That's because the vast majority of Mel's work was Biblical. He did do a little bit of dramatic license like with portraying Satan as a woman, but even that did not take away anything from the impact of the movie.
When I see Jesus portrayed, He better be as close to the real deal as possible.
It makes me think that Bill O'Reilly was sitting around one day saying, "Huh, Mel made a billion on that Jesus story. Maybe I could get a piece of the pie."
Either do it right and follow the Bible to the letter or don't bother.
After listening to just a bit of the interview with the Muslim actor I knew it would be atrocious.
this weekend, one of the channels was showing the 1966 version, The Bible, In the Beginning.....
It was quite good!!!
I heard this movie was sort of religiously “dumbed down”, so I’ll stick with watching Mel Gibson’s “Passion of the Christ”-an excellent film.
Oh I didn't see it that way. I thought Satan was made to look androgynous on purpose. Neither male or female.