The Last Temptation Of Christ Comparative Essay

Jesus Christ, portrayed both differently and similarly throughout four different films, shows the viewer examples of a low and high christology. The four films King of Kings, The Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and The Passion of Christ teach that Jesus was the son of God. Overall, each film shows that Jesus is humble, faithful, giving, forgiving, and wise. In John 6:38, it says, “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” For this shows how unselfish Jesus was towards his followers. He put them before himself. Each of the four films are different from one another, Just like the Four Gospels of the New Testament. The Gospel of Mark, which is the first attempt to tell the story of the life and death of Jesus. The Gospel of Matthew, which is trying to present Jesus as a greater teacher than Moses. The Gospel of Luke, which tries to answer the question that if Christians who believe in the Kingdom of God are also able
This is because of how some events that took place in the film did not actually happen. In the scene Jesus versus Pilate, this topic is present. In the film it shows that Pilate is reluctant and does not want to kill Jesus, where in fact Pilate did not think twice about giving someone the death sentence. In real life Pilate is a ruthless, uncaring individual. Another scene where this film loses its real life credibility is the death of Jesus. In this scene, Mel Gibson, the producer, creates a scene that is disturbingly violent. This caused controversy because the things that happened to Jesus in this movie were so disgusting to the point where you did not want to watch anymore. In real life he was not beat as much which caused the controversy. The controversy that Mel Gibson created this scene to increase the violence and increase the ratings. There is also controversy because this film reflected