Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Disapointment

A Disappointing Continuation

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

I didn't watch this movie until years later. My husband and I ordered the DVD and we were amazed at the brilliant portrayal of Jesus. We watch this DVD regularly. This is the best acting of the portrayal of Jesus that I have seen with the exception of the crucifixion because it wasn't long enough (Jim Caviezel did the best crucifixion). This movie needs to be re-released at the theaters. The portrayal reminds us of the way we envision that the real Jesus would conduct himself. I appreciate the energy and passion that was written and performed for the characters of Jesus, John the Baptist, Nathanial, and the Pharisees. I also like the scene where Jesus heals the blind man and the man that couldn't walk.

This movie was remarkable and took my breath away. I have watched this movie a few times over. Even that the script was word from word from the bible. The acting was BRILLIANT. Henry Ian Cusick made you believe he was Christ himself. Cusick made you believe in GOD all over again. Christopher Plummer narration of the story made it exciting to watch. He put suspense in it even though you knew what was going to happened. Jeff Danna score to the movie FOLLOW ME made you cry at the end of the movie knowing that Christ will never been seen again unless he wanted you to. This movie touched my heart, and should be played every year in churches and homes through out the world. This was the best biblical movie I have ever seen.

This movie is totally captivating. I had been so used to the rather cliché evangelistic films that when I watched it for the first time I had not put my expectations too high. But once you start watching it you simply can't get your eyes off the screen. This is Christian art at its best. The Scriptures do come alive as you follow the story. Jesus is real in this film, and so are all the other characters. This depiction of Jesus may be the closest to expressing the rich and glorious Person that He is. The depth of the Lord's emotion, commitment, wisdom, generosity, bravery, submission and love, as well as His teaching and ministry come across so clearly that there can be no doubt that this is Jesus Christ, the Lord.This film will shake you to the core. I was impressed with the debates Jesus had with the Jews. He was displaying deep human emotion yet His authority as the Son of God ministering to people did come through very clearly as well. They reached the perfect balance to show the Son of Man as the Son of God. You cannot but see the love of God in "The Gospel of John."Of course, Mel Gibson's "The Passion" has to be taken into account, as one of the top films on the subject, too. Yet, "The Passion" focuses only on the hours before and after Jesus' crucifixion, while this one goes through the whole Gospel of John. I can see the Holy Spirit's hand all over this production. May God bless the director, actors, producers and the whole crew for putting their talent and work to retell the greatest story of all time in a way that is faithful to the Word and worth watching over and over.

My husband and I don't usually go for these types of movies and I can honestly say that I can rarely sit through an entire one but my brother in law recommended it to us and insisted that we borrow his copy to watch it. Well by night's end he forgot to give us the DVD to take home & we didn't remind him, LOL. About a week later a small package arrived that neither of us ordered, to our surprise inside was a copy of The Gospel of John purchased for us as a gift by my brother in law. Well neither of us wanted to be an ingrate so we sat down to just to check out a bit of the movie so we could at least say we saw it. Well were we glad we did. Mostly because Henry Ian Cusick's portrayal of Jesus Christ was absolutely outstanding and kept us watching. He had all the peace and calming effect that I can only imagine of Jesus radiating from him. I felt so at peace watching this man portray Jesus Christ that I just had to comment to my husband on what I was feeling and he agreed one hundred percent. Well needless to say we watched the entire movie and enjoyed it a great deal. Although all the actors did great jobs in their rolls I would recommend this movie on the basis of Mr. Cusick's performance alone. I must say too that I was thrilled to see Mr. Cusick appear on Lost which is also a fantastic TV show that only improved with the addition of Mr. Cusick to the cast. I hope everyone will enjoy the movie as much as we did and don't forget to check out Lost.