Timid son of god

Winston 2021-12-21 08:01:30

Even if it is released today, "The Last Temptation of Christ" will still be a mixed-remark movie. Compared with the "silence" of "Silence", "The Last Temptation of Christ" presents a kind of possibility that believers do not want to believe in grandeur. No wonder the extremists at the time would throw stones at the audience who watched this movie.

The biggest controversy in the film must be obvious at a glance-the subversive shaping of traditional characters. Under this creative thinking, Jesus is a coward, Judas is a warrior, Paul is a liar... Under such characterization, those who are caught in the ears The religious story also adds a strange charm. Taking the stone throwing section as an example, we can clearly see that Jesus’ whole person status is uncertain and unconfident. Although he persuaded those who threw the stone, his There was hesitation in the voice, and there was no indifferent self-assurance in the story.

To answer the creative tendency of "The Last Temptation of Christ" with the simplest words, it should be to turn that great symbol in the myth into a living person, because people must have shortcomings.

Then the theme of the whole film is ready to come out. For the ideal of perfection, an imperfect person becomes the practice of God amid constant challenges and temptations. However, shaping characters in this way will inevitably cause the believers to panic and censure. The symbol that they regard as perfect, turns out to be an ordinary person who is not much better than himself, ah no, in some respects even inferior to himself, at least some believers believe in themselves. Will believe in the existence of God more than Jesus in the film, and believe in the words that Jesus said. When doubts arise, whoever asks whether he has ever committed a "crime", he criticizes it on a high and low level, and throws a stone of "justice".

But is this really the Christ Scorsese wants to express? One hundred and sixty minutes to show such a weak and unconfident religious leader? So, since he is weak and unconfident, why did he become a leader? Why did you invite hatred and even be nailed to the cross?

Imperfect people are what Scorsese wants to show, but the sacrifices and frustrations of imperfect people for the ideal of perfection are the focus. Jesus' words to stop people from throwing stones didn't sound so confident. We can even doubt whether he believed his words, but he still chose to say it, and still put those words together. He boldly called for love, and then said that he needed an axe. He convinced believers to believe in himself, and led them to run around with their naive and unrealistic ideals. For this, he could walk into the desert alone and talk to the devil; for the sake of God's oracle, he was willing to be crucified to death.

In addition, I have to mention that the characterization of Judas is more apostate than that of Jesus. Even if Jesus is subverted again, in the final analysis, he is still a positive figure with idealism. Judas has directly changed from a negative character to a positive character, and Judas has acted as a positive character. A positive person, his ideal of Jesus is even stronger than his faith in Jesus.

I have to think that thirty years later, in The Silence, which also talks about faith, the character design and relationship between Jesus and Judas also correspond to Rodriguez and Yoshijiro.

The existence of Judas made Jesus. As the most steadfast disciple of Jesus, it would be the most painful to execute the command to betray Jesus. But Judas still did. On a certain level, Judas was more courageous than Jesus. On the way of spreading the faith, without such devout believers, I am afraid that it would be difficult for Jesus to persevere. Seeing such devout believers may also be the reason for Jesus to persevere.

The last thing I have to say is the long branching scene at the end. Jesus did not die on the cross. He chose to become a mortal and live a dull but happy life. When he was about to die, he saw the believers who had followed him. We, Paul was making up his deeds of the year, but Judas spit in contempt, the most respected teacher betrayed the ideal of following with the students. When the wound bleeds again, the devil reappears.

This paragraph can be said to be a topic, vividly interpreting what is the last temptation of Christ-to become an ordinary person, do not have to bear the burden of idealism, do not have to bear the contempt and boos of everyone in reality. Powerful people need to speak everywhere, and ordinary people just marry wives and have children. We can at least see that Jesus did not reject such a life. We didn't know that this was another apple taken out by Satan until the girl who claimed to be a guardian angel turned into a flame of the devil.

But all this stopped when Jesus knelt on the ground, praying to God for another chance to the night sky full of thunder. Finally, Jesus was tied to the cross. He had a smile, a smile that he hadn't had before. He chanted the doomed words and greeted death calmly. At this moment, he was no longer the coward, but the son of God.

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  • Phyllis 2022-04-23 07:02:35

    An "unofficial history" of Jesus' demise of humanity.

  • Lamar 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    I feel that the production is very simple and the scenes are very rough. People, God, and the Lord Jesus are the Son of God. Some books on the analysis of Christianity that have been read for a long time also point out that in ancient religions, the temperament of God’s people is more obvious. As for the essence of God, people are people. , people turn their categories into special symbols, God, I don't dare to judge, I don't know what to do

The Last Temptation of Christ quotes

  • Jesus: Thank you, Lord, for bringing me where I did not want to go.

  • Mary Magdalene: Say the truth. If you want to save my soul, this is where you'll find it.

    [reveals her naked body]

    Mary Magdalene: You know that. You're the same as all the others, only you can't admit it. You're pitiful. I hate you. Here's my body. Save it. Save it.