An amazing encounter!
I didn't expect that a movie I clicked at random would bring me such a big surprise: it was so well made! A hearty feast was served from the beginning: the earthy tones with a heavy sense of history, the national image of the architectural statues and the epic-style soundtrack, perfectly presented the Egyptians' oppression and bullying of the Hebrews. A grand theme, if done well can make people feel sublime, and if done poorly, it will make people feel false and empty, it is obvious that this beginning has handed in a satisfactory answer. Then it tells the story of Moses' abandonment in the form of murals. I have seen murals not once or twice in the movie, but it is the first time that the characters in the murals act in conjunction with the plot, and the transitions are combined with the development of the story. It's so good, it's hard to miss every picture.
In addition to these two amazing things, the artistic composition is also commendable. Moses and his brother are talking, the huge stone feet occupy the whole picture, the older brother is in the shadow in the upper left, showing his depression, and Moses is in the lower right corner, this diagonal line seems to imply the later opposition between the two relation. There are also two people under the mural, and the elder brother's eldest son is just under the crocodile in the middle of the mural, which also implies that he is about to have an accident.
A big meal cannot be eaten every day, otherwise a big meal will not be considered a big meal, but apart from these outstanding performances, the others are also quite good.
In addition, in terms of character creation, there is still a big difference between the image of Moses who never covets his elder brother's throne in the first half, the naughty, mischievous, joyful and carefree image and the image of becoming the leader of a nation in the later part. Is there a transition in this change? Well, I can't tell, maybe the movie's portrayal of the transformation process didn't stimulate me, so I feel that it's a bit contradictory to let a person of a young psychological age take on such a huge responsibility.
Moses' older brother Ramtis was made into a deeply sympathetic character. When I was young, I was always scolded by my father for the pressure of being an heir. In other works, this can be enough to affect the protagonist's life experience. After my brother got into trouble, I always blamed my younger brother. The first thing I did after I became a minister It is to promote his brother, and even after his brother kills him, he only wants to protect him. How can such a pitiful and friendly brother be hated? What's more, the film deliberately did not show the suffering caused by the architectural statue of Ramtis to the Hebrews, but instead showed the murder of his eldest son, which is even more sympathetic. In short, only from the point of view of the movie, Ramtis lived a little extravagantly as a pharaoh (this is what he was born with), and it can be said that he is a very good person who loves his younger brother.
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