u/ShadowFlame9000

Fathers, have any of you watched this, and if so what did you think of it? I'm asking because I tried to watch it recently and found myself disappointed.

This may be nitpicky, but I was left profoundly disappointed with both the Annunciation and Visitation scenes; the Annunciation because some of the Archangel Gabriel's dialogue was left out, the Visitation because it seemed more silly than serious when it reached the Magnificat. I also felt some of the dialogue was too modernized.

What really rubbed me the wrong way (and this comes from the full uncut 200 minute version that I watched on streaming, not the cut DVD version sold in the USA) is an adult Herodias being present at the beginning when the child Mary is hidden to protect her from the dogs, and the statement that Herodias and Mary Magdalene were cousins. Herodias should have been a child when Jesus was born, correct?

Just curious and thought I would ask directly. I went to my first ever Mass with a friend Sunday evening for the Solemnity of the Ascension (I'm Protestant Methodist on the road to entering into full Communion with the Church) and loved it. I know the Nicene Creed is the Creed mainly used during Mass, but the Apostles' Creed can be used as well.

Edit: Ugh, misspelled Apostles' in title and can't change it!