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I have a weird interpretation of that passage.
Instead of a curse, what if it was a blessing in disguise?
["to bless" originally meant "to cover in blood"]
His blood was upon them and their children, and all the rest of -us- and our children, too.
Without His blood upon us, we'd all be headed to Hell with no hope at all.
God took Satan's plan to destroy Jesus and turned it around to provide salvation to the whole world, instead.
God wrote the book on taking seemingly awful things and working them around for the good. [Joseph and his brothers, for a good OT example]
"His blood be upon us" is actually a wonderful thing, if we accept it.

That's just my opinion and probably why I don't "blame the Jews". [or the Romans, either, for that matter, when it was all of our sin that killed Him]
It was really more a fulfillment of prophecy statement than "curse".
His was the blood of the lamb to be spread on *all* door posts.

Instead of a curse, what if it was a blessing in disguise?

It's a biblical irony, since Jesus gave His blood so as to be a blessing to the Jews (and the Gentiles). The original mob did not have that in mind of course... they were uttering a taunt "go ahead, count us responsible for his killing, we don't care."

I have a weird interpretation of that passage. Instead of a curse, what if it was a blessing in disguise? ["to bless" originally meant "to cover in blood"] His blood was upon them and their children, and all the rest of -us- and our children, too. Without His blood upon us, we'd all be headed to Hell with no hope at all. God took Satan's plan to destroy Jesus and turned it around to provide salvation to the whole world, instead. God wrote the book on taking seemingly awful things and working them around for the good. [Joseph and his brothers, for a good OT example] "His blood be upon us" is actually a wonderful thing, if we accept it. That's just my opinion and probably why I don't "blame the Jews". [or the Romans, either, for that matter, when it was all of our sin that killed Him] It was really more a fulfillment of prophecy statement than "curse". His was the blood of the lamb to be spread on *all* door posts.

I thought of that myself when this issue came up before the movie was released but forgot about it until you just mentioned it. Thank you!

The phrase "His blood be on us and our children" WAS actually a plea--an earnest prayer--in disguise. Not a curse. For without the blood of the Lamb of God, there would be no salvation and the Angel of Death would not pass over them.

Not weird at all. I've preached such an interpretation. I believe their statement was not unlike this one:

Then one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, spoke up, “You know nothing at all! You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

It was a statement loaded with more meaning than they intended, bringing them a blessing in spite of themselves.

That's what the cross is all about.