tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post3511263315980861813..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: Thumbs up to the beeb's Passionsimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-56352549521370801702008-03-20T09:58:00.000+00:002008-03-20T09:58:00.000+00:00I agree with you on this - I thought the atmospher...I agree with you on this - I thought the atmosphere created was very good...the heaving streets of Jerusalem...we often forget how 'crammed in' it must have felt. But there was something about 'Jesus' which sometimes seemed to sidestep the real sharp edged challenge in his message - the repetition and therefore emphasis of the 'kingdom of God is inside you' seemed to lean towards a rather more 'fuzzy' image of Christianity. He seemed...uncertain. The scene with Mary disconcerted me somewhat. It seemed to me that she seemed somewhat 'bitter' about *having* to bear Jesus and what he had become, nothing like the picture we get in the bible. Granted this is a TV adaptation and various interpretations will be superimposed, but I felt this simply did not fit. <BR/>I haven't watched the second one yet, so we shall see...Lucy Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346977682747924108noreply@blogger.com