'Pharaoh and the Gods': A Biblical Story That's Hard to Conceal

As a biblical story that has been interpreted countless times, it is inevitable that we will be brainwashed and tortured again and again by repeated plots. Just like our remake of Jin Yong, no matter how good a remake is, it will not bring us much. Surprise and carnival, some are just wasting our expectations again and again on some stories that have been forgotten and outdated. As director Ridley Scott, who has produced many classic blockbusters such as "Gladiator" and "Robin Hood", it is understandable to rediscover the dream he once chased, especially for the super-production "Exodus". Adaptation, the temptation bit by bit is the proof and desire that every director strives to achieve the highest level of director, whether he can control the development of the whole film, can he interpret the deep meaning of it, can he bring people unprecedented Feelings are all problems that are difficult to solve in front of him, and whether the final film can be recognized by the audience is the director who bet his life's achievements and efforts. When we watch this movie, it obviously weakens the power of God over the development of the whole story. Although the movie is ultimately inseparable from God, at least in the process of developing most of the time, it is not as important as the manifestation of God, even in the final scene. In design, the ability that God manifests is mostly a natural way to show the power of God and nature. It is also this relatively simple description that reflects the director's desire to present a unique biblical story, and also to shape Moses, the prophet of God, to express it in a more vivid and fuller form, but it lacks a plot that is closely connected with God. The expression of Moses' personal heroism is rather coquettish and superficial.

The movie recreated the majestic ancient Egyptian scene for us. The towering and majestic buildings are surging and spectacular, but there is always a little bit of sigh, and the horror of the brutal ruling people is not portrayed. The movie mainly tells about the prophet Moses. As for the prophet Moses played by Christian Bale, one cannot find any feeling at all, especially his expressionless performance makes the role of Moses seem so stiff and dull. The whole movie plot is portrayed with Moses as the main line. The director wanted to capture the life experience of Moses to reflect a majestic epic story, so he put a lot of effort into the portrayal of the characters. The mode is the same, highlighting the theme with characters, and interpreting the magnificent epic with the characters' experiences. It's just that compared to the epic movies shot in the past, the feeling of this movie is not on the same level at all, although the movie also uses characters to speak, and even further highlights the feelings between the characters that the movie brings. The meaning of human beings is just that the performance between the two actors really does not make people feel the deep and tenacity of the brotherly love, but instead drags down the movie and makes the mother-in-law and mother-in-law no longer as exciting as they should be. The movie has always emphasized that Moses is How did his life change, but for the reason for his change, no one could feel the shock of the gap at all, that is to say, there was no reversal of the character's environment, which simply and smoothly started the character's great cause of saving the common people, and made people feel good about the character. There is nothing worthy of sympathy and resonance in his life story. The theory of the movie is so that people can't find the feeling, and the weak is weak in the foreshadowing of the plot. The director wants to make this biblical story appear in a relatively practical form, at least to make people feel that it can be slightly better in reality. It’s a little more reliable, so it doesn’t have too many scenes dominated by gods, nor does it rely too much on the description of the entire migration process, and even the action scenes are pitiful, the purpose is to use the plot to improve the whole film. Give people the feeling, in order to achieve the purpose of letting people read the story. However, the director completely constructed the plot based on the life of the protagonist, and did not explain the entire development process of the biblical story. It hides the brilliance of the movie in the design of the entire story. Although the movie finally uses special effects to make up for the scenes described in the Bible, there is no macro to portray the main body, and the choice of the movie's plot content is definitely a hard injury.

Director Ridley Scott is a good player in both the portrayal of the plot and the creation of big scenes, but this movie has brought us too many regrets and disappointments. I feel that I also fell heavily in the development of the story. The connection of the plot is too simple and straightforward, the portrayal of the characters is not clear and profound enough, and the image and temperament of Christian Bale is too far from the feeling of Moses. Even with all his hard work, Bale still doesn't feel the lead role in his film. I have to say that the great director Ridley Scott still has not fully grasped the essence of the story of the Bible shaped by this film. The expectations are too far apart. From the content of the film, it can be seen that the director has made a lot of careful arrangements, but all this cannot hide the mediocrity of its performance.

For Westerners, the stories in the Bible are very worth reading and thinking over and over again. It is as splendid as our four famous novels, and it is difficult to cover up its own brilliance, but because the Bible itself has an impression in people's hearts. With a deep understanding, the director uses another new interpretation method to perform interpretation, which seems to be a thankless job. "Exodus" itself is the most vivid and profound interpretation of God's instructions, but the director tries to ignore it. And the underlying fact of dilution, not only did not interpret the decisive significance of God in this liberation and redemption, but instead came up with a vivid and slightly ironic metaphor, but the most disappointing thing is the treatment of war scenes in the film. The arrangement, for Ridley Scott, a director who has a good grasp of the depiction of large-scale wars, has become quite conservative and restrained this time. It has to be said that this has seriously affected people's viewing experience.

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