Reply #93: IS it gratuitous [View All]

[Djinn]

if it DID happen? sure it doesn't HAVE to be shown in detail but then again if it is about the life and death of Christ then surely the crucifiction is an integral part of the story?

It stands to reason that being crucified is a pretty painful way to go and as for the Braveheart one - in 1305 when Wallace was executed, the punishment for treason was as follows: the convicted traitor was dragged to the place of execution, hanged by the neck (but not until he was dead), and disembowelled (or drawn) while still alive. His entrails were burned before his eyes, he was decapitated and his body was divided into four parts (or quartered). That's what Wallace got - with his head and bits of his body sent to the corners of the land as a warning - personally I thought the Braveheart scene was pretty tame.