[Maximilian]

She said nothing about the photography. If the cinematograper did his job right, that could make all the difference.

I think that's implicit in her comparisons of the movie to the Sistine Chapel. I've seen another article about the movie in which Mel Gibson says that he told his cinematographer that he wanted the movie to look like a "moving Carravagio" and that he was blown away by how well the cinematographer achieved this.

[RobbyS]

Speaking of the Sistine Chapel, I was there several years ago, and I, of course, looked at the ceiling, which includes the famous painting of God giving life to Adam. But what is most striking, now that they have cleaned the surfaces, (I was last there thirty years before) is the mural of the Last Judgement behind the altar. The figure of Christ is arresting, the stern judge casting sinners into into hell. That is not a Jesus who appeals to some Catholics, I think. Me, I sat in the back of the Chapel drinking it all in, with no sense of being in a place for tourists.