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Marcelina 2022-03-22 09:01:37

In the face of extremely hard life, people do not care about returns, and people who work in cities pay taxes on almost all their income in order to accommodate the influx of new immigrants. They sweated and sacrificed everything selflessly, so that this small nation could continue to survive and develop. It is hard to imagine such a thing happening in reality, but he actually recorded it in the book of Exodus.

"The Prince of Egypt" is such a great national epic. The story tells the story of Moses, a Hebrew, who was sent away by his mother and adopted by the pharaoh to become a prince. After discovering the truth, he left Egypt and was instructed by God to rescue the Hebrews. . The film uses clear thematic expression, meticulous characterization, and high-level soundtrack technology to turn a jerky religious story into an easy-to-understand, popular film and television metaphor. The theme of the film is the soul and essence of the film, and it is also the "spiritual home" we are obsessed with, and it is what we try to analyze after watching a film. The theme is the core and connotation of the content of the film, and it is the theme idea that the film wants to express. The film "Egyptian Prince" brings friendship, faith, and free thinking into the story, which is expressed through the behavioral logic and ending of the characters in the play. The first half of the movie focuses on the deep relationship between Moses and his brothers. After Moses learned the truth of the incident, it became Moses' most painful nostalgia for Egypt. Even if the two became hostile, they still remember the happy memories of childhood. Such a deep friendship has also become the biggest tear point of the film. The themes of faith and freedom in the film are expressed through the firm beliefs of the Hebrews. Even though the Hebrews were oppressed, they still did not change their belief in God. In the end, they also waited for God’s salvation and freedom, and brought their nation to a “land flowing with honey and milk.” These themes expressed in the film are still applicable in today's society, and the director also tries to spread the value of these discomforts further through this simple film. The characters are the main body of the story behavior, and the film's shaping of the characters also contains the director's value tendency. The movie is based on Exodus with some adaptations, and as it says at the end of the movie, this movie is for the world's reporter Moses, the legendary hero. Moses in the movie is different from the spokesperson of God in "Exodus". In the movie, Moses is endowed with more humanity. He has seven emotions, six desires, love and hatred, his own brothers, his own lover, and his own. Sympathy for Egypt, and these special behaviors dispel the divine behavior of Moses to varying degrees, so that he is not out of reach, and it is easier for the audience to accept and empathize. Moses in the movie is brave, intelligent, and compassionate. He is not afraid of the power of the Egyptian dynasty, he fights for the freedom of the Hebrews, and successfully liberates the Hebrews under the instruction of God. set off disaster. It is the director's meticulous portrayal that makes Moses, a mortal hero, vividly on the screen and allows the audience to have a deep understanding of such a great national hero. For the current audience, the effect of sound is no worse than the shock brought by the picture. The audience's high aesthetics for the soundtrack has been deeply engraved into the audience's viewing habits. In the movie "Prince of Egypt", there is a lot of music in the form of musicals, which is very consistent with the type of animation in the movie. The movements of the characters in the movie can accurately correspond to the drum beats in the music, thus giving the movie a smoothness. with beauty. At the same time, the soundtrack of the movie also promoted the development of the plot to a large extent. The lines in the soundtrack often replaced the role of the characters' dialogue or narration, and even surpassed the plot development in some places and produced a prophetic effect. This technique greatly speeds up the rhythm of the plot, omitting many lengthy narratives, making the plot compact, full of rhythm, and making the audience's viewing smoother. The suffering and liberation of the Hebrews have long since become history. The film's restoration of "Exodus", the adaptation and putting it on the big screen is to let the audience understand the history and learn the excellent qualities in it, and put these immortal spirits together. passed down to today's society. The universal values ​​of attaching importance to friendship, firm belief, and the pursuit of freedom will also deeply influence contemporary people through this film, making them continue to be passed down and live forever.

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The Prince of Egypt quotes

  • Hotep: So you think you've got friends in high places, with the power to put us on the run.

    [he vanishes]

    Huy: Well, forgive us these smiles on our faces. You'll know what power is when we are done, son...

  • Tzipporah: [Moses has fallen into Jethro's Well] What are you girls doing?

    Sister: We're trying to get the funny man out of the well!

    Tzipporah: Trying to get the funny man out of the well. Well, that's one I've never heard before.

    [She looks down the well]

    Tzipporah: Oh! Oh, my! Don't worry down there! We'll get you out! Hold on!

    [She sees it is Moses]

    Tzipporah: You!

    [Tzipporah lets go of the rope, nods, and saunters away]

    Sister: That's why Papa says she'll never get married.