The defiant leader Moses rises up against the
Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of
escape from Egypt
Storyline
Epic adventure Exodus: Gods and Kings is the story of one man's
daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual
effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant
leader Moses as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting
600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt
Public Reviews
We
went to see the new movie Exodus at a theater here in Spain Egypt
by the Children of Israel
1. God was left out of it. He was represented as an emotionless young boy. This made Him seem to be less powerful than Moses, and certainly not omniscient omnipotent or omnipresent.. 2. Moses, although handsome and a good actor, was not represented as a man with a prophetic calling. 3. No words were spoken by God to Moses. In the Bible, God speaks to Moses. Moses was not even told to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground. 4. Moses did not have a rod like the Bible says. He had an Egyptian sword instead. 5. TheRed
sea was not parted by the rod at God's command. Moses throws his
Egyptian sword into the water and the water, for some unknown reason, slowly
sinks down around it. 6. In the movie, the Children of Israel do not walk
across on dry ground, as it says they do in the book of Exodus. They are up to
their waist in water. It is made to look like God couldn't quite make the water
stand up and he doesn't care if the small children get drowned. 7. The Bible
says God puts a cloud and a pillar of fire between the Israelites and the
Egyptians so they can all get across. None of this is in the movie.. 8. Aaron
doesn't go with Moses to talk with the Pharaoh. In fact, Aaron, the spokesman,
doesn't say anything to the Pharaoh. 9. Moses doesn't talk to Pharaoh much, or
warn him about the plagues, either, which he does in the Bible. 10. In the
movie, Moses leaves his family behind in Median. In the real Book of Exodus, he
takes them with him. 11. Never once does Moses tell pharaoh to let his people
go. Why leave that out??? That really makes me mad. 12. Never once does God
speak and say who He is. The young boy who is supposed to represent Him doesn't
even have a kind or holy look about him. He just stands there. This is an
insult to God. 13.When Moses goes up on Sinai to get the tablets with the Ten
Commandments, the finger of God doesn't write them. Moses himself chisels them
out on the stone tablets while The young boy sits down and watches. WRONG!! 14.
Not once is it mentioned that there are Ten Commandments of God on the stone
tablets. 15. We don't have any idea what the commandments are, even after
watching the entire movie. 16. Moses does not turn the Nile
to blood in front of Pharaoh. Some big crocodiles bite each other (all
portrayed sensationalistic ally in 3 D) and that is what supposedly turns the Nile to blood.
We are left with no feeling of peace or closure. The main chances for spectacular special effects have run dry, so the story must end.
There was nothing uplifting or edifying about this film. Maybe the title of the film made my expectations too high. Why should film producers choose a Biblical account and then desecrate it? Why not be accurate and then let the audience have an opportunity to know the real story? They should do special effects on some other genre of story. One can see that the object of the movie was to sell special effects. Its side effect (intended or unintended?) is to give the audience the idea that God is weak and that Moses was only an unholy bystander. I am angry that we spent 11 euros (about 15 dollars) to be insulted and offended. I hope people will think twice before spending good money to reward the folks who concocted that spiritless travesty.
1. God was left out of it. He was represented as an emotionless young boy. This made Him seem to be less powerful than Moses, and certainly not omniscient omnipotent or omnipresent.. 2. Moses, although handsome and a good actor, was not represented as a man with a prophetic calling. 3. No words were spoken by God to Moses. In the Bible, God speaks to Moses. Moses was not even told to take off his shoes because he was on holy ground. 4. Moses did not have a rod like the Bible says. He had an Egyptian sword instead. 5. The
We are left with no feeling of peace or closure. The main chances for spectacular special effects have run dry, so the story must end.
There was nothing uplifting or edifying about this film. Maybe the title of the film made my expectations too high. Why should film producers choose a Biblical account and then desecrate it? Why not be accurate and then let the audience have an opportunity to know the real story? They should do special effects on some other genre of story. One can see that the object of the movie was to sell special effects. Its side effect (intended or unintended?) is to give the audience the idea that God is weak and that Moses was only an unholy bystander. I am angry that we spent 11 euros (about 15 dollars) to be insulted and offended. I hope people will think twice before spending good money to reward the folks who concocted that spiritless travesty.
