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Well I understand how it's a good rule of thumb to stick to the Biblical facts in an overall general sense. However, in storytelling, in order to get the messages and feelings across, that you want to get across, sometimes, you have to take artistic license and make certain things up, even in true history, don't you?
I mean if the filmmakers wanted their message to be "If Jesus Christ can resist temptation, than so we can we", then wouldn't Martin Scorsese look at the Bible and be like "Hey wait a minute, if we stick to the Bible stories 100 hundred percent point by point, we won't be able to get that message across! And Jesus is not going to be able to go through any type of character developmental arc, if we just have him know everything and not have to learn and grow at all!"
So therefore, from a storytelling standpoint, don't certain liberties and artistic licenses have to be taken to convey that message and tell a more emotionally effective story as a result, rather than a story that is emotionally limited too, a 'just the facts approach'?
Last edited by ironpony; 11-25-18 at 04:05 PM.