"It was Abraham's imagination that led him astray," says the venerable old priest in explanation to the worried married couple. But really? Scripture in the Letter to the Hebrews contradicts this conjecture by stating that Abraham believed God would raise Isaac back from the dead once the boy had been killed. How many of us would kill our own children with full belief that God would immediately raise them back from the dead? None of us? Then it's best we don't practice the binding and slaying part, yeah? This film started out great. Really good acting, camera angles, lighting, pacing--and then the words of the foolish priest destroyed the whole story. That's when I shut it off and wrote this review. Too bad.
Review of The Binding
