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
  • Keenan 2022-04-21 09:02:29

    ★★★★ The oracle is indescribable. When the Red Sea is split, the scene is as spectacular as the voice of the gods. Just don't know how much of the adaptation is real?

  • Lola 2021-12-30 17:21:42

    Revisited and the time is right. It can be seen that the important contributions of medieval Christian theologians and Islamic preachers are otherwise not difficult to understand why there is an irreconcilable contradiction between Jewish and Greco-Romanized Egypt. The richness of mythology is far less than the latter. This does not count the epics of Northern Europe, Iran and India. The creation of such things and the promotion of the unknown and invisible gods have a great relationship. This quality is the basis for the continuous deconstruction of the Jewish nation and the cosmopolitanization.

The Ten Commandments quotes

  • Sethi: The man best able to rule Egypt will follow me. I owe that to my fathers, not to my sons.

  • Moses: [to Sethi, after Sethi came to see Moses completing the city to be built] Pharoah is pleased?

    Sethi: With the obelisk, yes. But not with certain accusations made against you.

    Moses: By whom?

    Sethi: You raided the temple granaries?

    Moses: Yes.

    [Rameses puts first weight on scale. The other scale dish holds a heavier weight, which keeps that dish on the table]

    Sethi: You gave the grain to the slaves?

    Moses: Yes.

    [Rameses puts second weight on scale, which causes opposite scale dish to bounce, but it still rests on the table]

    Rameses: You gave them one day in seven to rest.

    Moses: Yes.

    [Rameses puts third weight on scale. It's now heavier than its opposite dish, which is yanked up off the table]

    Sethi: Did you do all this to gain their favor?

    Moses: [Moses puts a brick on the dish that was yanked off the table. It's now heavier than Rameses' weights and crashes to the table with a bang! Moses has defeated his accusers] A city is built of brick, Pharoah. The strong make many, the starving make few. The dead make none. So much for accusations.