Jesus Christ Super Star Movie Review

I thought this would be a good movie because some of my friends owned and they had said it was good and that they liked but after watching it I wish I hadn’t.

Jesus Christ Super Star was produced in 1973, it is written by Frank Lloyd. It is about the conflict between Jesus and Judas and who Judas starts to think Jesus has gotten too big and popular and if they don’t stop they are going to get killed.        

The movie is filmed in the Roman ruins in Israel but the buildings are crumpled it is hard to get a sense of what they’re doing or were they are so it makes it really confusing. Some of the clothing and costumes could have been way better even in that time era there have been movies that were given better ratings then this because it wasn’t a Rock opera and it had good costumes not just a guy with a purple cap and a golden crown that looks similar to an olive branch and ta-da Pontius Pilot.    

Also the acting is horrible like when Jesus (Ted Neeley) is hanging on the cross, he moves his hands away from the wooden crosspieces, showing that the nails are just nail heads stuck to his palms. Or during "King Herod's Song", when there is a close up of the pianist, you can see that a female is sitting on the piano. Later on, the female gets up to dance, but when there is another close up of the pianist after the dancer leaves, you can still see someone sitting on the piano because they used the same part. And last in the long shot of Judas Iscariot hanging himself, you can see the noose attached to a beige-colored harness on Carl Anderson's back.

I think that this movie is offensive movie towards most Christians because it mixes some facts and makes Jesus look like he is married to Mary Magdalene because in the Bible it says he came from heaven so he could not marry because he was god. Also they have tanks chasing Judas and the Roman guards have machine guns and there’s jets flying over the desert and in the market scene they have a M60 for sale and grenades. In my opinion I think that this movie is very poorly written they are missing large and important parts like his resurrection, and Pontius Pilate in the bible doesn’t want Jesus crucified and asks the people if they would rather have this man who is a thief and a murderer out of jail or Jesus and the people vote for Jesus death.