Jesus movies Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/jesus-movies/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Thu, 25 Feb 2021 23:52:30 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jesus movies Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/tag/jesus-movies/ 32 32 116298986 Stealth Messiahs: Christ figures in film https://mikefrost.net/stealth-messiahs-christ-figures-in-film/ https://mikefrost.net/stealth-messiahs-christ-figures-in-film/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:25:22 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28879 In a previous post I complained about how many films about Jesus are so lame. I suggested it was because filmmakers tend to be overly reverential with their central character, as well as appearing to be paralyzed about using speculative or non-biblical dialogue (unless their name is Scorsese). A more satisfying, and frankly more successful, […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/stealth-messiahs-christ-figures-in-film/feed/ 16 28879 If Jesus was such a great scriptwriter, why do his movies stink? https://mikefrost.net/if-jesus-was-such-a-great-scriptwriter-why-do-his-movies-stink/ https://mikefrost.net/if-jesus-was-such-a-great-scriptwriter-why-do-his-movies-stink/#comments Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:02:08 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=28835 Most viewers will take a biopic at face value, not knowing enough about the subject’s life to know whether it’s an historically accurate portrayal or not. But if you make a film about Jesus you know you’re going to have 1.2 billion Catholics and 800 million Protestants picking it apart frame by frame. That’s because […]

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