They killed Lazarus!

I was recently watching The Last Temptation of Christ, which is not a terrific movie despite the talents of Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese. I hadn't watched the whole thing before now, so it was a fair amount of entertainment. I absolutely loved the soundtrack by Peter Gabriel, by the way, and I still do.

I was laughing so hard at one point, however, I couldn't believe it wasn't a comedy. First of all, I understand that this movie amounts to heresy for most Christians. Well, I say Fuck all the Christians, including G.W. Bush. But second, portraying Jesus as a somewhat hesitant, surprised god-in-training wasn't very convincing despite Dafoe's genius acting.

However, the scene where Jesus raises Lazarus was pretty cool and neat. Lazaurs rises, and his hand is grotesque and white, skin falling off, and covered in bandages. It was a neat scene. A couple days later, we see Saul (who is in cahoots with Judas) talking with Lazarus.

In a reprisal of his role in Apocalypse Now, Saul asks Lazarus about dying, "What was it like?"

Lazarus says some stupid shit, then, Saul pulls out a knife. He holds it for a second, then, stabs Lazarus. Lazarus falls down dead, and Saul and his two buddies trot off into the desert.

That shit was extremely funny. I don't remember reading that in the Bible. Poor bastard Lazarus dies, raises from the dead, and then is killed! That's awesome. If you're going to make a sacrilegious film, that's the proper way to do it.