Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Fayola Morgan What a superb and deeply sensitive tribute to the Exodus story! Ben Kingsley is majestic and convincing as Moses without the grandeur of Charlton Heston's lines. He is a far more human protagonist than earlier versions of this story, complete with stutters, fears and mis-steps. As a non-religious person myself, the Biblical nature of this story did nothing to deter me from re-watching (after first loving the movie nine years ago). I felt goosebumps with the triumphs of the Israelite people and the deep devotion shown to their God. I felt for their plight as slaves. I felt emotional at the end where Moses only gets a glimpse of the Promised Land. This rendition, more than anything, resembles more of the typical story arc: the unwilling hero, his faults, his journey to greatness, his tragic failing and his end. Kingsley encapsulated this brilliantly with the help of a stellar cast. David Suchet definitely deserves his dues as a worthy companion, as does Geraldine McEwan. Some people quibble about whether it followed every aspect of the Bible, but I think this is pedantic. I've read the Exodus (I was raised in a Christian household) many times, and this rendition is marvellously faithful to the text, and, unlike "The Ten Commandments", provide a true chronicle of Moses' life. I think "The Ten Commandments" is a truly memorable and brilliant film, but that isn't because it stays faithful to the text, with more time being spent on the romance and the Golden Calf than the titular laws. Other people are unhappy with the special effects or filming, but these didn't bother me so much. So we didn't see the Red Sea actually parting- does this take away from the overall story itself? I didn't think so. The ONE criticism I did have is that no one has ever topped Yul Brynner's Pharaoh. Langella does not match Brynner's effortless, arrogant poise and clarity of delivery. Maybe he shouldn't. And the music deserves a paragraph of its own. Absolutely beautiful. It doesn't have the old Hollywood pomposity of "The Ten Commandments", but it has a deep poignancy. The violin melodies in particular last with you long after the film has finished. A film well worth re-watching.

Fisher L. Forrest This outing of the Moses and the Ten Commandments mythology tale offers us a more human Moses than some of the others. He exhibits self-doubt on a number of occasions and wavers a bit here and there, which I suppose will offend the true believers of all faiths that take the Bible and the Quran as the inspired word of "God". For myself, a life-long free thinker and skeptic, the Moses story is an exciting one, but is after all mythology. Most of the old Greek mythology tales are equally exciting, but I don't regard them as fact either.Ben Kingsley (Moses), Christopher Lee (Ramses), and others of the cast give lively performances which I would describe as satisfying, if not exactly great. My most serious quibble is the uninspired direction and hectic editing, characteristic of most made for TV productions. As to the episodic editing, though, perhaps it isn't reasonable to be too critical. After all, the three hour movie covers about 80 years of "history". You surely are not going to mistake this "Moses" as a made for the theatre production. Wouldn't you really like to see a resurrected C.B.DeMille direct a modern Moses in wide-screen Panavision and full rich Technicolor. The colour process used for this one is not even barely adequate. Don't read any further if you don't want to know the outcome in advance.I promised you a "spoiler". Guess what. Moses doesn't get to enter the "promised land" after all his 40 years in the wilderness. Are any of you surprised? He attributes this to having struck the rock twice to make it spew forth water. Was that really in the Bible? I don't seem to recall it. Not the rock and the water, the striking twice.

Jeff Day I am a huge fan of Ben Kingsley, but this was terrible overacting on his part. The problem of this movie isn't acting, though. The inaccuracy of the movie is its greatest problem. This is the story of Moses according to a certain sect within the Protestant religion, and not an accurate description of the Bible account. The discrepancies are so huge between the movie and the Bible that they can not be called artistic license or a misinterpretation. The movie promotes so many lies with the story of Moses that this movie is more of a work of fiction that a Bible story. Some examples of the inaccuracies are: 1)Moses strongly doubts his encounter with God at the burning bush and is pushed into serving God by his father-in-law and his wife. 2)Pharoah's priests don't use Satan's power to turn two staffs into serpents, and Moses' serpent does not consume the two serpents of the devil. In the movie the Egyptian priests only use tricks to turn the staffs in serpents. 3)Moses commands Joshua and others to blot out the calf worshipers' name by physically killing them. There are more discrepancies than these but these are enough to show that this movie deviates from the Bible so much that a devote Christian or Jew would be seriously offended.

Wookiee-Monster Yesh, I wanted more! Honestly, I was completely captivated by this film. After having read that part of scripture, I was overwhelming pleased with the attention to detail in remaining true to scriptural accuracy. Time and again I found myself saying out loud, "I remember reading that part!" or "They sure didn't bother to include that in the version with Charleton Heston." Which I DID like, by the way :).There were several scenes that brought me to the brink of tears. It was truly an emotionally charged film with most excellent acting.I had the pleasure of watching it in its entirety and uninterrupted on Trinity Broadcasting Network only taking a run to the restroom and a quick change of my laundry in under 5 minutes. HA!