My wife and I went to see Son of God and over all, they did an excellent job. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
It was very well done and has the potential to really spread the message.
Me too.
I saw the movie with my church today. Just got back.
My only real complaint is that they change a few things. Like, "hey, the message is still basically the same, but we're gonna make this more dramatic, Kay?" (One example with the woman that committed adultery, instead of Jesus writing in the dirt, He picks up a rock and people think he's going to throw it at her before he holds it out and says if anyone in the crowd never sinned he would give him the stone.)
But as far as the message being changed, I didn't see anything like that. For someone not familiar with Jesus or the accounts in the Bible, they would need more of an explanation on what it all means, but that's true of any Christian film.
I agree.
I saw the movie with my family a couple of weeks ago. For the most part, I was pleasantly surprised. I went to the movie somewhat hesitantly because it's just my personality to be critical (some say overly critical, of course they are wrong
) of pretty much any discrepancy to the Scriptural accounts and I highly doubted that the writers and directors would even come close to depicting Jesus and the Apostles and the events with any accuracy. But I thought they actually did a great job in almost all the scenes. Not 100%, of course, as has been pointed out in some posts above. But they did a lot better than I suspected they would. Another inaccuracy was in the way Peter “denied Christ three times” as I recall. I think the biblical account differs to the way that was depicted in the movie. But it really didn’t change the message. And obviously they got the “wise men” arriving to early after Jesus’ birth. But they aren’t the only ones to do that! And again, the message was that He was worshiped.
And with respect to Jesus and the woman “caught” in adultery, the movie seemed to depict Jesus almost confused about how to handle the situation. What to say, what to do so to speak. I highly doubt Jesus was bewildered with what to say/do. Maybe that’s why they inaccurately depicted him picking up a stone. Or they simply just got it wrong, IDK. But a Bible student can learn from their mistakes and a non-Christian I think could certainly get Jesus’ response to the situation (the message) fairly accurate and go read it for themselves.
I’m interested, from those that have actually seen the movie, however, in any thoughts/comments (pro/con) that you may have picked up on?
Here are some of mine (for what it’s worth):
1. One general impression that I came away with was the almost constant state of confusion that the apostles seemed to have. I wonder if anybody else noticed this? The Apostles all seemed to be intentionally portrayed as being in a haze of overwhelming confusion all day long, every day about pretty much everything. Just from the looks dramatically imaged on their faces, and their dialogues with each other (some Biblical, some extra Biblical). I thought the writers/directors were obviously (overtly yet inaccurately) depicting them as totally confused by Jesus. I guess I disagree with that generally. Sure, I’ve always thought the Apostles (up until the Holy Spirit inspired them otherwise), like most of their kinsmen, were looking for a military ruler type of Messiah. So I’m sure they were AT TIMES confused. But always and about everything Jesus said/did? I doubt it. Obviously looks of surprise and astonishment should be expected at the miracles Jesus performed. But constantly bewildered, almost never seeming to get Jesus’ message. I kind of doubt that was the case. Did anybody else notice this and think the movie got the Apostles’ confusion right/wrong?
2. I cannot recall exactly which scenes/verses, but I did feel the Spiritual power through Jesus’ words when actual Scriptural quotes were conveyed. Which was quite often, really, to my surprise. You know, like listening to a dramatically produced audio Bible. Quite powerful, really. And quite often. That’s what surprised me about my reaction to the movie. I went in thinking I’d be underwhelmed, yet I came out having a feeling of awe/worship. I thought much of Jesus’ dialog was true/accurate to the text and it therefore moved me to worship God. (versus something like the History Channels’ deal).
3. I thought they did a fairly decent job of portraying the High Priest and other’s with respect to how/why they actually brought up Jesus on blasphemy charges and had to go to the Romans for his execution. There probably were some inaccuracies (I cannot recall). They showed/explained just how the Jews were mixing with the Romans (Daniel’s prophecy) at that time for their power/leadership. If there’s no other benefit to the movie for the secular world to grasp, it might be helpful for them to understand this accounting of why Jesus was crucified. The reason behind the reason (i.e. God’s plan) they’ll have to get for the HS. Anyway, it beats nothing.
4. Basically, I think a person that knew almost nothing about Christianity or how/why Christians worship Jesus, would come out of this movie with a much more true Biblical understanding than they went into the movie. They might very well be moved by the Holy Spirit as well. I was. But then again, I have a relationship already with Him.
5. In no way shape or form did I get any sense that the script/movie portrayed Jesus as anything other than divine (i.e. The Son of God) yet man (Son of Man) i.e. the God-Man. No JW or LDS content that I know of. Theoretically/potentially there could have been all kinds of issues with their ideas of who/what Jesus is in a movie like this. I didn’t pick up on it, if it was there anyway.
Any other thoughts/comments like this?
Again, the main reason I posted this was to get feedback from other CFNet members about how the Apostles were depicted. I think they got their constant bewilderment wrong. Am I wrong and the movie was right?
