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LutheranChik
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I'm less concerned about the "hot" Jesus of films like "Son of God" and more concerned about the fact that the actors chosen to portray Jesus in feature films all seem to be blue-eyed Europeans. Just once I'd like to see a cinematic Jesus who actually looked like he was born in the Middle East.
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seekingsister
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Originally posted by LutheranChik:
I'm less concerned about the "hot" Jesus of films like "Son of God" and more concerned about the fact that the actors chosen to portray Jesus in feature films all seem to be blue-eyed Europeans. Just once I'd like to see a cinematic Jesus who actually looked like he was born in the Middle East.
Well the actor in "Son of God," Diogo Morgado, is dark-eyed and dark-haired. He is European (Portuguese) but as casting goes, he at least has a Mediterranean look that is more common in the part of the world Jesus is from, than previous choices (Willem Dafoe! I mean, come on).
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Pine Marten
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Somewhere it says he were nowt to look at. Isaiah 53:2 A bit char-evo-fundie I realise. Tough.
I don't think this Messianic reference has anything to do with Jesus' actual physical appearance. After all, another Messianic reference describes him as 'fairer than the children of men' (Psalm 45:2) and Revelation 1:14 says 'his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire'.
These are not to be taken literally, I wouldn't think.
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Martin60
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It fits with His indistinguishability. They don't. And modern translation of Psalm 45:2 use 'excellent' instead of 'fair'.
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Pine Marten
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Yes, agreed LutheranChik, but I still don't think Isaiah 53 physically describes the human Jesus.
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Stetson
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LutheranChik wrote:
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Just once I'd like to see a cinematic Jesus who actually looked like he was born in the Middle East.
Well, in Pasolini's The Gospel According To St. Matthew, he is played by a Spanish-Italian actor. At a glance, he could pass for a Mideasterner.
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Pine Marten
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One of, if not *the* best Biblical film ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Stetson
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Originally posted by Pine Marten:
One of, if not *the* best Biblical film
In the words of John Waters...
"The movie that got Pasolini into heaven."
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Russ
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Originally posted by Anglican_Brat:
Does it matter what the earthly Jesus physically looked like?
Try googling "halo effect"
Seems like there's something in the human psyche that identifies good with beautiful...
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k-mann
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Originally posted by Pine Marten:
The best Biblical film
FTFY
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Pine Marten
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Sorry? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Galilit
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I worked for 3 academic years in the kiosk (tuck shop, where you buy filled rolls, drinks, etc)of a high school in northern Israel (albeit not the Gailee hills).
I would often think which of the boys would have looked like Jesus...really
That said; I would be the very first not to complain or have a crisis of faith if he looked like Georg Ganswein
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Stetson
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Originally posted by Pine Marten:
Sorry?
K-mann thinks that TGATSM is the best biblical film, bar none. So he/she re-wrote your post to reflect that opinion.
FTFY means "fixed that for you".
And yeah, it's good. Friendly heads-up, though, don't rent anything else by Pasolini under the assumption that it will be the same family-friendly Christian fare. It most likely will not.
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HCH
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I favor "The Life of Brian", myself.
I would like it if someone made a film from "Stranger at Killknock" by Leonard Wibberley. This is not about Biblical times, however.
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Pine Marten
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Originally posted by Stetson:
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Originally posted by Pine Marten:
Sorry?
K-mann thinks that TGATSM is the best biblical film, bar none. So he/she re-wrote your post to reflect that opinion.
FTFY means "fixed that for you".
And yeah, it's good. Friendly heads-up, though, don't rent anything else by Pasolini under the assumption that it will be the same family-friendly Christian fare. It most likely will not.
Ah right - I don't speak in acronyms ![[Biased]](wink.gif) and no... best not rent anything else by Pasolini - 120 Days of Sodom isn't exactly about the town twinned with Gomorrah, it's, um...well, it's er...no... ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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