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
  • 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.

  • Louvenia 2022-04-20 09:01:48

    An example of a biblical film. It is amazing that the special effects of 60 years ago can achieve this level. The unique oil painting texture of the film makes the film even more solemn. The director of "Pharaoh and the Gods" should really learn how to shoot "Exodus" with his predecessors. It also highlights the human nature of the prophet. The Law arranged a lot of questioning plots for Moses to express his inner contradictions. Instead, it made Moses look like a god who was not firm in his beliefs. In this film, Moses only said, "Please forgive me. Cowardly", it is subtle and decent, and it is not lacking in appeal until the point is reached. But having said that, maybe in this era of lack of faith, it is destined to not be able to make good Bible films. Everyone is used to expressing doubts, but "believing" and "revering" are actually more difficult. The ancestors have seen the power of God firsthand, and they still have the sin of the golden calf, not to mention my generation. As the Psalms say, "What is a man, that you care for him. What is the world, that you care for him?" It was probably in the same mood when Moses smashed the stone tablets.

The Ten Commandments quotes

  • Yochabel: Why have you come here?

    Bithiah: Because Moses will come here.

    Yochabel: My son?

    Bithiah: No, my son! That's all he must know.

    Yochabel: My lips might deny him, Great One, but my eyes never could.

    Bithiah: You will leave Goshen, you and your family, tonight.

    Yochabel: We are Levites, appointed shepherds of Israel. We cannot leave our people.

    Bithiah: Would you take from Moses all that I have given him? Would you undo all that I have done for him? I have put the throne of Egypt within his reach! What can you give him in its place?

    Yochabel: I gave him life.

    Bithiah: I gave him love!

  • Bithiah: They're going away, Moses, and the secret's going with them. No one need ever know the shame I brought upon you.

    Moses: Shame? What change is there in me? Egyptian or Hebrew, I am still Moses. These are the same hands, the same arms, the same face that was mine a moment ago.

    Yochabel: A moment ago you were her son, the strength of Egypt. Now you are my son, a slave of Egypt. You find no shame in this?

    Moses: If there is no shame in me, how can I feel shame for the woman who bore me, or the race that bred me?