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The best one in its genre.
I'm positive that a lot of people have turned back their gazes to former versions of Jesus's life and death in view of the huge acceptance of Mel Gibson's recent film. Revisiting some of the classic titles is a good exercise in hindsight. How things have changed? To the worse, to be sure. "King of Kings" is an excellent film, one of the best epics ever...
Publié le Mai 21 2004
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Visually interesting but terribly inaccurate
I just watched the King of Kings a few moments ago. Unfortunately I was disappointed. Visually, its re-issued version is awesome - the colors and tones are sharp and brilliant. The cinematography was superb. In terms of the production value, it is impressive. Unfortunately, it is so inaccurate in terms of details - culturally and historically. Sadly, there are so many...
Publié le Oct. 27 2003 par Louis Aguinaldo
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The best one in its genre., Mai 21 2004
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I'm positive that a lot of people have turned back their gazes to former versions of Jesus's life and death in view of the huge acceptance of Mel Gibson's recent film. Revisiting some of the classic titles is a good exercise in hindsight. How things have changed? To the worse, to be sure. "King of Kings" is an excellent film, one of the best epics ever -alongside the also painfully underrated "The Fall of the Roman Empire"-. The film tells the story straightforwardly, mixing in it a little of historic and political speculation. It has a good rhythm, high visual artistry, admirable sets, genuine multitudes... Of course, Jesus is the wisest and most benevolent of men, and it is but right that he be also the most handsome of all: Jeffrey Hunter at his physical best and with bizarre -but culturally right- characterization. Miklos Rosza's score is precisely one of its major assets. I think that he hit the target when it came to produce grandiloquent but available music, apt to bring up a sense of the religious or the military, not forgetting some passages of a sweet beauty, like that one with the Wise men in Bethelem. The film treats Jesus as an all-out hero, on the terms set by his followers: he is a superman, compassionate, able of working miracles, godlike as God's son should be. He delivers his teachings unashamedly and boldly. We are spared ridiculous moments that could issue from clinging too close to the letter of the Gospels. Nicholas Ray is clever enough to offer tactfully the blind man's recovery of sight, the lame walking again, etc Most of the cast is ideally suited, although I find Hurd Hartfield too strained and joyless as Pilate. The battle scenes are amazing, and so are the initial images with Pompey breaking into the Sanctum of the Temple. Whatever your actual feelings about Christianity and Jesus be, you can go back happily to a world of certainties and security ("suspension of disbelief") with a fine work of arte like "King of Kings", very enjoyable. After all, and in the worst of cases, you'll get back your childhood's hero in style. And praise Samuel Bronston, the producer and the man behind half a dozen of the last and best epics from the sixties. He got the money and contributed much more than that. Gen. Franco, by the way, contributed the masses, since the film was shot in Spain and the Spanish Army was put at the team's disposal.
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Classic Transfer!, Avril 21 2003
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Whatever Warner's is doing to make their 'classic' films pop bigger and brighter than their current releases - should definitely put Fox and ESPECIALLY Universal on notice.This transfer is simply gorgeous. Forget about the snap cases, it's the contents that count. A beautiful film that has been given the royal treatment. This one must be added to your collection.
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Powerful, moving & beautiful - especially on DVD!, Jui 26 2003
When I watched this film on DVD for the first time, I was amazed that a film made in the early 1960's could still be presented with such visual splendor today. The excellent video quality combined with the passionate score by famed composer Miklos Rozsa certainly helps to create a timeless work. Of course, the story & actors must be mentioned as well because they are truly the heart and soul of "King of Kings". Jeffrey Hunter's portrayal of Jesus was very well done, and I thorougly enjoyed the performances of the actors who played Peter and John the Baptist as well. The extras included on this DVD are also great bonuses, but truth be told, the impressive quality of this film definitely makes it worth purchasing on DVD.
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CLASSIC REVERANCE FROM HOLLYWOOD!, Fév 13 2003
The 1961 classic telling of the life of our Lord and Saviour captures the pathos for all to witness and actually live within the story. The brilliant portrayal of Jeffery Hunter as Christ holds the audience spellbound and the charactor actors complement the ambiance of the rich deccor and lavish sets. When you look at this film, you cannot help but to yearn for the good old days when epics were concrete and fulfilling. The Musical soundtrack is hauntingly mesmorizing and the climactic ending of this true story stays in ones memory for weeks and months to come. This is the Greatest Story EVER told and it is one you can never forget! You must experience this movie!
