This is probably the most violent movie I have ever seen. The torture scenes are horrific. Only someone who has lost all fellow feeling could possibly become a torturer. These torturers take delight in what they do. I doubt if I could watch it a second time.
I watched it this time hoping to catch glimpses of the Via Dolorosa where I stayed in a convent when I was in Jerusalem, but the focus stayed on the cruelty and I didn't see anything I recognized.
That convent was an oasis of peace and sanity in a violent city when I was there.
I understood the violence better after seeing this movie.
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Mom I dreamt last night that I was supposed to watch this film, and I've avoided it because of the violence, but before I do how is Judas treated in it? Is he treated with compassion in the story? As you know I do think that Christ *did* return in the form of Baha'u'llah, and that Judas' role was preordained and a huge act of love and sacrifice.
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