Donna Rose wrote:

>>>>"Nexis" > wrote in message
>>>>So Christ was not beaten as much? He did not bleed that much? If that
>>>
>>>was typical of the violence that took place, it is accurate and should be
>>>there.
>>>
>>>>People were truly barbaric and truly did things like that. Why does
>>>>our society soften real facts but let our kids blow the heads off of
>>>
>>>characters in a video game?
>
>
> I read a letter to the editor in today's San Francisco Chronicle that
> said, in effect, "If Gibson was so intent on making a historically
> accurate film, why is it that Jesus looks like he's from Norway, instead
> of the Middle East?"
>
> Why, indeed. So much for the historical accuracy argument.
>


Don't confuse bad casting with bad writing; they are not the same thing,
and one does not imply the other.

At least he used an actor that had some muscles -- like maybe he had done
physical labor for most of his life, rather than a scrawny girlie-man.

BTW, I think the dialog should have been in Aramaic and *Greek* rather than
Latin. If you're gonna nitpick, that would be a better one to pick at than
"that didn't really look like Jesus"

Best regards,
Bob