Posted on 12/12/2014 9:50:34 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I’m looking forward to it on blu-ray on my home theater, which is how I view every movie these days.
Why would you look forward to watching a movie that undermines the Bible? The Bible is the Word. Jesus is the Word.
When it comes to director Ridley Scott's artistic and storytelling choices, there's so much wrong with "Exodus: Gods and Kings," it's hard to care about the director's childish hostility towards religion, which no doubt resulted in a bloodless, brutally boring tale of Moses the Lawgiver.Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that film reviewing is my job, I would've left long before the parting of the Red Sea.
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Thematically, Scott makes a fool of himself. DeMille used the ancient biblical tale to tell a universal story about human liberty. Where Charlton Heston's Moses demanded that Ramses "Let my people go!", Bale's Moses -- and this is no joke -- demands that Ramses pay his slaves a living wage and make them -- again, no joke -- citizens. DeMille's Moses was a liberator. Scott's Moses is a community organizer agitating for executive action on the minimum wage and amnesty.
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These bigoted, provincial, secular, left-wing Hollywood morons hand projects like "Noah" and "Exodus" to filmmakers determined to strip history's most moving and inspiring stories of everything that moves and inspires. "The Passion" printed money because it hit the faithful squarely where we lived.
"Noah" and "Exodus" just lie there like a Muzak version of "Sexual Healing."
Because it looks like a good movie, that's why.
If I want the Word of God, I'll read the Bible. If I want to be entertained, I'll watch a Ridley Scott film.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3974&p=.htm
They are predicting a huge successful weekend with Exodus. Good for Hollywood. They had a bad weekend last weekend because they didn’t have any new movies out. The next months is going to be incredible with movies......most of America will be living in the theater the next couple weeks. So many incredible movies to chose from. It is an embarrassment of riches to all Americans having to chose. Too bad they don’t spread it out some.
I think I’ll skip it. Christian Bale is no Charlton Heston.
And Christian Bale thanks God everyday for that since Charlton Heston is six feet under.
Hollywood made Kirk Cameron’s skipping Christmas disaster. Oh I guess it was a success as it has made 2 million dollars......lololololol.
I wonder if Exodus will beat Skipping Christmas this weekend????????
BTTT!!!! You hit the nail on the head!
Milking the Bible for plots, spot on!
Yes, they are too cowardly to do the same to islam, although I am glad they don’t because no more attention needs to be brought up of that cult.
From what I've read, it is as big a piece of crap as Noah.
One of my favorite verses in the Old Testament is when Moses turns to the audience and says, “I’m Batman.”
This bible epics made by anti-God liberals is sinister.
They know that these movie epics will endure and educate, long after the criticisms when they are first released.
We vent a little today, but generations of people will absorb the images and dialogue from these movies, whether it is Dances with Wolves, The Titanic, or Biblical Epics, they become implanted in modern people as historical truth.
It got panned on laura ingraham’s Show this morning. Moses gets hit in the head by rocks before hearing God’s voice and the Plagues are pretty much caused by Climate Change in rapid order. No “Let my people go” warnings in between them.
Old joke:
Two goats were wandering around a Hollywood back lot. They found some outtakes and one of the goats began munching on the film.
“How is it?”, the other goat asked.
“Well, it’s OK,” the first goat said, “but it’s not as good as the book.”
Is Aaron Robin?
$2.6m in ticket sales on $500K in production costs is a better return on investment than most blockbusters. I won't be watching it, but plenty of people obviously have.
It probably will no doubt bring in more sales.....question is will it make a profit. Last I heard Noah will be many years before it is profitable....not exactly what I would call a success!!!
It probably will no doubt bring in more sales.....question is will it make a profit. Last I heard Noah will be many years before it is profitable....not exactly what I would call a success!!!
I don't think it's a bad thing that movies like Noah and Exodus are being made. Plenty of people go to the movies and become curious about the story behind the story. Even if 1% of the audience does this, that's 500K people who might become curious about the Christian faith.
RE: Bale’s Moses — and this is no joke — demands that Ramses pay his slaves a living wage and make them — again, no joke — citizens. . Scott’s Moses is a community organizer agitating for executive action on the minimum wage and amnesty.
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They subtly want to equate Obama to Moses.
Prince of Egypt was respectful of Exodus, excellent animation, and a very good medium to convey the story to a young audience. Based on the trailer this new film is close to an abomination.
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