The Bible
~ Original aired on the History Channel, currently on Netflix.
Starring Robert Powell as Jesus, and Roma Downey as Mother Mary.
Also saw this at WalMart today (6/12/2014) under the same Son of God
(Son of God is a
2014 American Christian movie feature, produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. It was released in the United States on February
28, 2014. The film was adapted
from the ten-hour miniseries The Bible, which
aired in March 2013 on the History channel.)
I must
admit, I have more of an open mind than I truly expected myself to have at this
point. And I am so hungry for the Word
and the Truth, that I just can’t get enough.
I am watching everything that comes across my scope of purview, and I am
reading as much as time will allow.
There are just so many avenues, thoughts, directions, that all need to
be looked at.
I watched
the mini-series version of this project.
And the first episode The Beginnings, starts with Noah (Noach) and skips
a lot of important stuff, and some of it just isn’t in the depth I would have
liked. However, at the beginning the
disclaimer says that it is based on the stories in the Bible, and “tries” to
remain true to the spirit of the stories.
AND yes they did. There were
quite a few “embellishments” to make the story flow in movie form, but they did
not discredit any of the tales, and I must admit, that Mark Burnett and Roma
Downey did an excellent job. By far, the
best movie I’ve seen in quite some time.
Once
I started, I couldn’t stop. I watched
episode 2 on my iPad the next day. Well
I started it anyway. My husband was
trying to listen, and couldn’t see from his chair, so he loaded it on his
computer and played it on the big screen.
He was hooked as well. We made it
a Saturday family film fest. Watching
them all by the end of the day.
I
would even go so far as to tell you guys, that I made my kids leave the room
during the “40 lashes” due to thoughts of the depiction of this scene in “Passion
of the Christ”, which I refuse to let my kids see until they are much older. But I didn’t need to, it was shown, not in it’s
fullness and not in it’s full effect, so it was very kid friendly.
All
in all, this was an excellent family oriented telling of the story of the
Bible. One that I would whole heartedly
recommend for all ages, genres and orientations. A great starting point. And a nice introduction to some of the story
I haven’t read yet. Sampson &
Delilah, David & Goliath, Stephen, King Cyrus, this series has me wanted to
go through it faster, and I find myself, forcing myself, to slow down and go
through The Bible slow and steady.
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