Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Gary 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.

cinephile-27690 How could one not like The Ten Commandments! ABC plays it every Easter Time at 7 pm! If you have not seen this, whether you believe in Moses or not, take the chance! It's the best epic ever made! It is nearly four hours long but so what? Moses wandered in the desert for 4 decades! It's not 100% bibical but historical documents were used as well. What else can be said, but it's The ten Commandments, an undeniable must see!

classicsoncall Like a handful of reviewers here, I first encountered "The Ten Commandments" in the theater on a parochial school class trip to the movies. As a Catholic, we had already been instructed on the life of Moses and how he rose to prominence to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and slavery. As a kid, I would have been eight or nine years old at the time, and was looking forward to seeing how the baby Moses was found floating in the river, and how the adult Moses turned his staff into a snake. It goes without saying that the burning bush scene and parting of the Red Sea had to be in the picture as well. I recall some disappointment that there were no plagues of frogs or locusts on screen, but after all, the film ran over three and a half hours as it is.Watching the movie the other night brought back a lot of those reminiscences, and I was pretty amazed at how colorful and full of pageantry the picture was. The cast of thousands was indeed a cast of thousands, epic in scope of course, and one of those reminders that 'they just don't make 'em like that any more'. But with an adult eye, some of the film's glaring downsides are more than noticeable. Like the stilted dialog that hearkens all the way back to the birth of talkie films, and the wooden performances of characters portrayed by the likes of John Derek (Joshua), Vincent Price (Baka) and John Carradine (Aaron). I also had to laugh during that scene when Sephora (Yvonne De Carlo) and her sisters met Moses (Charlton Heston) for the first time. The goo-goo eyes directed at Heston were embarrassingly anachronistic even for the 1950's; why director Cecil B. DeMille allowed that to stand I'll never know.But the story pretty much kept faith with the Biblical version of Moses, and gives a good accounting of his break with the Pharaoh and the wandering in the desert on the way to Sinai. Upon studying the opening credits, I had my eyes open for appearances of unlikely actors like Mike (Touch) Connors and Clint Walker but they apparently weren't sharp enough. It's my understanding that Walker got his 'Cheyenne' gig on the basis of his appearance in this film. It was easy to catch Woodrow 'Woody' Strode though as the Ethiopian King bearing gifts for Rameses I (Cedric Hardwicke). And what can you say about Edward G. Robinson? On paper, his casting in a Biblical epic seems rather mindless, but by the time Moses' followers languished in the desert, he really hit stride trying to undermine the whole enterprise. And for cinema fans, the coup de grace of course is the parting of The Red Sea in all it's pre-CGI glory. I read about how DeMille did it once, using combined footage of the Red Sea with scenes from the Paramount backlot using a huge water tank split by a U-shaped trough. It was the most difficult special effect ever to be attempted at that time, and to it's credit, is still impressive to watch today. It's got 'how did they do that' written all over it.

Marian20 Cecil B. DeMille made his last film in "The Ten Commandments" which was released in 1956. Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner star together with Anne Baxter,Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo,Debra Paget and John Derek.This epic of the film is based on the Bible particularly the Book of Exodus that tells the story of Moses,the Hebrew who was adopted as Egyptian prince who later becomes the leader and deliverer of the Israelites out of slavery from Egypt. This close-to-four hour film starts with the discovery of Moses in the bull rushes as an infant by an Egyptian princess and was later raised as an Egyptian princess.But when he later discovered his true heritage as a Hebrew,he decided to work for the cause of his people.After murdering a slave master,he decided to run away.But years later,he was called upon by God as an instrument to set the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.After he succeeded through the Seven Deadly Plagues,the trip to the Promise Land was told in great detail from crossing of the Red Sea,the journey that was marked by the people's sinfulness,the Ten Commandments, the transfer of leadership from Moses to Joshua, and the arrival to the Promise Land itself with Joshua leading the people.After all this years,it remains the best film ever made about Moses.Many filmmakers have tried to make a film on the same story but nothing could duplicate De Mille's version.It has great production set up,costumes,acting and cinematography.The story was also told in clear detail.That why people continue to see this movie after more than 60 years since it was released. Definitely,it was the best movie about Moses and the Ten Commandments.

mike48128 The epic retelling of the incredible Exodus from Egypt by the Hebrew Nation. The story of Passover. Wikipedia may be wrong about how many times this movie has aired. I seem to remember 2-night broadcasts as far back as circa 1970, always on ABC(?) It was "split" as Moses was cast into the dessert by Pharaoh. The real intermission occurs about 20 minutes later, as released. Several minor edits for TV include the infamous opening scene when a guard runs his sword through a first born Hebrew child. Some (apparently code objectionable) harsh language between Pharaoh and his betrothed is also cut, with reference to him treating her like property or an animal. Such edits are minor. Unintentionally funny in spots, with various English accents and catch-phrases. Often regarded as a work of fiction by many, every attempt was make to make it as historically accurate as possible, using biblical and rabbinical works as well. Thousands of extras. Lustfully done, with some slightly "salty" language and rather melodramatic staging and dialog. Attempts to successfully remake this classic have (usually) failed, due to the extremely vivid performances by the actors. Multiple well-deserved awards and a rousing musical score by Elmer Bernstein. Wonderful costumes, amazing sets, impossibly rich Technicolor, and stunning cinematography. The parting of the Red Sea was later "colorized" as bluer for re-release. In the original, it was more greenish. One of the most famous and effective optical special effects of all time. Also, still one of the top grossing films of all time at the time of its release. No animation studio is credited with its special effects, so it is assumed to have been all "in-house". Cecil B.DeMille's finest and final film, and he died soon after completing it. It cannot be truly appreciated on even a "giant" home screen or a typical multiplex. I saw it in the "60's" re-release in "Super-Panavison" in an old theater with a huge screen!