Gospel or Gibson?
I've been reading the hype about Mel Gibson's Passion movie for so long I thought it had been out for a year. I think I'll pass when it comes to a theatre more-or-less near me. But a Toronto-based company is getting the jump on Mel with the release of the "Gospel of John" and I would be tempted (get thee behind me) to go see this one.
This three-hour movie has gotten surprisingly good reviews, even from non-Christian reviewers. While it attempts to remain true to the Biblical Gospel of John (apparently the narration, read by Christopher Plummer, is drawn from the contemporary Good News Bible), it of course will not give a complete picture of the life of Christ that benefits from the perspective of all gospel accounts. More here and here.
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"Gospel of John" has been in release for some time now. It passed through DC a few months ago. It's also being hawked extensively on DVD on late night TV (I regret that I know this).
I haven't seen it.
Posted by: Pascale Soleil | January 23, 2004 12:55 PM
I saw "Gospel of John" when it passed through Dallas last month. If I understand correctly every word of dialog and narration is from the book of John.
I would rate it pretty high, although I can't say it was a great film. It is very well-done, even though there were some scenes that seemed a little overly dramatized to me. I've never seen a better film depiction of these events.
I would not say that it gave me any additional insight. It is what it says it is, a graphical depiction of the book of John.
I will probably go see "The Passion" when it arrives, only out of curiousity and because we have friends who will surely invite us to go with them.
Posted by: bill | January 24, 2004 10:44 AM
" I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out" -Denis Diderot
;-)
Posted by: feste | January 24, 2004 9:14 PM