Jesus of Nazareth: Best Jesus Movie Ever!

[raven56706]

On easter morning, i was watching Jesus of Nazareth on the History Channel and it had an indepth script. The actor looked just like jesus(from the paintings of jesus)


For anyone who saw this movie miniseries , what did you think about it?

[Rockmjd23]

It is definitely my favorite portrayal of the life of Jesus. However, many don't believe Jesus should look like an Englishman. ;)

ETA: Although, according to IMDB, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman were considered for the role. :hscratch:

[kvrdave]

For an overall movie, I would agree. I also like The Greatest Story Ever Told because Max von Sydow plays Jesus. Then I like to watch Strange Brew right after.

[Brain Stew]

I watched The Last Temptation of Christ this weekend. By far, my favorite portrayal.

[FantasticVSDoom]

I have to go with Jesus Christ Superstar, but the others are good as well...

[inri222]

The Gospel According To St. Matthew

[The Valeyard]

Why was this moved from the TV Forum to the Movie Forum? It was a TV Mini-Series.

Wasn't it?

[reubs82]

The Gospel According To St. Matthew

Gonna second that, even though the Jesus in this film was more like the Jesus in Mark's Gospel...but that's getting technical.

[beatccr]

my parents taped the movie when it came on the second time in the early 80's.
i loved it, still do. used to have the biggest crush on the apostles John and Phillip. and olivia hussey was very pretty playing Mary, she didn't look like she aged a bit since Romeo and Juliet and that was 10 years earlier!

it was my favorite movie growing up except that right after Mary and Joseph confront boy Jesus in the temple until the scene where Jesus is eating at Matthew's house, my dad had taped an episode of "The Geraldo Rivera Show" for unknown reasons. so for 13 years i had no idea what happened between those scenes.

my dad has taped weird stuff over my sisters' and my old videotapes. we found one of our old disney cartoon tapes and right in the middle of a donald duck cartoon, cuts in "yentl'.

[Charlie Goose]

I have to go with Jesus Christ Superstar, but the others are good as well...
One of my favorite all-time movies, and the filmed version of a British production that hit Broadway a few years ago is also excellent.

[mllefoo]

I watched The Last Temptation of Christ this weekend. By far, my favorite portrayal.

Jesus movies have been ruined for me, thanks to Monty Python. When I was watching David Bowie playing Pontius Pilate, I kept expecting him to have that crazy speech impediment.

"Wome is youw fwiend! As youw fwiend we shall wewease a pwisonaw. Whom shall you have us wewease?"

[DeputyDave]

One of my favorite all-time movies, and the filmed version of a British production that hit Broadway a few years ago is also excellent.
Count me as another one here. I have both DVD's and saw the show live here in San Diego with Sebastian Bach as Jesus and the original (from the movie) Judas, Carl Anderson.
Despite my seemingly completely opposite tastes in movies the 1973 Jesus Christ Superstar is in my top 5 movies of all time.

(I can also go on record as perhaps the worst Pilate ever in a High School play)

[wm lopez]

The vhs tape looks better than the dvd.

[BellsOfWar]

agreed, this is a great portyal of the j man.

[DonnachaOne]

The vhs tape looks better than the dvd.Which film are you referring to? There's a few mentioned in this thread.

[zombiezilla]

"Dogma" is my favorite religious film.

[jonjj7]

The vhs tape looks better than the dvd.

I'm thinking maybe Jesus of Nazareth? I rented it from Netflix. The transfer was horrible. Great miniseries though. I would probably buy it if there was a decent transfer....

[Brain Stew]

Jesus movies have been ruined for me, thanks to Monty Python. When I was watching David Bowie playing Pontius Pilate, I kept expecting him to have that crazy speech impediment.

"Wome is youw fwiend! As youw fwiend we shall wewease a pwisonaw. Whom shall you have us wewease?"
rotfl

[GuessWho]

Why was this moved from the TV Forum to the Movie Forum? It was a TV Mini-Series.

Wasn't it?
yep... made-for-TV miniseries

[raven56706]

yeah ... thats why i put it in the tv section

[lotsofdvds]

Rod Steiger. 'nuff said. :up:

[wm lopez]

The Jesus of Nazerath looks very good on Vhs.
The print looks like it was done today unlike the dvd which looks muddy at times.

[The Valeyard]

yeah ... thats why i put it in the tv section


That's what I thought.

Guess it got moved to the Movie Forum cause all the comparisons have been movie-related.

[Rival11]

I watched The Last Temptation of Christ this weekend. By far, my favorite portrayal.

Mine too, excellent movie from start to finish.

[paradicelost]

I watched The Last Temptation of Christ this weekend. By far, my favorite portrayal.
I love Last Temptation as a movie, and I loved how they portrayed the diciples as seeing Jesus as insane the first few times he spoke. I just always thought that's they way they would have reacted at first. Obviously they didn't keep that belief since later on all of them but John died for the cause. I loved Willem's portrayal as Jesus. It definitly isn't my favorite film based on the life of Jesus, since all we have to go on is the Bible, and it is far from the story of the gospels. It was still great as a story and the last 20 minutes of "what if" was great

[SINGLE104]

agreed, this is a great portyal of the j man.
:mad: Don't you refer to Jesus as " The J Man" ever again. You are not speaking about a hip hop music artist, rapper, or any other ordinary man with a moniker. He is God!

[UncleGramps]

I'm partial to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311361/">Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter</a> myself.

[pjflyer]

Another vote for Last Temptation of Christ as top j man film.

[zombiezilla]

Hey Geoff, what's your favorite Jesus movie?

[calhoun07]

Another vote for
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVRX.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

How can you go wrong with that?