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Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
Mary a little too much?
The movie was decent. Christian Bale seemed a little too young to be 33, or a little too emotional to be Jesus. The main thing that bothered me, though, was the emphasis on Mary as being perfect. She should be more emotional than Jesus. She should not always have this great perspective about why he does or says things. In the Bible, she doesn't say much at all. It is wrong to give her all these lines that make her out to be something the Bible never implies that she is: perfect.
The only person who was ever without sin is Jesus. I think it would be much more interesting if someone made a movie in which they tried to show the difference between the perfect and imperfect by showing Mary as a fallen being and her son as perfect.
How great would it be to see Jesus honoring his father and mother who could not fully comprehend his wisdom? I think Mel Gibson watched this movie before he made his, because the relationship between Mary and Jesus is very similar in The Passion Of The Christ, as well.