I was very disappointed with this movie about Jesus, though I have to admit that when I saw the movie at the time it was made, I didn't really notice Jeffery Hunter's very non-Jewish looks (including big blue eyes) and I didn't know enough of the Bible to be appalled by some of the very unbiblical parts of the script. I recently read that Ray Bradbury-- a purveyor of non-Christian thought if you read his other writing-- wrote the script for King of Kings. The biggest Scriptural error that I saw in King of Kings was Jesus's teaching-- according to the movie-- was "peace" when that was more the liberal philosophy of the 1960's, not "the peace" of the Bible. Jesus, in Matthew 10:34-35, said: "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'..."
Jesus *is* PERSONAL peace for those who come to Him but as any Christian who is robust in his faith will tell you, "My family thought I went nuts when I made a decision to come to Christ, and I found that certain members of my family would no longer talk to me." And Jesus's answer for this to the Christian is Luke 9:62: "But Jesus said to him, 'No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.' "
Gutsy stuff. Not this Sixties pablum-version of "love."
I *did* notice that Jeffery Hunter "as Jesus" had his arm pits shaved which took away the effect of reality from my point of view, almost making me laugh. The music was so great, and I like the parts that had Mary in-- who to me projected a Biblical Mary, so I did feel that the movie was "trying" to do a good thing. Hence, I can't completely downgrade this movie. Most of the acting was excellent.
Jesus *is* PERSONAL peace for those who come to Him but as any Christian who is robust in his faith will tell you, "My family thought I went nuts when I made a decision to come to Christ, and I found that certain members of my family would no longer talk to me." And Jesus's answer for this to the Christian is Luke 9:62: "But Jesus said to him, 'No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.' "
Gutsy stuff. Not this Sixties pablum-version of "love."
I *did* notice that Jeffery Hunter "as Jesus" had his arm pits shaved which took away the effect of reality from my point of view, almost making me laugh. The music was so great, and I like the parts that had Mary in-- who to me projected a Biblical Mary, so I did feel that the movie was "trying" to do a good thing. Hence, I can't completely downgrade this movie. Most of the acting was excellent.