The Jesus Film

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I watched this movie after picking it up on a sale table, and donated it to our Sunday School, as it is a pretty inoffensive movie. The miracle I am referring to in the summary is that anyone followed this guy at all. The Jesus of this movie is an unutterably uninteresting character, with no charisma at all. It is insulting to the audience for the producers to expect the story to carry itself just because of Who it portrays. I was raised on the BBC Jesus of Nazareth from the 50's, now, sadly, completely forgotten, but it had a Jesus who could capture the heart of a 5-year-old and remain with him the rest of his life. The Jesus in this movie will be forgotten five minutes after it ends.

A very simple film that gives a literal account of the Gospel according to St. Luke. It tells the story of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, proclaimed by Christians the world over to be the only Son of the living God. A man who in his latter years preached to the non-believers, gave his life for the sin of man, and then rose on the third day - as He had foretold - to set mankind free from sin, should they chose to follow Him. Brian Deacon makes a convincing Christ (not an easy thing to do), however in its simplicity it may fail to challenge those who are unwilling to listen. These people may find the film dull. For the believer it is a wonderful reminder of God's promises, and for the searchers that listen with an open heart, perhaps "Jesus" will truly touch their lives. Thursday, July 23, 1992 - Video

The most ACCURATE and BRIGHT movie about Jesus Christ! Let the facts speak for themselves (from the 2004 "Jesus: Fact or Fiction" DVD): = "The most historically accurate film about the life of Jesus Christ" = "By far the most translated film in history, translated to over 800 languages" = "5 billion viewers worldwide" (1979-2003) = "After viewing the film, more than 300 million people have indicated a decision to follow the teachings of Jesus" After seeing quite a few of them, i decided not to be a fan of Christ movies, as they often mislead you by giving the twisted (by the director) image of Him. True believers know better than any movie what He was/is like from the Bible and personal experience. But if a movie is the only way for you to reach to your friends, this would be THE ONE and ONLY! Those who have eyes to see will see the beauty of following the Bible "script". No need to add anything else. Look deeper, see Christ's person in this film - you will be amazed by the spiritual wealth of His simplicity. How can someone call this "boring"?! Don't wait for lots of entertainment. Jesus's life was not about having fun, but about our redemption, about witnessing Truth and serving others, about spirituality of one's soul, about life in God, and personal humility. And these all are well depicted in this great film. May God have mercy on all who toiled making it! Indeed, it's THE MOVIE of all times! 10 out of 10.

After opening with the expected quotation from John 3:16, the video Jesus bases its plot solely on the gospel of Luke, remaining rigidly faithful to the gospel and rarely adding conversations that you can not find in Luke. That makes for a far less controversial route than would occur if incorporating variations from the other three gospels that differ slightly from each other. In a sense the choice of filming only the gospel of Luke has its strengths, as it appeals to a larger audience and presents Jesus Christ in his best. The richest parables are told here, with a larger overview of Christ's life, but the film focuses mainly of Christ's public ministry and glosses over his birth and his questioning of the priests in the temple at the age of 12. It also portrays Christ in the most positive way on the cross, as his final words in the Luke version are `Father! Into your hands I commend my spirit.' Besides using the scripture from Luke straightforwardly, the filming locations add authenticity to the production. It appears to be straight from Jerusalem without any other settings. The scene leading to the Crucifixion does appear to take place on the actual Via Delorosa and thus provides much realism. Even though the movie was great script and settings it is hurt by the lack of emotion. Movie seems fake in the sense of how the actors act. From the beginning starting with the narrator he has no emotion just reading the words causing it to be dull. Nothing was surprising as it was dull and you knew what was coming next if you had read the book of Luke. The movie was just plain, plain text and plain acting. Being from 1979 you cannot expect a great video production but they could spice up the acting. After seeing what is easily the greatest Jesus movie ever made (The Passion of Christ) it is hard to be impressed but I was not expecting to be. In general it's a below average movie, had the best setting possible and the script already written just with the poor mellow dramatic acting decreased it value.

This movie is truly an inspiration! Jesus Christ is Lord! Everyone should see this movie and see the good news! God bless all of you! This movie reaffirmed my faith in Jesus Christ as my personal Savior! I can't wait to stand in His presence!

Said to be the most-watched film in cinematic history, it's also the most accurate depiction of the life of Christ, according to the Gospel of Luke. No hype, no grandiose special effects, and unlike the awful NOAH'S ARK miniseries, it sticks to the story as it was written in the Bible-no additions, no subtractions, no deviations. All in all, a classic. See it!

Simply brilliant. Not to be missed! A wonderful film that will touch your heart and give you a thirst to know more about Jesus of Nazareth. Truly a classic.

To make an inspirational or religious film is one thing, but to insult everyones intelligence while you do is truly impressive (on second thought, its not). This film was unintentionally humorous throughout and the repeat-after-me prayer part at the end was just uncalled for. In the movie "The Greatest Story Ever Told" Max Von Sydow portrayed Christ as a truly thoughtful and philosophical man, with a genuine interest in helping people. The guy in "Jesus" came across as an insolent braggart who didn't even have anything interesting to say. Not just what was said, but how he said it. When Max Von Sydow said the line about the ravens in the field it sounded very deep and meaningful, when Brian Deacon said it he just sounded like a jerk. Jesus as a jerk; they should have made him an overgrown bodybuilder and it would have been perfect. Of course, then he wouldn't have looked like in the Sunday school pictures, which they based their visual style on absolutely. Which brings up another point: this film wasn't atmospheric or artistically done at all. There was no interesting camera work, no close-ups of authentic looking objects, nothing ever looked dirty, lived in, or scratched up. Just a (barely) 3-D version of a Sunday school lesson. Preachers should leave film-making to the film-makers, and vice-versa. For some reason when they team up they do a worse job together then either could do alone