As a child raised by a landlord, living in a harmonious environment with siblings and a harmonious family, even with Hebrew blood, it is indeed difficult for Moses to raise the banner of resistance and turn his guns against raising himself. food and clothing parents. The absurdity and playfulness of youth and ignorance at first, and the conflicting feelings of how to stand in line after knowing the truth are actually quite well portrayed. But what is regrettable is the change after that - it is understandable to accept the oracle to go back to save the clan, but the way of saving is extremely unconvincing.
What I can't understand is that Moses, who had struggled with conflict and was caught between family affection and righteousness, didn't know how to choose, why he was so thorough and resolute in implementing the oracle and raining fire on the defenseless people. Killing ignorant children. Although you said those "oracles" with a look of regret that the other party didn't listen to you, unwilling to let go of your own clansman, but you are so mindless and really implement it, you don't feel any trace of it. Guilt and sadness?
The Egyptians once burned and plundered the wealth of the Hebrews, so they should pay for it;
the Egyptians once threw all the children of the Hebrews into the river and drowned, so they should also taste the loss of their children. taste.
This is probably what Moses and all the Hebrews at that time were saying.
There may be more words in Moses' heart: I have warned you in advance, if you don't listen, you can't blame me for doing it.
However, let's try to analyze this "warning": you, the king of the mountain, suddenly one day your brother who ran away from home for more than 20 years came back and said to you: "Brother, let it go, I brought it to our side. The oracle, it said that if you do this again, it will be rude to you. Generally speaking, when hearing this, a normal person should have one of the following two reactions: First, the person is stupid and needs to seek medical treatment in time; second, the person wants to come back and seek to usurp the throne.
The elder brother Ramses' reaction was not so normal. He still regarded Moses as his younger brother, and let him be restored to his post as a prince. But Moses didn't give up and said, if you don't believe it, I'll show it to you until you believe it and let go. So here comes an escalating demonstration: dancing with snakes, dyeing the river red, casting fire from the sky, and killing young children. This made the original negotiation between ordinary brothers gradually turned into hatred of the country and the family.
In fact, we can't blame Ramses for his disbelief. Those so-called "oracles", if they are really intentional, are not impossible to achieve. Just pretend that you are really a person of faith and believe in the gods, but after all, that is not the god you believe in, why should you listen to it? Isn't it obvious that the tube is too wide? And that's my turf! my people! Why do you say let it go! If I say something casually, where will I put my face as a pharaoh? ! It can be seen that this is a tragic example of a negotiation failure, and it is a typical bloody case of "those who believe in me will have eternal life; those who disobey me will destroy the country and family."
In my opinion, neither Moses nor Ramses' approach can be considered "benevolence and righteousness", but they have different positions and different interests. And the power behind them that they believe in - the "God" of Moses, the "spirit of Pharaoh" of Ramses, and the concepts they hold are also the same - violence can be exchanged for violence, and power is the truth. The only difference is that one is a god and the other is a human being.
It is said that God loves the world, but if such a God treats him differently, I don’t think the Egyptians can’t blame the Egyptians for refusing to believe it.
Before I saw this classic movie, I was also shocked by its lineup. This work, which is said to be aimed at surpassing "The Lion King" at the beginning of production, does have many similarities with it: the same gold medal scorer, the same escape-return plot, the same theme song sang a The whole year... It's a pity that too many plot flaws left this movie with only the song When You Believe in my mind, which is consistent with my original intention of choosing to watch it.
And as for what it says, do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway.
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