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Originally Posted by Randy
I have a book by Joe Bob Briggs about controversial films (I think it's called Truly Disturbed.) He mentions some of the same movies, but his is a little more historically based, and a lot of the newer films mentioned in the above list weren't mentioned at all. It features some remarkably well-written essays about why each movie was considered so disturbed and/or disturbing.
As far as The Last Tempation of Christ, it's a fine film. I'm amazed that people who claim to have so much "faith" are so opposed to any ideas that differ from their beliefs. If their faith is so strong, why would they care that someone has an alternate viewpoint?
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What were some of the films cited by Joe Bob?
Last Temptation of Christ was a decent movie, and it certainly didn't deserve the kind of criticism it received. I can guarantee you, however, the way it went down. Some church officials got wind of the movie and started raising hell, telling members of their congregation that the film depicted Jesus having sex. It spread from there and got picked up by the media. But during the entire time, nobody bothered to mention that the "sex scene" came in a vision conjured up by Satan. And the people who condemned it the loudest never even saw the film. They were just ignorantly reacting to something which they thought they knew about (but were completely misinformed about). The sheep mentality reigns supreme.