Posted on 07/11/2023 9:26:48 AM PDT by DallasBiff
9 The Passion Of The Christ 2004
Public perception of this movie wasn’t helped by Mel Gibson’s overt anti-Semitism, but The Passion of the Christ clearly depicts the Jewish people as the cause of Jesus Christ’s death, an unfortunate misconception that has resulted in an unknown (but certainly extremely high) number of Jewish deaths over the years.
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A Roman Governor and soldiers from what we would call Syria today.
#1 Goodbye Uncle Tom
1971
“Nearly every actor was an impoverished Haitian or African, and they were degraded for little money because they had nothing. Granted, the depiction of slavery was most likely correct, but the movie relishes in the depravity to the extent that it is racist in and of itself.”
Using black actors- Good...wait, bad.
Accurately portraying slavery- Good...No, Bad! Very very BAD!
Where’s the one with John Wayne playing Genghis Khan?
“Alright, Pilgrim, just set up a pyramid of skulls over here...”
I met Leslie Nielsen when he was in Cambridge filming Soul Man. Said it was an honor to meet him and he replied that it was an honor to meet me. Seems like a really nice guy from that brief 1 minute interaction. Soul Man was pretty crummy movie regardless of it being “racist”.
The only part I laughed at was how bad the main character was at basketball.
Lucy Liu wanted to produce a Charlie Chan series a few years back (presumably with an actual Asian lead actor) but never got off the ground. Which is too bad, because the film series was very solid
Yet what did Jesus say to Pilate - John 19:11 “he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”
Agreed. I think Jackie Brown was Tarantino’s last good movie.
the people answered, “Let His blood be on us and on our children!” (Matt. 27:25) And so it has been. Pilate had Jesus flogged and turned Him over for crucifixion.
The biggest problem with that movie is what Sidney Poitier’s character, a doctor, would’ve seen in that vacuous twit played by Katherine Hepburn’s niece. A roll in the hay ? Sure. A wife ? Nope.
‘Where’s the one with John Wayne playing Genghis Khan?’
one of Hollywood’s most ridiculous portrayals ever...along with Susan Hayward playing the daughter of the Tatar ruler, and Agnes Moorhead as a Mongol matriarch...
Katherine Houghton hated it too.
Houghton would tell Larry King in a fascinating interview in 2003, audiences would have to believe that no less than Sidney Poitier was falling in love with “a Pollyanna idiot.”
I especially dislike Poitier's role. There is no doubt that this is a very strong movie thanks in part to Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Sidney Poitier’s role has always bothered me however for several reasons.
First of all was his disrespectful attitude towards his father. But more than anything it was clear Dr Prentice did not want to get married. I believe he would’ve been very relieved if Mr Drayton objected to the marriage which would have given him an excuse to leave.
His clear reluctance to get married was further identified when they met for drinks with Joanna‘s friends who suggested they both leave tonight. You could see the look of anguish and fear on his face at that idea. He was horrified, but he was trapped.
All in all, this was a very good movie with each individual going into great personal detail with everyone else as they try to work through this very tense situation. As for me, I’ve often wondered if that marriage even lasted a year. With a rich young white naïve wife interfering and in the way with a reluctant Dr. Prentice and his work.
Son if you’ll die for them. I’ll forgive them.
Father if you’ll forgive them, I’ll die for them.
It's definitely one of the greatest movies ever made.
"Mammy" functions very well and independently. She holds her own and expresses her opinions honestly regardless of anyone else. She is a woman of great dignity and the highest standards. She demands that everyone rise to her standards. Hattie McDaniel received the Academy Award for her performance, showing great wisdom and personal grandeur. Rhett Butler said of her, "She is one of the few persons whose respect I would like to have."
Virtually every slave was not docile. All of them, except three, left Tara as soon as they could. Some were openly hostile to the whites. Some were loving to the whites, showing their humanity. One black man attacked Scarlet; his accomplice was a white man. That one was not exactly "every chance they got."
That was the then-new Fox Movie Channel.
-PJ
But in those days financing was based largely on the star power of the actors in the lead roles. Without John Wayne the move would not have got the green light. Same with casting Kirk Douglass to play Spartacus - a Thracian. That was the movie biz.
First thing they should us in Film Lecture in college.
Showed
Amateurish. There are Nazi films that are more racist and anti-Semitic than Mel Gibson’s (or maybe even Leni Riefenstal’s).
Wondering also 1) if Fu Manchu was supposed to be one of China’s despotic Manchu overlords, and 2) if Fu had been Japanese would there have been as much outrage, given what the Japs were doing in the 30s.
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