The Passion of the Christ

This movie has brought about quite a lot of controversy in its making. I am not a religious person so for me it only has a historical value. When comparing to older films like the Ten Commandments it has the same tone but with a new twist. The presentation is quite well done. In this version of Christ's last hours of life, it to me comes across as very political. Yes, there are the placements of power, male and female. This time of our world was a very male place to be. The men had the power and the females coveted the males with the greater power. The women are seen as compassionate and caring while the men are portrayed as dominate and almost unyielding. The gaze is overly male with the female being overly submissive in this portrayal.

I would put the brutality about what one would think they could do to a person for the time. I think this sort or representation will do some good for all the religious people out there that have no idea of just what sort of things were done in the name of religion, to people who went against the power in place at the time. Maybe, just maybe this will cause people to rethink things.