Wittenburg Door’s 10 Worst Movies About Jesus is a sore reminder of how Jesus gets jammed into oodles of idiocy. As if this stuff wasn’t enough, some schmuck had to go and make Zombie Jesus and Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter. Hmm. Not sure if He’s laughing or winding up for a lightning strike…
In my book, any films with black Jesus’s, singing Jesus’s, glowing Jesus’s, or girlie Jesus’s get the kibosh. And “Jesus documentaries” by PBS or the Discovery Channel automatically make my list of worsts, as do those “investigations” that promise the unfolding of “new” data about the real Jesus. My only contention with WD’s list is The Robe which, as a kid, got me all goose-bumpy.
No singing Jesuses. Guess this means Godspell is out.