Hollywood's Self Inflicted Wound

[Doc]

The point of all the gory suffering is to drive home just how bad the suffering was. Even if it is not, as you say, as gory as the real thing, I'm sure it is still much worse than most people imagine it. It may do some good to open some eyes to how "medieval" that time was.

And that's the problem. Right there. **Points** Death. Death = Bad. The focus should be the renewal of life.

And that's the problem with just about every movie about Jesus. The movie ends at the cross, with the revival at the tomb added perhaps, at best, as an afterthought. Spend 2 hours crucifying Jesus, spend ten minutes adding a brief mention that "He lives again." Frankly, there should be a movie that begins with the moment of death on the cross, and then the rest of the movie focus entirely on what happened after. But it would never sell. People, hell, most Christians in general, don't want to see Jesus live. Nope. It's a kill your idols moment. Would rather watch suffering. Hate. Pain. Anger. Fear. People want blood. People get their jollies watching others in agony.

The real miracle, for those that believe, happened after the cross. Jesus was taken and embalmed. His brain was pulled out of his nose, his innards removed, his body stuffed with sawdust, spices, and stuff to preserve his corpse. He was wrapped carefully in bindings. (Sorry Shroud Seekers, that rag never touched Jesus.) And the Bible says, inspite of all that, that He lives again. The great question, is How. I am not here to convert, only to converse. So I will leave the mechanics of faith to wiser heads then mine. What did Thomas feel when he stuck his finger into Jesus' side? Jesus had not yet acended to his Father, he was not fully restored. Did Thomas feel sawdust and packing under flesh and bone? Did his doubt vanish when he felt solid evidence? Stuff like this would make for a great movie... But nobody would watch it.

I'll shut up and go away now and leave the tough questions and thoughts alone. People don't want those, they would rather have it neatly presented to them in technicolour Hollywood gloss.