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Why?!! Why does every new series have to be "TV-MA"?! Don't you writers have vocabulary that contains words with more than 4 letters? Stop it already. It's ignorant and immature and lacks creativity. I watched Fred MacMurray in "Murder, He Says" last night. Screwball comedy, funny, clean, entertaining. I have watched Steve Martin and Martin Short make clean funny movies for years. Parenthood, Father of the Bride, Three Amigos, Mars Attacks!. Those were good movies. C'mon man! Give us something decent to watch. Do you talk your mother like they talk in this series? I mean I can handle a word or two here or there. I don't live under a rock. But when people talk like potty mouthed teenagers I call them out on it. I was looking forward to something new and creative. So tired of this. Grow up, will you!

The original Italian title did not include "Saint". Stark documentary style shot on location in the rocky Alps of Italy. Dedicated to Pope John XXIII who had recently passed away. Director Pier Paolo Pasolini was a Marxist and an atheist. The role of Jesus was played by a 19 year old (there's an historical inaccuracy right there) Spanish economics student with his voice dubbed. He later became a literature professor. So the first scenes are close-ups staring at pitiful looking people which may not be totally unrealistic. We're supposed to know or assume who the characters are. Then the angel that appeared was female in form which is another biblical in accuracy. The first words of dialogue were direct scripture quotes. The wisemen looked like homeless dudes. Maybe it was all more realistic? Certainly different from Hollywood depictions. I don't think actors that were ugly looking Italian people is any more realistic than the white British actors of the biblical films from the 50s and 60s. Almost 20 minutes in...Scene after scene of no dialogue and deadpan stares by the actors. John the Baptist did not sprinkle people over the head with water when he baptize them. Hello he was called John the Baptist! Matthew 3:16 "when Jesus came up out of the water". This movie would not make much sense to anyone under 50 in our biblically illiterate society today. Way too much is assumed of the viewer. It was not the same moving experience for me that it apparently was for Martin Scorsese. I stopped after about 30 minutes. Since I am biblically literate I probably rated it lower than some people might. I would've given it a 5.0 but from the little I watched there were already too many inaccuracies. I guess that perspective is similar with many movies that are based on books. This is just one person's opinion of course.

This is not Shakespeare. Yes, the words and plot resemble his play. But the heart, the spirit, the presentation were nothing like Shakespeare. It was laborious and tiresome. And directors in Hollywood, would you please stop the whispering, grunting, mumbling, breathy dialogue! I'm so tired of it. Speak in a normal voice or do a better job at processing the audio. I am done with that style of filmmaking!