History YMMV / ThePassionOfTheChrist

** He's beaten up by Jewish guards, slapped around by the Sanhedrin priests, beaten up by the people in the Temple, scourged so bad by Roman soldiers that his ribs are bared (with an officer explicitly saying they went too far and weren't supposed to beat him to death), has a crown of thorns put on his head (and pushed into his eyes), whipped through the streets while carrying a cross, beaten up and pelted with stones by Jewish mobs, and -- after they dislocate his arm to fit the cross -- he is finally nailed to the cross. It CrossesTheLineTwice when the Roman officer orders his men to put Jesus out of his misery by breaking his legs with a sledgehammer. Though of course, as per the Bible, when the soldiers saw that Jesus was already dead, they didn't break his legs. [[note]]Some scientists believe that when someone is crucified, breaking their legs would leave them unable to support themselves enough to breathe, thus hastening their death. The other two crucified men get this treatment too.[[/note]]

* NightmareFuel: The entire film is this, but Satan and the demon children are especially disturbing.
** Honorable mention goes to the monster beneath the bridge and the face-morphing children who harass Judas, too.
** While Jesus' torture is over the top, [[TruthInTelevision these methods were historically used by the Romans.]]

** Amongst the global Christian audience, the film was received especially well in countries where Catholic and particularly Spanish influences remain predominant, such as Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, as its particular style of religious imagery resonates more strongly there because of two reasons. First, while many modern Protestants (and even modern Catholics in other countries) may be unnerved and turned off by all the blood and violence, it was in fact ''this'' flavor of Catholicism, focusing greatly on Jesus's suffering, torture and death, which Spain favored and introduced in their conquered territories, and thus it's a deeply influential part of Hispanic cultures today (entering one of their chapels as an "outsider" can feel like entering a horror film, not to mention the Spanish Holy Week, which often features real penitents self-harming and bleeding all over despite such activity being "officially" discouraged by the Church). Second, as Spain had [[UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada forcefully Christianized its Jewish population]] even before their conquests of America and the Philippines started, this means these regions have historically negligible Jewish populations, and Spain conquering lands in different continents altogether further distanced the people there from that kind of stuff happening in Europe.[[note]]For instance, the Philippines has a tiny, tiny Jewish minority with ''very'' recent roots, refugees fleeing the Holocaust who got in before the Japanese invaded the country, and most Filipinos aren't even aware about this bit of their history (in contrast to their much larger Muslim minority, as Islam predated Spanish Roman Catholicism in some areas by about two centuries).[[/note]] So the question of anti-Semitism simply wasn't much of a local issue in these places, with many of these people not being even aware that anti-Semitism in the movie exists or can be identified to begin with.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This wasn’t the first Literature/TheFourGospels adaptation to have {{Satan}} appearing to Jesus in the Garden Of Gethsemane. That honour belongs to WesternAnimation/TheMiracleMaker, Series/Jesus1999 and {{Film/Godspell}}.

* OlderThanTheyThink: This wasn’t the first Literature/TheFourGospels adaptation to have {{Satan}} appearing to Jesus in the Garden Of Gethsemane. That honour belongs to WesternAnimation/TheMiracleMaker, Series/Jesus1999 and Film/Godspell.

** Amongst the global Christian audience, the film was received especially well in countries where Catholic and particularly Spanish influences remain predominant, such as Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, as its particular style of religious imagery resonates more strongly there because of two reasons. First, while many modern Protestants (and even modern Catholics in other countries) may be unnerved and turned off by all the blood and violence, it was in fact ''this'' flavor of Catholicism, focusing greatly on Jesus's suffering, torture and death, which Spain favored and introduced in their conquered territories, and thus it's a deeply influential part of Hispanic cultures today (where entering a chapel as an "outsider" can feel like entering a horror film, not to mention their Holy Week, which often features real penitents self-harming and bleeding all over despite such activity being "officially" discouraged by the Church). Second, as Spain had [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition as Spain had forcefully Christianized its Jewish population]] even before their conquest of America and the Philippines started, this means these regions have historically negligible Jewish populations, and Spain conquering lands in different continents altogether further distanced the people there from that kind of stuff happening in Europe.[[note]]For instance, the Philippines has a tiny, tiny Jewish minority with ''very'' recent roots, refugees fleeing the Holocaust who got in before the Japanese invaded the country, and most Filipinos aren't even aware about this bit of their history (in contrast to their much larger Muslim minority, as Islam predated Spanish Roman Catholicism in some areas by about two centuries).[[/note]] So the question of anti-Semitism simply wasn't much of a local issue in these places, with many of these people not being even aware that anti-Semitism in the movie exists or can be identified.

