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As stated earlier, the film/novel depart substantially from [[The Bible]]'s account of Jesus' life. First to come to mind is that Jesus, while still capable of miracle working, is a [[God Is Flawed|deeply flawed]] human being, with the same weaknesses and vulnerabilities as everyone else. Secondly, [[Villain Decay|Judas isn't that bad of a guy.]] Instead of outright betraying Jesus, he's practically forced into it by the man himself. Finally, {{spoiler|Jesus wanted to have kids}}.
 
Yes, you heard right, spoiler readers: in what's probably the major reason this film was protested so heavily when it was released, ''The Last Temptation of Christ'' is simply {{spoiler|the opportunity for Jesus to have a normal life}}. This caused nothing but consternation from the religious groups, as [[wikipedia:The Last Temptation of Christ chr(28)filmchr(29film)#Controversial content|this]] nicely describes. The really weird thing is that the Bible mentions Jesus was "tested in every way." While the text does not explicitly mention sexual temptations, he must have endured them, or else he would not have been tested in every way. The implication that Jesus built crosses for the Romans to crucify people on and a few theologically wonky lines (like Jesus wanting God to stop loving him and later calling fear his god) might have also caused a few to protest as well.
 
The film won Scorsese a nomination for best director, but he'd have to wait about 20 years before ''[[The Departed]]'' would finally give it to him.
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* [[The Messiah]]: Mildly subverted -- this ain't yo momma's Jesus.
* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: All of the actors, but Harvey Keitel got the most crap for it. This was a deliberate artistic decision by Scorsese:
{{quote| I mean, basically, they say, okay, this is a defense, in a way. We don't have to get too emotionally involved because this happened a long time ago and people spoke funny. We said no, this man talks like you, talks like me, some guy has a Brooklyn accent, another guy has a Canadian accent... where does it say that everybody in ancient Judea spoke by listening to the BBC?}}
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: JESUS has one, when he resurrects Lazarus. Not even HE thought he'd be able to do it, and when he does, his quiet little "God Help Me" shows just how overwhelmed he is by his own power.
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