#Watch passion of christ free movie#
Since the film itself does little to define Jesus as a man beyond the pain, how you view him is shaped by what you think of him before you land in your seat, not by anything the movie throws to you. I question whether Gibson hobbled the emotional impact his film might have had, were he to tell more of Jesus’ story.īecause of that, The Passion is all about what you take in with you. Flashbacks so brief, they’re almost irrelevant. All we’re handed of his life before that fateful night are a few flashbacks.
Powerful as that is, I would have liked to have been given more time to become attached to the man that Jesus was, before he became human sacrifice. Gibson does a great job of capturing what Jesus’ sacrifice meant, what he endured, in a way few have even had the courage to consider before. It ends with his death and subsequent resurrection, but almost every moment in between there is occupied with torture, humiliation, and ultimate suffering. The film opens on Jesus’ last night, mere moments before he’s betrayed and taken. In fact, he’s so focused on persecution that he neglects to really show any of the things which made Jesus such a magnetic and incredible man to begin with. Evaluated simply as a movie, without all the baggage controversy or religious faith bring with them, director Mel Gibson has created a brutal and unflinching portrayal of ultimate suffering.
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