Big'ol and I debriefed on the way back home and we agreed that the portrayal of the Sanhedrin is not an indictment of the Jews, but rather one against intellegencia and elitists of all the ages, the "secular humanists", and people who are so vain as to make their own rules and call them eternal Truth and then condemn those who don't follow them. Hellenism is alive and well and writing film reviews today.
Watching the Oscars now will be interesting. PJ and Gibson have raised the bar on the Hollywood Establishment so high and so fast it may take years before they even know it's happened. I'll watch with amusement as they congratulate each other for another year of mediocrity and look down their noses at the likes of hobbits and elves even while grudgingly giving them statuettes. Even if they don't give Mel his due next year, the rules for filmmaking in America have changed.
I feel blessed to be a part of this moment in time.
Agreed on that. Dare we hope that we get more film of this quality? I hope so!
the portrayal of the Sanhedrin is not an indictment of the Jews, but rather one against intellegencia and elitists of all the ages, the "secular humanists",
And that's exactly what the Sanhedrin was. They had so dissociated themselves with the Spirit of God that their entire lives revolved around Temple politics. They were the "politically correct" of their time. I think that showed through in the film quite well.
I was very pleased to hear Mel Gibson make the statement on one of the talk shows the other night that "no one can be a Bible believing Christian and be anti-semitic." If you read the book... you will see that to follow Him you must not be. I was just so pleased to hear Mr. Gibson say that, because the concept is so difficult to get across to people sometimes!
Yeah, I know, the goober-heads won't have heard Mel say it either...