Exodus: Gods and Kings

[Delmar]

Anyone seen the movie? Mrs Delmar and I are going to the movies this afternoon and I wanted to know if it was worth a look? Did they follow the Bible or is it more like the Russel Crow Noah movie?

 

[rainee]

I hope you are seeing it at matinee prices! Last time I went to the theater I almost had someone try to give me the Heimlich Maneuver after I heard the price of tickets... And that was years ago.

Hope you report on it when you get back.

 

[Desert Reign]

Anyone seen the movie? Mrs Delmar and I are going to the movies this afternoon and I wanted to know if it was worth a look? Did they follow the Bible or is it more like the Russel Crow Noah movie?

I didn't bother. These days Hollywood convert every story and every historical event into the same story in a different package. You can guarantee that it is devoid of the original meanings.

 

[Angel4Truth]

I wanted to see it, till i read this movie review on top of a few others who said basically the same thing about how God is presented in it: (spoiler alert also)

Spoiler

10 Reasons I Thought the Exodus Movie Was Lame

My wife and I just got back from our Dare 2 Share staff party. We all met at a restaurant for food and fellowship then drove over to a movie theater to watch the much anticipated Exodus movie.

While the staff party was fun, the movie itself was pretty lame. Here's 10 reasons why I thought this movie was so bad:

1. It depicted God as an angry 5th grade-ish looking boy who kept appearing throughout the movie to awkwardly confront Moses.

2. It used a classic liberal interpretation of the book of Exodus by depicting the miracles as a series of natural phenomenons that just all happened to unfold back to back to set up the exodus of the Israelites.

3. Moses used a sword instead of a staff, depicting a Moses who delivered the Jews more through his own strength rather than the power of God.

4. The previews made the movie look like it aligned with the Biblical account. It wasn't even close. I felt duped.

5. You couldn't quite tell if God was real or Moses had been just hit in the head by a rock (which he had been in the movie) and imagined it all.

6. The parting of the Red Sea was the result of a meteor hitting the ocean, or something like that.

7. The people of Israel walked across the Red Sea in mud and water that at times was almost chest high.

8. In some ways Pharaoh was the most sympathetic character in the movie.

9. Believe it or not the ten plagues were kicked off by an army of angry alligators.

10. The plot of the actual story in the Bible is way more compelling than this convoluted, confused mess of a movie.

Save yourself the hassle, read the book of Exodus and go rent The Prince of Egypt. But, if you're determined to watch Exodus: Gods and Kings, wait for it to come out on Red Box. It doesn't deserve more than a buck fifty.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-reasons-i-thought-the-exodus-movie-was-lame-131465/

 

[Mr. 5020]

Anyone seen the movie? Mrs Delmar and I are going to the movies this afternoon and I wanted to know if it was worth a look? Did they follow the Bible or is it more like the Russel Crow Noah movie?

I haven't seen it, but this was Ed Stetzer's review (within Twitter's 140-character limit):

 

[oatmeal]

Is Hooliganwood for the most part interested in the things of God?

 

[Tambora]

I saw where they interviewed a bunch of people leaving the movie .
Most all of them said that it was a good movie, as far as movies go.
But if you were wanting to see an accurate bible study movie, you would be disappointed.

But there was one lady that said something very interesting ...... that watching it made her want to go home and read the bible that she had neglected most of her life.
That made me smile.

 

[csuguy]

It was a complete disappointment. Its a boring, anachronistic, and completely secularized retelling of the biblical story.

 

[Delmar]

Actually, I am going to say it wasn't that bad, though there were some historical inaccuracies.

 

[Delmar]

I wanted to see it, till i read this movie review on top of a few others who said basically the same thing about how God is presented in it: (spoiler alert also)

Spoiler

I am going to expose one quote from this review because I don't think it was correct.

2. It used a classic liberal interpretation of the book of Exodus by depicting the miracles as a series of natural phenomenons that just all happened to unfold back to back to set up the exodus of the Israelites.

The God character clearly took credit for the coming plagues. There was a court adviser explaining the miracles as natural phenomenons but I thought it was clear that his explanations were silly. Also the the sea parting and the wave rolling back in the drown the armies of Egypt were not, in my opinion, depicted as coincidental.

 

[musterion]

Is there a woman in it who can hold a candle to the lovely Yvonne DeCarlo?

No?

I ain't goin'.

 

[Daniel1611]

If they are going to make these movies, they should just give them another name. I didn't see Exodus, but Noah, for instance was a decent movie. It was unbiblical, so I think they should've just called it something else rather than perverting a Bible story.

 

[The Berean]

It was a complete disappointment. Its a boring, anachronistic, and completely secularized retelling of the biblical story.

Given that the director is an atheist this is not a surprise.

 

[Angel4Truth]

I am going to expose one quote from this review because I don't think it was correct.

The God character clearly took credit for the coming plagues. There was a court adviser explaining the miracles as natural phenomenons but I thought it was clear that his explanations were silly. Also the the sea parting and the wave rolling back in the drown the armies of Egypt were not, in my opinion, depicted as coincidental.

Well perhaps that person thought that the writer was trying to explain them away with that addition to the story (court adviser).

Do you agree with how they say that God is being presented there? Ive seen a lot of reviews that say Hes portrayed like a spoiled child - thats the part of the reviews that bother me...