[Swede Girl]

From seeing the previews, it seems to me that the beatings were depicted as much more violent than what the Bible states. I guess there will be much discussion about this after the movie comes out.

[Clintons a commie]

From seeing the previews, it seems to me that the beatings were depicted as much more violent than what the Bible states

Not really. The Bible simply says "Jesus was scourged" or "They scourged Him" and leaves it at that. But people who read the Bible at the time of its composition knew with horror what a Roman scourging meant. They didn't need the bloody details, they were all too well aware of it from having to live with the brutality of the times in their every day life.

Modern people, on the other hand, have no clue what a scourging with a Roman flagellum(a cat-o-nine tails with wood and glass on the end of it) entailed, and have no idea what Jesus had to suffer when that scourging occurred. It was a horror, and a filmmaker is finally using all the tools of his craft to show us what Our Lord had to endure in order to obtain our Redemption.

I won't be enjoying this film when I watch it, but I hope to be moved to greater love and appreciation of Christ because of it.

[Green Knight]

Actually, what they depict in the movie is apparently not as violent as it actually was. For instance, they scourged Jesus with a cat-o-nine-tails with hooks at the end, which would tear flesh off one's body. They decided to leave that part out, because it was just to disgusting, watching a man getting scourged with bits of his flesh getting torn out.