I wanted to but couldn't!

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I guess there is no plot spoiler. Jesus dies in the end. The script attempted to be historical as opposed to religious, taking a smidgeon more than a dramatic license. The attention to detail of the period and costuming seemed superb. I enjoyed the fact they did the Last Supper correctly, minus table and chairs. The film grossly downplayed the divinity of Jesus, turning this into another film about the Bible that is more secular than following the script. Three members of the supporting cast were excellent as expected: Kelsey Grammer briefly as King Herod; John Rhys-Davies as Annas and Rufus Sewell as Caiaphas.Haaz Sleiman played a befuddled Jesus who had to be convinced of his divinity. His speech was slow, easy and broken, as I felt he was the guy from which I get my Slurpee. Many characters looked like they were from the region with sun aged skin.The film was about the life of Jesus and only a small part dealt with his killing, a title O'Reilly seems to be stuck on for better or worse. He attempted to make the film seem historical, and for that he should have hung closer to the Gospel of Luke, in my opinion. He omitted the courtyard disturbance right before his arrest, which many historians consider significant, while he included the "slaughter of the innocents" an event historians doubt.The role of Judas was confusing. Salome was interesting.This is a good film about Jesus, if you can get past a Bart Ehrman Jesus. Not as bad as the recent "Noah" or "Exodus..."

Firstly I have no idea why the negative reviews, watch this as you would any National Geo production. I believe that this is a closer representation of the life of Jesus than Jesus of Nazareth. It was great to see an Arab actor playing Jesus as this is more believable.See this as what it is, an honest look using only historical facts of a story. I think Haaz Sleiman is brilliant playing Jesus & so is Stephen Moyer as Pontius Pilate. I understand that this will not be for devout Christians, but open minded people who are willing to take another view of a story.I was reluctant watching this as I am not a fan of Bill O'Reilly, but I decided to give it a shot and was pleasantly surprised, I think maybe his strength is in writing rather than television.

I was intrigued that Ridley Scott would produce a re-telling of the Christ story written by a conservative catholic TV commentator for National Geographic. I watched it guardedly, but was moved by it in the end. Bill O'Reilly's focus is the political situation in Palestine at the time, and although Jesus is the central character, the story really focuses on other people's reaction to -and expectations of- Jesus. It's not surprising that none of the miracles are shown on screen as the authorities had not seen them and would most likely be dismissive of them anyway. The result is high drama and tension as the authorities keep arguing over jurisdictional issues.

I am so happy to get this type of program but I don't understand why all the inaccuracies. It's not as if the story of Jesus isn't compelling enough without having to tweak it to keep the audience watching. Some of the inaccuracies seemed just random and serviced no purpose and others seemed very intentional and purposely misleading. I'm not sure which is worse. Who did the producers make this for anyway? It was not provocative enough for non-believers and not accurate enough for believers. A note to the producers: Next time, if you intend to tell a Christian story, get the facts right. At best the inaccuracies are a distraction and at worst they are insulting to those who know what is historically accurate. I feel confident that you won't lose believers or non-believers if Christian stories are well done and true.