One of the reasons the scenes from Sucker Punch are so re-watchable is that it takes at least a couple viewings to disconnect the sexy from all the crazy shit going on in the 'background'.

When I re-watch whole movies that I love I often try to focus on a specific aspect, such as direction, cinematography, etc., on each viewing. With Sucker Punch it's just thighs and crazy-ass cgi...and that's just enough .

Good to know that "The Book of Eli" is not a movie I should bother seeing. It sounds pretty awful.

On the subject of the Bible, and for anyone with secular humanist leanings, I cannot recommend this book enough: http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Name-Was-Jud … 003T0FMIS/

"My Name Was Judas" - C.K. Stead (2006)

"My Name Was Judas" purports to give an alternative account of the life of Jesus, as witnessed by his childhood friend Judas who didn't, in this telling, hang himself (or even betray Jesus in the first place) being guilty only of skepticism where his fellow disciples were not. In this telling, after the crucifixion Judas lived to a ripe old age and finally got to tell his story in his dotage. (- Amazon reviewer's words, not mine, as they were more succinct)

I recently re-read it and was reminded of it when you brought up mention of the fig tree. Here is that scene, according to this book:

Jesus, in the lead, marched like a general through his camp, so preoccupied with thoughts of tomorrow’s battle he failed to notice his foot soldiers. In the garden at the back of the house there was a fig tree. Seeing it, Jesus declared he was hungry and wanted fruit.

It was spring, not the time of year for figs or any other fruit, but I supposed he must be exhausted and confused. He stared up into the branches, finding only leaves. I expected the recognition of his mistake to strike him, and that he would laugh at himself, but not at all – he seethed with rage. The tree had denied him. It would be punished. He cursed it. Let it never bear fruit again! Let it die!

I looked at my fellow disciples. They were avoiding one another’s eyes. No one spoke. Jesus set off again, still black with rage, and we followed, an unhappy band at the end of what should have been a day of triumph.

It is not available in the USA (shocker) but can be purchased internationally and as an e-book.

I loved it, as someone who grew up attending Catholic school, but for whom faith never really "took". According to the author: "I see Judas as a much-maligned character, and in my novel he doesn't betray Christ literally. He simply doesn't believe in his divinity."

A fascinating read. Highly recommend.

I like that, it's catchy.

On the movie, isn't this the one where it opens with Denzel killing a cat?

Gethsemane is also a corker of a song, where even Jesus becomes a skeptic. It needs someone with a big (vintage 'Meat Loaf' like) voice. Ian Gillan belted it out on the originally studio recording from Webber/Rice.

Cool, thanks for the heads-up.

Michael Crawford did an album of a bunch of Andrew Lloyd Webber's showstoppers, and did a phenomenal, more operatic version of this.

For Aussies here, Johnny Farnham also sung a rip-snorta version (that's a fair dinkum bonza Aussie expression) of Gethsemane on the 1992 Cast Recording.