundtrack for the sequel) In this film, however, J-CHRIST takes the pain and continues to higher ground where he can better broadcast his distress signal. Right as you are expecting the big battle royal finale where J-CHRIST calls in his 12 Mega-Disciplebots to assemble into the Holy Voltrininty, the film takes a dramatic twist and leaves you floored like the gas pedal on a bang bus on spring break once you find out she is actually only fifteen.

I love how foolish the Romans were, J-CHRIST was clearing leaking coolant and yet they forced him to carry around a huge heat sink and air cool by walking. If they wanted to short-circuit his mainframe or possibly override his front-side bus they should have generated a large EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) or simply removed his Intel Cerebral Cortex (tm). The part I was most confused about was the ending. I understand that he did a Terminator time travel, the no clothes on and dramatic music bit, but why did he have holes in his Adamantium endoskeleton? Everyone knows that the classic sign of a time traveling robot is a blast crater with electricity arching off it, not holes in your hands. I guess it is just another element of Gibson's genius that I am incapable of fully grasping.

This film deserves five stars. The Passion of the CHRIST is a thrill ride within a thrill ride within a Hard Rock Café that will leave you gripping your seats in excitement, not for balance and leverage, like inside a bang bus on spring break.


3/5 A moving film, but very innacurate and needdesly gory
  by Kevin Nazario Bartolomei (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
Yes, I know there are over 2,000 reviews here but I think mine can be more specific with too many words. First of all this is Christ's Passion as Mel Gibson sees it, is his particular gospel. Is a very personal, very pious version but it is not attach to the canonical gospels, there are too many deviations from scripture to call it "base on them" . Gibson used many sources outside of the Bible. Second is not historically acurate in many things. The most basic one is that the common language back then and in that area was greek, the english of the times, so you can bet when Jesus and Pilate spoke it wasn't in latin, it was probably greek, even when is very possible people back then knew the basis of many other languages and local dialects. And not going to talk about the whole crucifixion thing, anyone with a small background in ancient history knows is based on medieval images and misconceptions, is not at all a first century execution.

Perhaps the most talk about aspect of the film is the violence. Ok, Jesus received one hell of a beating, you can be sure about that, but nobody would have arrives alive at the cross after the one in the movie, even if you consider Him(as I do)to be perfect God, perfect man. I understand this is like a painting in motion, a way of display the idea of God's eternal love for us and his sacrifice for those that are not worthy of been forgiven.
Is Art, is an interpretation, but I believe Gibson and his crew went to far. The whole scourging secuence could have been half that long and the impact kept the same.

That said is a good movie, it shakes you to the core. My favorite scene, well is not on the Bible but it makes perfect sense, is when satan is tempting Jesus in the garden and a snake appears coming from Satan's robes crawling towards Him. Then Jesus stands and squashs the snake's head looking at the enemy with a firm "I am God, don't come with your cheap tricks to Me" stare. That's my God!!!, and He gets pushed by no one.

If you want to see the movie, go ahead, but remember this is an artistic interpretation of the Lord's final hours, and a very violent one. Elderly people and children under 12 should stay away from this one.