MMR Podcast #58 - Special guest Tim Kroenert from Eureka Street joins me to talk 'Exodus: Gods & Kings' & why 2014 was the year "Hollywood found religion."
CE: The story of how Moses led Egypt's Hebrew population out of slavery and into the promised land was most famously brought to life in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. Now, nearly sixty years later, it's director Ridley Scott's turn to bring the epic story of Moses to the big screen in Exodus: Gods and Kings. Starring Christian Bale as Moses and Joel Edgerton as Ramses, the film follows in the footsteps of another big budget Biblical epic, Darren Aronofsky's Noah. But unlike that movie, Scott's take on the Book of Exodus feels less rooted in fantasy, instead playing more like a historical epic in the vein of Gladiator or Kingdom of Heaven. It's far from perfect though. Heavy on spectacle but light on drama, Exodus: Gods and Kings isn't one of the director's most indelible works. However, it still merits viewing, especially on Blu-ray.
i just saw this film and was disappointed, the graphics was top notch and there were some moments that was good but overall its just a film you wont try to remember.
if i were to pick noah or exodus i will pick noah even though that film was half fantasy re imagined
In 1300 BC Moses, a general and a member of the royal family finds out the truth about his origin, that he truly is a hebrew child. He is sent to exile, where after a while he finds a new family. God then chooses him to be the leader, who will rise against the Pharaoh Ramses and will set free the Hebrew slaves and will guide to their promised land.
Despite a rocky start, this typical sword and sandal film turns into a biblical carnage of epic proportions that is fun, creative and a perfect film for the holidays.
Flickering Myth
My interest in movies like this usually reaches a ceiling which can rarely be broken through, but that’s not always an issue with the movies themselves, just my personal investment in the stories. I never expected high art like Passion of the Christ or The Last Temptation of Christ but Exodus: Gods and Kings is about as an entertaining and exciting big budget and sweeping Bible story I could hope to see.