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YOU FUNDAMENTALISTS MAKE ME SICK, Mai 15 2004
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I just got done watching my newly acquired dvd of KING OF KINGS.So I decided to go online to write a review.And like always I read other reviews as not to repeat what others have already said.To my shock and disgust I'm hit with one berating after another.READ THE NEXT SECTION LIKE A WHINEY FIRST GRADER: ("That didn't happen in the bible" "This didn't happen in the bible"I'm gonna tell!) That's what you fundamentally retarded people sound like.I can care less about SO CALLED SCRIPTURAL ACCURACIES.If that's so important to you watch your lame copy of JESUS W/Brian Deacon.Wow! badly portraying word for word what's in the bible. You're absolutely right! That is the way to go. Conveying a message and emotional connection are far more important to me.All 4 gospels total approximately 200 pages (give or take the size of the print).Hardly a dent in the life of a 33 year old man.I sure am glad you stopped the movie as not ruin your childrens' thinking. They'll make great document lawyers.I'm done with likes of you. NOW I WRITE TO THE TRUE CHRISTIANS,The ones that believe with their hearts, not a KING JAMES six gun.I bought this disc about a week ago.While (Jesus of Nazareth) is my favorite and (The Greatest Story Ever Told) is a close second,this movie has an untouchable magic of it's own.Sure they spent a little too much time on Barabbas,and Robert Ryan's portrayal of John the baptist is no better than a cold reading, as if he's seen the script for the first time.Or any thing else you want to nitpik about.But the score is wonderful and so many moments will force tears from your eyes,if you only relax yourself into movie.If you contemplate getting this DVD I strongly suggest that you do.The picture is remastered nicely and the sound is very fulfilling,bonus features;not much, total less than 10 minues.Even if you have a personal recording from TCM like I do. Get the disc.It offers you an even more panoramic view not shown on Turner Classic Movies.
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ANOTHER GREAT BIBLICAL EPIC, Avril 21 2004
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I think this movie is one of the best because it's full of deeply moving moments, and spectacular acting by Jeffrey Hunter and other people. As you might have noticed the actor for Herid the second is also the actor for Ponchus Pilot in Ben-Hur.This movie is special because it shows the miracles Jesus did, and it shows diferent point of views from diferent people not just Jesus.My favorite scene in the movie is The Sermon on the Mount.In this scene I think Jesus says his most memerable lines, and it includes the first ever lords prayer. Overall it's a great film, and i'd reccomend it to anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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All I ever had and still a sentimental favorite, Avril 20 2004
I first saw the King of Kings as a young girl on the big screen where everything seems to translate better, for example; those close-ups of Hunter's piercing blue eyes but since I have become a more 'mature, well-read person' this rendition of the life of Christ is pretty heavy handed with Roman history, for example, Tiberius never had a daughter as portrayed by Viveca Lindfors. The Romans were invited in to settle a dispute/civil war that had been ensuing over the appointment of High Priest and this underscores what a long bloody graveyard Israel has been for sometime. BUT the absolute beauty, 50% of the movie is the score written by the genius Miklos Rozsa and though the Zefferelli masterpiece "Jesus of Nazareth" is a far more intelligent portrayal, the King of Kings carries great emotional weight for me personally. I highly recommend it. It still holds itw own desite its shortcomings.
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The life and death of Jesus from a political perspective, Avril 12 2004
The 1961 remake of "King of Kings" (it was originally a 1927 silent film) is the most political of the Hollywood epics on the life of Jesus, a genre that would include "The Greatest Story Ever Told" and "Jesus of Nazareth" but not "The Last Temptation of Christ" or "The Passion of the Christ." By "political" I mean that Jesus is born into what is clearly a political world. The film begins with Pompey the Great, the Roman conqueror of Israel, profaning the Temple. The Jews are presented as an enslaved people, put to work in quarries to produce the stone for Roman monuments, making it seem like we are covering the same ground as "The Ten Commandments." Herod the Great is presented as being an Arab who is installed as the "King of the Jews" and who crucifies hundreds of his rebellious subjects. Pilate (Hurd Hatfield) is apparently married to the daughter of the Emperor Tiberius, and therefore has aspirations of becoming the next Caesar. Pilate and Herod Antipas (Frank Thring), along with their wives, apparently eat dinner together every night. "King of Kings" also has the distinction of having the biggest battle scene in a movie about Jesus as the men of Barabbas (Harry Guardino), pointedly called patriots and not zealots, attack a column of Roman centurions. At one point Pilate asks, "How many men does he have?" The centurion replies, "God, Jesus or Barabbas?" "Barabbas," answers Pilate. The Jews are clearly a political problem for the Roman procurator, who is offended that Jerusalem is bedecked with statues of the Roman gods. When I watched this film again today it seemed clear to me that screenwriter Philip Yordan is not happy with the story found in the Gospels and keeps creating new scenes. John the Baptist (Robert Ryan) goes to see Mary (Siobhan McKenna) and Jesus goes to visit John in prison (so much for the rather sobering idea that the only time these two cousins ever met was when John baptized Jesus). John argues for Jesus to go to Jerusalem at the start of his ministry, and when Jesus chooses a different path, John goes instead, making it really easy for Herod Atipas to arrest him. Meanwhile, Mary is overly resistant to her son beginning his ministry; no doubt this is intended to be foreshadowing of the death of Jesus, but it does reflect poorly on her faith (compared this to the powerful portrayal of Mary in Mel Gibson's film or the serene faith of the mother of Jesus in "Jesus of Nazareth"). In many ways this film does not trust Jeffrey Hunter with the role of Jesus that he is playing. Many of the miracles are done with heavenly music playing and often Orson Welles narration (written by an uncredited Ray Bradbury) takes great pains to tell us what we are seeing (Welles has a curious habit of pronouncing all of the letters if the word "apostle"). I do not think Jesus says anything before he saves the adulteress with the wonderful first stone criteria. But then this film does a complete about face and lets Hunter do what I think is the longest segment in one of these films concerning the Sermon on the Mount. Ultimately, this is the pivotal scene of "King of Kings." The key thing is that this is a Jesus who comes down from the Mount to walk amongst the people and talk more directly to them. Hunter does have a few good moments, where he clearly comes across as trying to persuade the multitude to be righteous instead of just preaching platitudes. This is a Jesus who is trying to relate, which results in a curious juxtaposition of a Sixties "cool" Jesus and a political climate reflecting a Fifties "Cold War" mentality. This film was produced at the start of the Sixties, so Jesus is not really being portrayed as a hippie, but the long hair is certainly there. Hunter's natural stare has an inherent element of rebuke in it, so it is not like this Jesus is any type of hippie. The attempt at a more naturalistic delivery by Jesus does work at times during the Sermon, and it is the one scene that justifies watching this epic. Hunter's performance also stands out in comparison to those of his disciplines, where neither Royal Dano as Peter or a young Rip Torn as Judas distinguish themselves in any way; Pilate and Herod Antipas are the two most interesting characters in the film, set up because for this film the crucifixion of Jesus is clearly a political act. It was explained to me once how each of the four Gospels has a different perspective on the life of Jesus and essentially a different purpose. In looking at the major films made about the life of Jesus you can probably make a similar claim. Of those films, "King of Kings" with its heavy political themes becomes the easiest one to so label.
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A Good Movie About the Life of Jesus!, Avril 11 2004
I taped and watched the 1927 silent movie The King of Kings a few nights ago on Turner Classic movies and today I saw the 1961 remake and I liked both movies. My favorite movie about Jesus is still Jesus of Nazareth in which Robert Powell gave a wonderful performance as Jesus but I also think Jeffrey Hunter was very good as Jesus and I'm glad that I finally watched this movie version. I didn't think I was going to like this movie because of all of the negetive reviews I read complaining about the movie and Jeffrey Hunter and saying things like he was to blond and looked like a blond surfer dude playing Jesus, well I didn't think his hair looked all that blond and looked more like light brown to but that's besides the point and I just really didn't have any major problems with this movie and now count it as one of my favorite movies about Jesus and I very greatly recommend it. The only reason I give this 4 stars instead of 5 is because I thought they could have done a better job with the resurrecion and ascension scenes which I thought were done better in other Jesus movies including the 1927 Cecil B. Demille version of King of Kings but anyway besides the minor complaint I liked this 1961 movie and I just taped it from TCM today on Easter Sunday and someday I might buy the DVD.
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Moving but Inaccurate, Avril 1 2004
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I first saw King of Kings on TV a few years ago and I find it quite an interesting film. With a superb score and narration from Orson Welles Nicholas Ray tries to tie his major charachters together but sadly in doing so he almost fictionalises the story. Jefferey Hunter is good but only in patches and at times looks uncomfortable with his role, this goes for the whole film. Pilate is played well but the Baptist played by Robert Ryan is terrible while the apostles are nobodies and act as such. The political landscape is described accuratly at the beginning but decends into farce with Herod, Pilate and Caiphas plotting together to kill Jesus - NOT TRUE. These three all despised each other and would never had sat in a room together. The scenes involving Christ, except for the sermon on the mount are at times rushed as Ray wishes to get back to Barrabas who rises from a minor detail of the Gospels to some kind of historical leader while Jesus becomes increasingly oblivious to all that is going on, I mean Jesus just shuts himself up in the Temple while Barrabbas starts a full scale rebellion. The passion is quite moving but the sight of Hunter's clean shaven chest and armpits is quite strange and in the end it all looks a bit unreal. The ressurection scene is then rushed through terribly and looks something like a dream or hallucination. Nevertheless an interesting look at the Gospel story but definately through holywood eyes.
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