BOUGHT IT SOME TIME BACK BUT DID NOT SIT DOWN TILL THE OTHER DAY TO WATCH IT.
"PAUL - the APOSTLE"
IT WAS FILMED IN 2000 AND IT 180 MINUTES IN LENGTH.
ON THE FRONT:
"WHERE THE PASSION ENDS...THE STORY OF PAUL BEGINS."
ON THE BACK:
"FROM THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR OF JOSEPH AND JESUS COMES THE STORY OF PAUL THE APOSTLE.
THIS TWO-PART MINISERIES CHRONICLES THE LIFE OF CHRIST'S MOST PROLIFIC MESSENGER. PAUL, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS SAUL OF TARSUS, WAS A PERSECUTOR OF CHRISTIANS UNTIL JESUS CAME TO HIM IN A VISION. FOREVER CHANGED, PAUL WITHSTOOD PERSECUTION AND IMPRISONMENT AND WITH UNFLAGGING DETERMINATION HE SPREAD THE WORD OF CHRIST."
IT IS OVERALL VERY WELL DONE.
HOW DO YOU GET THE LIFE OF PAUL INTO A 3 HOUR MOVIE. JUST REALLY NOT POSSIBLE. SO YOU TAKE THE MOST LIFE TURNING EVENTS IN HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
THEY DID A GOOD JOB OVERALL.
FOR ALL THAT THIS MAN WENT THROUGH IN HIS LIFE. PAUL WAS NO WEAK-SICKLY HUMAN THAT SOMETIMES TOO MANY OF US THINK ABOUT, FROM VARIOUS WRONG IMPRESSION WE SOMEHOW GOT FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHAT "THE THORN IN THE FLESH" PAUL HAD, WHICH GOD DID NOT TAKE AWAY FROM HIM.
SOME BITS OF PAUL'S WORDS ARE THROWN OUT AND COULD BE TAKEN WRONG, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT.
YET THE MOVIE REALLY DOES PUT YOU INTO THE "PICTURE" OF THE DAYS PAUL LIVED IN, AND MINISTERED DURING.
IT ENDS I THOUGHT ON A GOOD POINT: PAUL GETTING TO ROME IN DEFENSE OF HIMSELF AGAINST THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS GUYS WHO WERE AGAINST HIM. HE GETS TO ROME AS HE WANTED, TO THERE PREACH THE TRUTHS OF CHRIST - KINDA WHERE THE BOOK OF ACTS LEAVES HIM.
VERY FINE ACTING BY ALL.
SO OVERALL I WILL RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE, THOUGH IT DOES HAVE MISTAKES HERE AND THERE, LIKE THE REASON PAUL AND BARNABAS PARTED COMPANY.... THE MOVIE GETS IT WRONG. ANY SERIOUS STUDENT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WILL SEE THE MISTAKES, BUT AS I'VE SAID, YOU DO INDEED GET A FEELING OF BEING RIGHT THERE WITH PAUL.
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