I guess the hokeyness of the Biblical epic film was just
waiting for a rebirth. We could count Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ as the start of a new wave, but it’s more
torture porn than uplifting. When Darren Aronofsky decides to tackle a Bible
story, even when granted a mega-millions budget by a major studio, you have to
expect something a little beyond the ordinary, if not quite extraordinary.
