#risen 2016

[losttranslator]

like most Christian movies risen is cheesy and biblically dubious at times and gets loads of cultural stuff wrong for the sake of being recognizable to a primarily American audience but I'll readily admit the poor roman tribune's absolute bafflement at these religious weirdos who keep talking about love and stuff has me cackling unhingedly

Like, is it sound biblical doctrine and is it historical believable? No? Is it hilarious and do I enjoy seeing this random shmuck lose his mind going through what's essentially a very disturbing psychological thriller from his pov while the disciples are overflowing with joy? You bet??

The guy is dealing with horrifyingly decomposed dead bodies trying to find the right cadaver and previously sane soldiers going crazy and dead men being spotted alive and strange supernatural phenomena and angry gods and unexplained madness and religious fanatism spreading like a contagion, and meanwhile the disciples (and Jesus) are all like HELLO BROTHER WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE BEST NEWS EVER :D :D :D

[ratleyland]

Every Easter Sunday; I watch this movie.

I wish more people had seen this upon its initial release.

Seriously underrated and unappreciated.

[rabbitprayer]

🩸EASTER BUT MAKE IT SCARY🩸

A scene from the movie Risen (2016) in which the Roman Tribune who gave the command for Jesus to be pierced in the side is then tasked with tracking down his disciples to find out which of them "stole" the body of their leader. In this scene, the living Jesus is revealed, but from the protagonist's perspective, this is terrifying.

[fromtheboundlesssea]

Fox_Maiden: I was just watching an interview with Jane Elliot, the white teacher that created the Blue Eyes-Brown Eyes Experiment to teach other white people about racism and White Privilege. She pointed out that there are pictures of the Baby Jesus that make him look like "The Pillsbury Dough Boy," but in the actual Bible it specifically mentions him having "kinky-woolly hair" and "feet of bronze." Basically, Donald Glover/Chidish Gambino should be JC in the next REALISTIC Biblical movie.

One of my favorite more recent biblical movies is called Risen, while focused on a Roman tribune played by Joseph Fiennes, tasked with tracking down the Jesus’ missing body, we meet the disciples as well as Jesus who, if I can remember correctly, were all mostly played by POCs with the Romans being mainly white actors.

Jesus, properly called Yeshua in the movie, is played by Cliff Curtis, a Māori actor.

It was very enjoyable and, although focused mainly on the Roman tribune, he spends a great amount of time with the disciples and witnesses some of the final days of Yeshua on earth and the ascension. One thing I liked about it was that it was through the eyes of a non-believer and how people can change. It’s a good film.

Here’s the trailers:

I will say one of the funny things I found was that it was rated PG-13 (for very good reason due to some of the violence), but one of the warnings was “biblical violence” and was never sure what the difference was because is not like that violence only ever happened in the Bible.

[k-she-rambles]

In other news, The Prince of Egypt and Risen are still the only acceptable "Bible Films"

[cattythespy]

When the guys have an inside joke about fish and you're the only one who doesn't get it.

[rabbitprayer]

The best part of Risen being from a roman's perspective (a roman who gave the order for him to be pierced the side, no less) is that when he finally sees that Jesus has risen from the grave, it's like a horror movie reveal.

[rabbitprayer]

Another part of Risen that I found interesting is that the main character, as a Roman, is obviously polytheistic. He's a devotee of Mars, but doesn't have any problems believing in the Jewish God. At one point, while trying to track down the disciples and find out who "stole" Jesus's body, he actually pauses to pray to the Jewish God in a very Roman way. He asks that God helps him instead of these scattered followers and promises that in exchange he'll have temples built and games held in His honor. It was a great look at where early gentile converts were coming from when christianity was new.