Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Scott Baldwin (Meven_Stoffat) Happy Easter, everyone!!! Love is in the air!!!... just not on IMDb, and especially not on my review of this demolition of a classic.I'm one of the few who thinks Andrew Lloyd Webber is the worst thing to happen to musical theatre and the cause of the downfall of modern society. I think that JCS is quite possibly the ONE good thing that he has ever been a part of, and it was one of my favourite movies as a child. This weekend, this remake aired on TV, and I figured this would be a good watch, eh? No, actually.First off, the look of the movie is incredibly awful. I totally don't believe this was shot at Pinewood- for starters, this film looks like a cross between a commercial for some 1990's street clothing company, and a Colour Me Badd music video. What's with all the graffiti??? Are they trying to make this a "street tough" JCS??? Lots accuse the 70's movie of being too "hippie", but I respectfully disagree, and besides, even if it was, it still would be way better than this trainwreck of a film. Especially hilarious was the Pilate's Dream scene... it looked like a gay porn spoof of Aladdin.The cast is HORRIBLE!!!! The one good performer in this is Tony Vincent... shame he got a role so small (Simon) and below his INCREDIBLE range!!! And why does he look like a gay stripper in this movie???? He should have been Judas. Speak of the devil (no pun intended), Jerome Pradon is quite possibly the worst singer ever to make it to the stage. His voice is so nasal and whimpy. And then there are times I thought I was listening to Yogi Bear singing. I actually laughed during Heaven on their Mind, when he yelled "JEEEEEESSSUUUUUSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!". Actually, since I recorded this on my PVR, I go back and rewind that part over and over if I need a laugh. Then, there's Glen Carter... and even he sucked!!!! His falsetto was so bad, he even made me laugh in the wrong places too. "MOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYY TAMPLAH SHAD BEEEEHHH A HOOOOSEEEE OF PRAAAAHAAAAYAAAAHHHHRRRRRR!!!!!" don't get me started. Those calling him good, GET YOUR EARS CHECKED. Also, I love when he over-emphasizes "obssessed" in "What's the Buzz"... "Whah ah you Obsessed with faaaatttting!!!!!" Mary sounds like she's singing with her throat. Pilate?? Let me just say he has nothing on Barry Dennen's kick-ass rasp that totally added.As for the production in general... I gotta give props to Tony because he really acted and sang his face off in this trainwreck. Why did they make Judas a leather jacket-wearing punk who acts creepily around women (what was with the flirting during "Everything's alright"? Why does Herod look like Al Capone??? Why does Jesus come off as a wimp who looks like Robert Plant in a wifebeater??? Why does Judas wear red in the finale and sing spitefully in Jesus' face during "Superstar"? WHy does Jesus cry like a baby during the crucifixion? Why does Jesus deliver his final line like "I commend... MYYYYYYYYY SPPPIIIIIIIIIIIRIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!" (on the same topic, does whoever directed this think a man who got whipped senselessly, forced to carry his own cross, nailed and hung from the cross have the energy to do that?!?!?!?!)?. Oh, and don't forget, I was just yelling "Hurry up and die already!" at the screen during the crucifixion... not a good sign.Just avoid this disaster. Seek the 73 version out because it's a rockin' movie, and Carl Anderson and Ted Neely FTW.

pimsh I must say I didn't think it was a good movie. The acting was quite fake in my opinion, and the songs you hear are way to classic. Some people may like that (the classical interpretations of the songs) but I really didn't. It's a rock-musical, and it stood stay that way.I've also heard the classic version of Gethsemane of Steve Balsimo. It was very very good, but not the way the should be sang, like Ted Neeley did in the original version in 1973. Gale Edwards raped the best song of the musical. I didn't had the feeling he really meant the words he said and that's what I should feel when I hear songs, especially that song.All in all, I didn't liked the movie.

Elizabeth Alexander I thought this was an adequate performance but it's definitely not as good as the 1973 version. Carter seemed too angry, especially toward Judas. I have never, in any version of the story, ever felt that Jesus was angry at Judas, but rather forgiving if not supportive. Jesus did, after all have a choice in if he wanted to follow God's plan, being human and granted free-will. It may just be my opinion but Judas served in a necessary role and Jesus, knowing this, should not be so upset and dismissive of Judas. After his song 'Gethsemane' I always get the feeling he's still silently asking Pilate for help. He's already made up his mind to die but he's still trying to get out of it and I just don't see Jesus as doing that. Not that he can't still have doubts but that he shouldn't be so open about them.Pradon served the role of Judas well though he was not the best they could have cast. Personally I felt cheated when I learned that Tony Vincent who played Judas on the 2000 Broadway revival of JCS instead played Simon in the film. He was good enough on Broadway so why was he passed over for the film? Pradon himself said his voice isn't good enough for a staged production. But I did enjoy how he sang his part so heartbroken which is what I saw the character as, not evil but torn over his love for his friend and his worries over Jesus' followers getting out of hand. I also found it difficult to really tell when Judas comes back as an angel to sing 'Superstar' to Jesus as he carries his cross. Whereas in the 1973 version he descends on a star from above.Another problem I have with the film is with Mary Magdalene. I don't appreciate that they saw fit to insinuate that there was a romantic aspect to her and Jesus' relationship. When she decides to kiss Jesus while he is sleeping during her song 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' I still get angry. I don't care that she's in love. She should have more self-control than to go around kissing men especially given her reputation. Even if Christ isn't concerned about how others see him she should at least not make it any worse.All in all the only part I enjoyed about the performance was Judas' singing in his red leather jacket at the end and the fact that Tony Vincent was in front of the camera even if he wasn't a huge part of the story. I'd recommend it only if you can't get your hands on the 1973 Jesus Christ Superstar. No one can sing Jesus like Ted Neely; Judas like Carl Anderson; or Mary Magdalene like Yevonne Elliman.

Xander Seavy (RiffRaffMcKinley) As if the similar 1999 production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" wasn't nauseating enough, the Really Useless (I mean, Useful... ahem) Group adds insult to injury by ***mangling*** Webber and Rice's only solid collaboration, "Jesus Christ Superstar." Jesus isn't the one who gets crucified here. It's Ted Neeley. And Carl Anderson. And those of us who watched this hoping to see an interesting new take on it.It was certainly a new take, but one that spat on a phenomenal play *and* a phenomenal movie. (What's worse is that the video box says it's available to see for the first time ever... ouch.) What's bad about it? Let's even skip the dismal casting decisions (Judas is guiltier of being a hack than a traitor here) and focus on what the strangers in a great land make of this play. Jerome Pradon whines his songs, which are many, my poor moviegoer. Frederick B. Owens needs to clear his throat. Somebody *please* get Caiaphas a cough drop! "Then We Are Decided," a vital song, is missing, and Jesus (Glenn Carter) bears an eerie and uncalled-for resemblance to "Joseph"'s Donny Osmond.Two cast members are pretty good-- Renee Castle, who is almost a match for Yvonne Elliman, and Tony Vincent, who beats Larry Marshall as Simon by actually having the talent to back up his enthusiasm. Unfortunately, they, like the promising Rik Mayall (poor Rest Home Ricky!), are nothing in the presence of nightmares like Carter and Pradon.One more thing. By casting a talentless Pilate, they've ruined one of my favorite scenes from cinema history ("Trial Before Pilate" in the 1973 movie). This overdone and infuriating redo gets 3 out of 10, and the only reason it gets those extra 2 stars is for two reasons: the squandered potential of both the show and Castle, Vincent, and even Mayall. Avoid like leprosy.