BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Raetsonwe Redundant and unnecessary.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

laitalatoni Obviously, this is a dramatized presentation in attempt to picture us the story of Jesus. It is my opinion, and I have studied the Bible and I am a believer of Christ Jesus, that this movie's script is very well made. In most of the points made, I have come to same conclusion with my studies. Also the man portraying Jesus (R.Powell) does an amazing job. I am convinced that Powell has never done anything that has such value in this cinematic world full of rude, ugly and just plain satanic stories.1977, there's an interview with Powell, that was conducted in the movie set - it explains how Robert had very immature knowledge about Christ when began shooting the movie. Since Powell felt he knew way too little about his character, he read the Bible from cover to cover. After doing so and now being aware of the gospel, he said: "Now, I do believe in Christ and His divinity, even thou I do not necessarily go to church". It is well seen and felt in this movie, that God spoke to Robert and Robert answered Him. I've never seen anyone come even close in portraying Jesus, although a good attempt was made by Henry Ian Cusick in Gospel of John (2003). Still "Jesus of Nazareth" has so much more personal feeling. And no wonder, since Powell felt the presence of holy God; the power of Truth.Just see the movie. It starts a bit slow, but after Jesus starts His ministry, you wish the movie would never stop! Also, it's good to know that Powell warned people in social media. he said something like this: "Do not worship me, I am not Christ Jesus, I am an actor who acted Jesus. I did this for money. People are putting images of me in their place of worship. Stop worshipping me! Rather, respect the true Jesus and worship God".Making a movie or watching a movie does not save a soul - but a movie actor (or anyone), inspired by the biblical Truth, can inspire anyone to seek for it. God bless you, who seek to live in His good will!

adonis98-743-186503 Beginning before the Nativity and extending through the Crucifixion and Resurrection, Jesus OF NAZARETH brings to life all the sweeping drama in the life of Jesus, as told by the Gospels. I never knew that this was a 2 episodes TV series cause every Easter they start it around Tuesday and it ends on Saturday not a huge problem but it was a cool info for me to this day i don't think there will be anyone else that will come close to portray Jesus as good as Robert Powell did but also great performances by the whole supporting cast they did an excellent job and Franco Zeffirelli is another reason why this series came out so great or in this case so real and even tho it's been years since i saw it it's not something that is forgettable honestly always.

tomsview This two-part mini-series covers the life of Jesus even before the beginning. It's long, but holds your interest to the end, and some passages are absolutely riveting, although there is no way that such a telling could avoid controversy.It shows how powerful the story can be in the hands of gifted writers, Anthony Burgess among others, and an inspired director, Franco Zeffirelli.With that said though, this is probably the least spectacular of the three big productions that tell the traditional life of Jesus; the others being Nicholas Ray's epic "King of Kings" and George Steven's measured "The Greatest Story Ever Told". "Jesus of Nazareth" is photographed in a no frills manner, and avoids conventional depictions of many of the events, especially the crucifixion.Maurice Jarre's effective score has a crisp sound, halfway between the symphonic scores for "King of Kings" and "Greatest Story", and Peter Gabriel's new-age opus for "The Last Temptation of Christ". The film has major stars in many of the roles big and small, as did Steven's "Greatest Story". Zeffirelli's film seems more successful in fitting the big names into their characters although Peter Ustinov was such a distinctive personality that his Herod seems rather tongue-in-cheek, even when he is ordering something as horrendous as the slaughter of the innocents. However, Robert Powell's performance is fascinating. How does any actor interpret Jesus? There are no acknowledged physical descriptions of the historical Jesus so who is to say that he didn't have auburn hair and blue eyes? Unlikely of course, but beyond appearance, Powell and Zeffirelli saw him as an ethereal being, as though he is constantly aware of the fate that awaits him. Most portrayals of Jesus tend to do that, and you could argue that it is too obvious an approach, but it probably captures the way his disciples and followers must have seen him - a unique man seemingly existing on a higher plane. Otherwise, why would they have followed him when it was so dangerous to do so? Although some characters were invented for the purposes of the drama, I think the series as a whole presented the story of the Gospels in an honest and accessible way, but obviously made by a director with a deep faith.Of course, it's such a powerful story with a massive influence on the history of mankind, that the door is always open for another interpretation.

amber_van_den_bos As the passion of Christ was a bit extreme,where you'd think that in that film they could have take a nudge down.. this film is just the opposite.. It annoyed me deeply that this film was way to brave, the way Jesus gets angry, I was waiting for the temple scene, but even in that scene he couldn't -or maybe wasn't allowed- to get angry. You don't even see him get hit a single time,since that's also a 'big' part of the movie I think they could have done a better job on that part. Jesus suffered for us, but if you see this movie you'd almost start to wonder.. It's not even a problem to let children watch this movie, to learn about Jesus.