Look at Charlton Heston vs Christian Bale as Moses.
Side by side photos. Same with Elizabeth Taylor and Angelina Jolie.
You had movie stars in the past who had presence.
Today you have celebrities who are mainly know for what they do off camera.
I have a special love for Charlton Heston.
I had a friend who was one of his caregivers in his last days.
I was able to share this story with him:
A little Jewish Boy who was a student of mine was getting into the Torah in Hebrew School, and he asked me if there were any good movies about the Torah (He loved old movies!) so i recommended the Ten Commandments.
A few weeks later, I asked him what he thought of the movie. He said it was awesome, but there was one question he had about it.
Thinking that it might be more appropriate for him to question his rabbi on anything theological, I cautiously asked him what his question was.
Here it was:
“What was Moses doing on the Planet of the Apes?????”
I shared this with my friend, who shared it with Charlton Heston, and he had a real belly-laugh over it!
It made me feel so good that i had been able to give some enjoyment to that man after all the wonderful movies he had given ME.