Say a few impressions

Sammy 2022-03-23 09:02:09

It was a very long movie, and I finally finished watching it with some scraps of time. Say a few impressions.

== Spectacular ==

The period when Farah visited the fortification, especially the scene where the blue, green and red flags were used to control the erection of the stele, really scared me. How many extras does it take? In the old version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it feels like there have never been so many people.

Moreover, the small details of these big scenes are also done well. Even in the non-focus of the lens, people are doing their own thing, not like a stick of wood.

The special effects are also very impressive, representative, even if Moses split the Red Sea. A film made 57 years ago, depending on the conditions at the time, really didn't know how it could be done.

== Exotic ==

When I saw the second half, I was already a little groggy. Suddenly, I was awakened by the dance of Jethro's daughters. The enthusiastic dance of the girls and the lively music were really amazing.

== Deified == Does

n't it mean that Moses was an introvert, had a language barrier, and had to rely on his brother Aaron to express his opinions publicly? In this movie, Moses took care of it all by himself.

It is a case of discovering that foreigners also deify people.

== Consciousness before helping people ==

When Moses "requested Pharaoh to free his slaves" and the result was only "no bricks made from straw", he was immediately besieged by angry slaves. Looking at his indifferent expression, I think he was mentally prepared for "not being understood or even being hurt" before helping him.

== Fairy tale ==

Moses led the Israelites out of the shackles of slaves to the land flowing with milk and honey - Canaan. This event brought happiness to the Israelites, but it brought real disaster to the natives of Canaan.

The arrival of the Israelites smeared the entire territory of Canaan with blood. Among them, the Canaanite city of Jericho was slaughtered by them.

The only thing I still remember is the sentence that has been repeated countless times: So let it be written, so it shall be done.

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Extended Reading

The Ten Commandments quotes

  • [Opening line and sentences as movie started]

    Narrator: And God said Let there be light, and there was light. And from this light, God created life upon earth. And man was given diminion over all things upon this earth and the power to choose betweem good and evil. But each sought to do his own will because he knew not the light of God's law. Man took dominion over man, the conquered were made to serve the conqueror, the weak were made to serve the strong, and freedom was gone from this world. So did the Egyptians cause the children of Israel to serve with rigor, and their lives were made bitter with hard bondage. And their cry came up unto God. And God heard them and cast into Egypt, into the lowly hut of Amram and Yochabel, the seed of a man upon whose mind and heart would be written God's law and God's commandments, one man alone against an empire.

  • [the 'stick to cobra' combat had just occurred]

    Moses: You gave me this staff to rule over scorpions and serpents, but God made it a rod to rule over kings. Hear His word, Rameses, and obey.

    Rameses: Obey? Moses, Moses. Are there no magicians in Egypt, that you have come back to make serpents out of sticks or cause rabbits to appear?