I am not a Biblical nor Early Christian scholar, so I will not attempt to dissect the doctrine of the movie nor compare its validity to that of early Christian texts. Neither am I a master of history to where I am able to criticize the harmony of the portrayal of the Roman and Jewish cultures depicted. I am, however, intelligent enough to accept that the Light of Christ can be present within anything and anybody, and that it is these things that I should hold to.
'The Passion of the Christ' is inspired, yet brutal. It brought me to the height of nausea and physical pain, yet to the point of tears of compassion and love. Nothing has more accurately depicted what I have always envisioned the sacrifice of Christ to be like than this film, nor the details that I was too fearful of supplying within my own mind. If you're looking for 'The Testaments' then please drive to Salt Lake. This film bears no false witness: it is, foremost, the 'suffering' as its Latin root implies. It is realistic, it is personal, it is the passion.
Drew Maygren
Camarillo, Calif.