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Exodus: Gods and Kings

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Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

December. 12,2014
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The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

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SpecialsTarget
2014/12/12

Disturbing yet enthralling

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Odelecol
2014/12/13

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Juana
2014/12/14

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Gary
2014/12/15

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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pack_fan_dave
2014/12/16

Ridley Scott completely went off the actual story in creating this movie that does not even come close to the story in scriptures. If you are looking for a movie that tells the story as told in scripture this is not it.

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szweda-18555
2014/12/17

When I was a kid they took us to London to see what was the most amazing film I had ever seen up to that point I think - The Greatest Story Ever Told and it was one of those in "Cinerama", massively wide curved screen etc. I knew the story but was bowled away by the action on screen - yes indeed, the Old Testament could be action-packed fun. This weekend we watched Ridley Scott's take on the Old Testament on our mighty plasma TV and it looked great but of course lacked the impact of that ancient movie. Times change, we get inured to the special, novelties all too rapidly become a given on life's ratchet. Without giving the game away even though most know the story from Sunday School, I thought it was well done, well acted, well photographed etc. It ticked all the boxes but somehow fell short. It seemed like a sequence of alternate flash and dialogue, talking exposition then crash bang wallop or is that how all movies are made these days? Plus of course, we have LOTR and GoT to poison the well of our expectations... and for me another attempt to get my head around Scott's Alien Covenant and failing. Unlike Gladiator I doubt we shall be buying the Box Set and rewatching Exodus.

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diogomanuel
2014/12/18

It may seem unreasonable to expect viewers that are watching a movie about a Bible story that is very well known and believed by so many to forget what they know about the Bible's version of the story...But this is Hollywood, exaggeration and creativity freedom should be expected and this movie is no exception as it is an interpretation of what was written in the Bible with some parts completely made up by the writers of the movie.Ridley Scott knows how to do epic movies and this one proves it again! Beautiful scenery, great camera-work (taking us closer to the action) with glorious sound and special effects! Although I personally believe this was a missed opportunity to show what the Bible tells us (hence why I don't give it 10 out of 10), the story portrayed in the movie is still amazing, and the way all actors and director did their job make this movie an enjoyable one (regardless of personal faith).

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beorhouse
2014/12/19

For the plusses: The Creator is shown to be the true God who is listened to while the gods worshiped by the Egyptians are deaf to their cries for help. Too, the CGI effects are fantastic to see and very realistic. For the negatives: primarily, the story does not follow the written record in the Bible. It does not matter whether you believe that written record is historical or not. You may believe it is purely fictional. Your opinion one way or another is insignificant. The fact is that we have four very ancient documents--the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy--that have inspired a number of films about Moses, and for this film those documents seem to have only been studied cursorily while the imaginations of the writer and director--and maybe even the actors themselves--were allowed to go off on tangents. Why not tell the story as it appears in the documents? Not freaky enough? Moses not tough-guy enough? Moses wasn't a tough guy. He was, and I paraphrase from the documents, the most humble man to ever walk to earth, speaking with God as a friend would speak with another friend. Where's his son's foreskin being smeared all over his feet by his wife Zipporah? Too graphic for a wide audience, I suppose. Why does his brother Aaron just stand there and not do what he is traditionally supposed to do, which is to speak for Moses whenever the latter has anything at all to say? I guess that would have taken the spotlight too far away from Bale. Where's Moses' powerful staff that can part waters and make the land between dry enough to walk across or coax much- needed water from a rock or turn into a serpent-swallowing serpent? Oh, I see. The snake-eating part of the story couldn't be explained as a natural occurrence like most of the plagues are. Maybe there was a natural chain reaction for the plagues. Very possible. Until, of course, we get to the blackness that covered Egypt when the Angel of the Lord (not seen in the film) killed all of the firstborn children and livestock of the families that did not cover their door-posts with the blood of unblemished lambs. Then the natural explanations sort of fall apart. Anyway, you see my point. There was some good stuff, but most of it was action film garbage. Bale plays a better Batman than a historical Hebrew leader who is seen by most Jews as a precursor to their idea of the Messiah and by all Christians as a primary archetype of Y'shua (Jesus) the Messiah. This is not to say that Charlton Heston was ever a great anything that he played, but at least Cecil B. DeMille made an attempt to follow the received documents. I give this one a 2 out of 10, but only because of the really great CGI effects. Guess that might show you in yet another way what I believe is the most important part of telling any story received from our ancestors and ancients.

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