I normally would not post a review in a forum that I
rarely visit (I'm at the site all the time, but not
necessarily this forum), but I got the opportunity to sit in
on a special preview of Passion last night, and I wanted
to offer up my thoughts on it.

When I was in eighth grade, I read a medical essay on
what exactly happened to Jesus when He was
scourged and crucified. It went into medical
physiological detail about it, and just imagining it was
enough to make me know it was something that I would
never, ever want to go through.

This movie brought it all to shockingly real life for me,
and even though I winced at several points (and I
NEVER wince at movies), I watched the entire thing in
acknowledgement that this was what happened 1970
years ago.

All that being said, this was a very very good movie.
Even if you aren't a Christian, and even if you aren't
looking at it from an evangelical perspective, the story
of what Christ went through (as indeed, several
thousand other people) is altogether different seeing it
like this.

This was a beautifully made movie, and I was riveted
through the entire thing, despite the fact that I knew how
it ended.

Biblically, it follows along toe to line, and never
deviates, which was the main thing I was looking for.
There were several instances where things happened
that weren't mentioned in the Bible, but only because
the narrative was not on that particular person at that
particular moment.

On a more personal note, Seeing what happened to
Jesus, and what He had to go through in order to be the
intermediary for us lousy humans drove home to me
(more then anything else in my life) just how much I
owe Him, and how worthless I am at actually trying to
repay the debt. That's something I'm going to try to be
working on over the next few months, if not years, so be
in prayer for me about that.

Beautiful beautiful movie. Go see it.

5/5 Stars

-Rift "it is well with my soul" Traveler