Posted on 12/12/2014 5:39:21 AM PST by NYer
Ridley Scott is a good director, most of the time (let’s not mention “Robin Hood”). However, he’s currently working on a sequel to his sci-fi movie where he originally was going to claim Jesus Christ was a space alien from a race that genetically engineered humans. I really wouldn’t go into this thinking he had any concern for Biblical accuracy.
I would like to see quality film about Joseph’s story.
The Pieta is a sculpture, not a painting ...
Those kinds of epics are expensive to make. The costumes, sets, locations, etc. run into some major dinero, not to mention the sheer scale necessary to recreate the battle scenes or mass gatherings. Even with CGI, the costs are so staggering that indies can’t really take on those projects. And to do them poorly is worse than not doing them at all (look at the recent “Atlas Shrugged” disaster).
Mel Gibson could raise the capital on the strength of his name. Too bad he went ‘round the bend.
I suppose something could be crowd-sourced ...
Besides, there is always the popcorn effect. The butter and salt seem to "stupify" one into a sense of calm and well being. Must be in the FAUX butter. I will see it and let y'all know how it turns out.
Pardon the Texas-ese. I'm going to Texas for Christmas and have to practice my TexasTalk: "fixin'" and "y'all."
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Lol.
I know all this and therefore MAKE IT A POINT to ALWAYS write B.C. = Before Christ.
I didn’t say THE Pieta. I said A Pieta.
From Wikipedia:
“Pieta is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus.”
While most frequently executed as sculpture, numerous painters have also depcited the event, including Titian, Tintoretto, Bellini, and others, usually from the Classical or Renaissance schools.
I understand that it is pricey, but the demand is there.
The ‘Passion of the Christ’ cost $30 million, it earned more than $600 million in theaters alone add in Home video, rentals and re-releases and we have a 3/4 billion dollar one off.
Any Independent that took up a true Bible story would probably become a major studio over night.
What was so wrong about the Heston, version that justified a remake?
“Passion” was a more intimate portrayal covering Christ’s last hours on earth. It was not a broad “spectacular” like “The Ten Commandments” or “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” and it still cost $30 million.
However, $30 million is probably doable. Maybe the solution is to forget the sweeping “epics” and just tell those intimate tales that are epic in their reach if not in their spectacle. The tale of Daniel, for example. Or Job. Or Ruth and Naomi. Or Saul of Tarsus. Or any of the countless martyrs and great thinkers of early Christendom: Acquinas, St. Jerome, Augustine ... Their stories are compelling and uplifting without necessarily being spectacles.
I agree. Imagine of they did a biopic of a great Bible figure within $50 million. They released in a similar manner as ‘Passion’ was released, heavily pushed in the Church and media. They may do $100 or more in box office. If they did that they now can get $100 million + financing from anywhere. A 100% profit margin is of big interest to investors regardless of religious beliefs.
Had an investor put in $1 million into the Passion of the Christ, he would have gotten a return of more than $20 million. That is quite a pay day and allot better than your average mutual fund.
There are no new ideas in Hollywood. Sequels and remakes are all they know.
Are these movies any worse than what Cecil B DeMille served up om glorious technicolor?
His, at least, were entertaining!
I hear getting mixed review on Rotton Tomatoes website right now
BTW I hear this budget so out of control and filming was so out of control they have reedit like 3 times already
Actually Breaking bad fans
The guy play Jesse is in the movie so I wouldn’t be in my city theatre would cry out Moses you b***h
Even after Hollywood realized the profitability of true-to-the-Word work such as “Passion,” they continued to deride it and scoff it off as a fluke aimed at the “bitter clinger” demographic. All the while they managed to produce stinkbombs like “Noah” and this latest tanker.
What’s missing is a reverence for, or even a clear understanding of, the material. In other words, the Hollywood productions, lavish though they are, are missing the soul.
That’s what I think a smaller production could convey, and I agree that a respectful treatment of religious topics would probably pay off handsomely.
When it comes to pushing their agenda, the media, including Hollywood, are more than willing to sacrifice profit. At least for a while ...
Got it, thanks. So, basically, it’s a pagan hijack attempt.
Just this week, I had seen on tv, which was based on BOTH the Bible, which had a few references to her, Dinah, and a best selling book which I have, called “ The Red Tent “ and the mini series on Lifetime was at least faithful to the Bible presentation on Dinah which had so few references to her. That can be done because “ The Red Tent “ picks up where the Bible leaves off.
Even the movie, “The Passion of the Christ” was not only faithful the Bible but to the book based on the visions of a saintly woman.
Well the one close to what you have posted would be the movie “ The Ten Commandments.”
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