The Greatest Story Ever Told
Apr. 15th, 2006 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloThe Greatest Story is not the greatest story
It begins and ends in fairytale and has a central section where the hero just bats about from place to place causing awe.
You've seen one healing miracle, you've seen 'em all.
Relationships are sketchy and there's no love interest.
The central figure is almost impossible to identify with.
The role of Jesus kills careers. Max von Sydow went from being Bergman's leading man (unforgettable as the knight in the Seventh Seal) to sitting beside his Hollywood pool waiting for the phone to ring. Robert Powell went from nowhere very much to playing a curly haired comic policeman opposite Jasper Carrott.
The only Jesus movie I've ever watched from beginning to end was Jesus Christ Superstar. It was crap.
It begins and ends in fairytale and has a central section where the hero just bats about from place to place causing awe.
You've seen one healing miracle, you've seen 'em all.
Relationships are sketchy and there's no love interest.
The central figure is almost impossible to identify with.
The role of Jesus kills careers. Max von Sydow went from being Bergman's leading man (unforgettable as the knight in the Seventh Seal) to sitting beside his Hollywood pool waiting for the phone to ring. Robert Powell went from nowhere very much to playing a curly haired comic policeman opposite Jasper Carrott.
The only Jesus movie I've ever watched from beginning to end was Jesus Christ Superstar. It was crap.
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Date: 2006-04-15 04:01 am (UTC)Now there would be a thing: The Jesus story with an different ending! Peter and the guys get their shit together and kick some Roman ass and rescue Jesus at the very last moment...
Mary Magdalen has these cool kung fu moves...