Original sentence: As such, the film can be seen as a model of the epic where grandeur serves to underscore the content.However, others have criticized it for showing a Jesus that was too "white bread" and a very subdued John the Baptist.In the Sermon on the Mount sequence, Ray also conveys the central ethical-religious messages of Jesus's teachings.Nicholas Ray's direction balances spectacle with the human drama of Jesus's life.The film features scenes of Jesus's miracles and his Sermon on the Mount (shot with many thousands of extras), as well as a scene where Jesus visits John the Baptist in his dungeon during his imprisonment by Herod Antipas -- Ray staging the scene in such a way that John the Baptist must crawl up an incline inside the dungeon, holding out his hand to reach for Jesus's hand: a vivid example of Ray's architectural sense of composition and visual drama (reminding one that Ray had studied under Frank Lloyd Wright to become an architect)
Edited sentence: As such, the film is an admirable model of the epic form where grandeur serves to underscore the content.In the spectacular Sermon on the Mount sequence, Ray also convincingly conveys the central ethical-religious messages of Jesus's teachings.Nicholas Ray's direction effectively balances spectacle with the human drama of Jesus's life.There are some moving scenes of Jesus's miracles and his sermon on the mount (impressively shot with many thousands of extras), as well as a scene where Jesus visits John the Baptist in his dungeon during his imprisonment by Herod Antipas -- Ray staging the scene in such a way that John the Baptist must crawl up an incline inside the dungeon, holding out his hand to reach for Jesus's hand: a vivid example of Ray's architectural sense of composition and visual drama (reminding one that Ray had studied under Frank Lloyd Wright to become an architect)