The Judas Project

The Judas Project was one of the greatest concepts in film history.  Unfortunately, it was also executed in the most wooden, unimaginative fashion.
The story of Jesus, set in modern times.  It sounds fascinating, and I *did like the fact Jesus met with someone in a bar, but the director decided to "Stick to canon" for ninety percent of the story.  
1.  The fishermen stayed fishermen, to the point where it didn't make economic sense.  They weren't commercial fishermen, they were just yokels with rods and reels, ignoring the fact the disciples had to leave an actual job that was somewhat profitable.  I mean, how's this modern twist:  Construction workers on a site of a new skyscraper, and Jesus tells them to leave work and follow him, "I'll make you builders of the kingdom of heaven."  Or maybe he tells the entire staff of McDonalds "Follow me, and supersize the kingdom of heaven."
2.  Judas still gets paid in silver?  Nobody gets paid in silver anymore.  Or platinum.  Why not a briefcase full of cash, or that suitcase from Pulp Fiction with the orange light bulb that nobody sees inside?
3.  Okay, so there might be a problem getting church funding if you have Jesus die in an electric chair or from lethal injection or the firing squad, since the method of killing him would appear on buildings everywhere, but if you're going to stick to the crucifixion, why use a rose trellis?  I mean, technically governments would be different with this scenario anyway, so why not a police building with a place to crucify criminals out front?
A couple questionable items:  According to the original gospels, the dead did come to life during the crucifixion, but nowhere in any of them did we hear about tombstones flying up into heaven.
Also, the holy grail is a Dixie cup.
Again, this movie is an interesting idea.  Not sure if people walked out of the theaters en masse because it wasn't close enough to the gospel, or because it stuck to it too much in an alternate history where you could explore topics like how there'd be synagogues everywhere, and what exactly the modern United States would look like pre-Christ.