This movie, though spectacular at times, has a major problem regrading not understanding just WHO its audience is. If it is traditional Christians, they will be offended by the nudity in the film and the MINOR problem where Jesus dies and STAYS dead (one character says "he's dead" and the other says "yes but he's in our heart forever" and that's how the movie concludes). If the audience is made up of atheists or agnostics, then they probably aren't too inclined to watch a religious epic in the first place! So who's left to watch it?
Spectacular stunts, decent acting and an amazing scope make watching this movie interesting and some may want to see it for these reasons or because of its historical value. An interesting note--during the ship battle, the leader of the pirates had a head impaled on his sword--an unusual little touch, indeed!
Overall, this movie needed to be remade and the 1959 version is spectacularly better! They are indeed like 2 totally different films.
Spectacular stunts, decent acting and an amazing scope make watching this movie interesting and some may want to see it for these reasons or because of its historical value. An interesting note--during the ship battle, the leader of the pirates had a head impaled on his sword--an unusual little touch, indeed!
Overall, this movie needed to be remade and the 1959 version is spectacularly better! They are indeed like 2 totally different films.