** Amongst the global Christian audience, the film was received especially well in countries where Catholic and particularly Spanish influences remain predominant, such as Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia, as its particular style of religious imagery resonates more strongly there because of two reasons. First, while many modern Protestants (and even modern Catholics in other countries) may be unnerved and turned off by all the blood and violence, it was in fact ''this'' flavor of Catholicism, focusing greatly on Jesus's suffering, torture and death, which Spain favored and introduced in their conquered territories, and thus it's a deeply influential part of Hispanic cultures today (where entering a chapel as an "outsider" can feel like entering a horror film, not to mention their Holy Week, which often still features real penitents self-harming and bleeding all over despite such activity "officially" being discouraged by the church). Second, [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition as Spain had forcefully Christianized its Jewish population even before their conquest of America and the Philippines started]], this means these regions have historically negligible Jewish populations, and Spain colonizing lands in different continents/continental regions altogether further distanced the people there from that kind of stuff happening in Europe.[[note]] For instance, the Philippines has a tiny, tiny Jewish minority with ''very'' recent roots, refugees fleeing the Holocaust who got in before the Japanese invaded the country, and most Filipinos aren't even aware about this bit of their history (in contrast to their much larger Muslim minority, as Islam predated Spanish Roman Catholicism in some areas by about two centuries).[[/note]] So the question of anti-Semitism simply wasn't much of a local issue in these places, with many of these people not being even aware that anti-Semitism in the movie exists or can be identified.

** He's beaten up by Jewish guards, slapped around by the Sanhedrin priests, beaten up by the people in the Temple, scourged so bad by Roman soldiers that his ribs are bared (with an officer explicitly saying they went too far and weren't supposed to beat him to death), has a crown of thorns put on his head (and pushed into his eyes), whipped through the streets while carrying a cross, beaten up and pelted with stones by Jewish mobs, and -- after they dislocate his arm to fit the cross -- he is finally nailed to the cross. It CrossesTheLineTwice when the Roman officer orders his men to put the dying Jesus out of his misery by breaking his legs with a sledgehammer. Though of course, as per the Bible, when the soldiers saw that Jesus was already dead, they didn't break his legs. [[note]]Some scientists believe that when someone is crucified, breaking their legs would leave them unable to support themselves enough to breathe, thus hastening their death. The other two crucified men get this treatment too.[[/note]]

** He's beaten up by Jewish guards, slapped around by the Sanhedrin priests, beaten up by the people in the Temple, scourged so bad by Roman soldiers that his ribs are bared, has a crown of thorns put on his head (and pushed into his eyes), whipped through the streets while carrying a cross, beaten up and pelted with stones by Jewish mobs, and -- after they dislocate his arm to fit the cross -- he is finally nailed to the cross. It CrossesTheLineTwice when the Roman officer orders his men to put the dying Jesus out of his misery by breaking his legs with a sledgehammer.[[note]] Though, of course, the Bible says that when the soldiers saw that Jesus was already dead, they didn't break his legs. Some scientists believe that when someone is crucified, breaking their legs would leave them unable to support themselves enough to breathe.[[/note]]

* {{Applicability}}: While Creator/MelGibson rooted the film in a very traditionalist Catholic viewpoint on the Gospels, it wound up resonating most strongly with evangelical Christians. In its depiction of Jesus' crucifixion before a braying mob, they saw a metaphor for their own perceived marginalization within wider society, with the promise that they would one day inherit the Earth.

** Amongst the global Christian audience, the film was received especially well in countries where Catholic and particularly Spanish influences remain predominant, such as Spain, Latin America and the Philippines, as its particular style of religious imagery resonates more strongly there because of two reasons. First, while many modern Protestants (and even modern Catholics in other countries) may be unnerved and turned off by all the blood and violence, it was in fact ''this'' flavor of Catholicism, focusing greatly on Jesus's suffering, torture and death, which Spain favored and introduced in their conquered territories, and thus it's a deeply influential part of Hispanic cultures today (you can note it in modern Spain, where entering a chapel can feel like entering a horror film, not to mention their Holy Week, which often features real penitents bleeding all over). Second, [[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition as Spain had forcefully Christianized its Jewish population even before their conquest of America started]], this means these regions have historically negligible Jewish populations, so the question of anti-Semitism simply wasn't much of a local issue, with many of these people not being even aware that anti-Semitism in the movie exists or can be identified.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Satan and her evil old man baby, never again referenced. Just Jesus looking out, seeing Satan, and Satan has a very horrible-looking creature in her arms... Some claim it might be a Satanic mockery of Mary and Baby Jesus, while others theorize the baby is the Anti-Christ, but the film itself has no answer.

** Amongst the global Christian audience, the film was received especially well in countries where Catholic and particularly Spanish influences remain predominant, such as Spain, Latin America and the Philippines, as its particular style of religious imagery resonates more strongly there because of two reasons. First, while many modern Protestants (and even modern Catholics in other countries) may be unnerved and turned off by all the blood and violence, it was in fact ''this'' flavor of Catholicism, focusing greatly on Jesus's suffering, torture and death, which Spain favored and introduced in their conquered territories, and thus it's a deeply influential part of Hispanic cultures today (you can note it in modern Spain, where entering a chapel can feel like entering a horror film, not to mention their Holy Week, which often features real penitents bleeding all over). Second, as Spain had forcefully Christianized its Jewish population even before their conquest of America started, this means these regions have historically negligible Jewish populations, so the question of anti-Semitism simply wasn't much of a local issue, with many of these people not being even aware that anti-Semitism in the movie exists or can be identified.