Review of The Passion of the Christ (2004) by Brandon S — 01 May 2015

I'm confused by the reviews for this film. They all seem to condemn the violence of the film over everything else. Why is that?

Mel's direction is a little askew at times, but this is the closest we've come to a Biblically-accurate epic since John Huston was lambasted for thinking outside the box with "The Bible: In the Beginning".

I am indeed a follower of Christ, but I'm also a filmmaker, and I felt that this was a masterpiece. People don't want the harsh realities of scripture so they like to condemn Biblical films that make an effort to be accurate. Instead people like cushy, inaccurate movies like "Ten Commandments" and "Exodus: Gods and Kings".