New 'Ten Commandments' Makes Moses All Too Human

Zap2it ^ | April 10, 2006 | John Crook

[Watershed]

...I thought Moses WAS human.

[wiltale]

LOL! That was my thought exactly. You beat me to it.

[trubluolyguy]

Makes Moses all too human?


WTH was he, a puppy?

[Disturbin]

"Director Robert Dornhelm is painfully aware that there may be a large audience out there eagerly waiting to hate his new version of 'The Ten Commandments,'"

I think a large audience is wary of any religious story depicted by one of the alphabet channels, not because of the previous version but because they tend to make a mockery of the story, and insert (excuse the pun) homosexual and other propaganda. But that's just an opinion.

[wallcrawlr]

dougray_scott

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[Andy from Beaverton]

[bondjamesbond]

Unless the Cecil B. DeMille version has somehow vanished from the vaults, a new version of The Ten Commandments is wholly unnecessary.

[nmh]

Stick with Charelton Heston's movie.

Remakes are typically lacking.

[mikrofon]

"Book of Dornhelm"?

[PeterPrinciple]

...I thought Moses WAS human.

I understand your point. Yet I like my heros "larger than life" I want to be INSPIRED by what they did right. The Bible presents the whole story about Moses including his human weaknesses. Moses weakness is overcome by Gods strenght. Somehow I don't think TV will get it right.

[wiltale]

"I think a large audience is wary of any religious story depicted by one of the alphabet channels, not because of the previous version but because they tend to make a mockery of the story"

True, especially when major media doesn't understand the difference between Moses and Jesus. The above title would have made sense if the movie was about the latter.

[WalterSkinner]

..I'll pass--already read the book...

[PeterPrinciple]

If some viewers ultimately find this remake too much of a downer, Dornhelm is OK with that, as long as they come to his "Commandments" with an open mind. It's the zealots who insist DeMille's version is somehow untouchable that make him see red.


It is the rereads that always catch my attention. Intersting use of words and perspectives by the author of the article.

[luckystarmom]

You may be correct.

If the guy did it to be accurate, that would be okay. The real Moses had speech problems, so he had Aaron speak for him in public.

However, I loved the original, and I don't think the new one will be great.

[Watershed]

Moses has to deal with his fear, his paranoia, his loneliness, his pain, his anger, his temper and his lack of compromise.

According to the article, we are to see hours of Moses's weakness and self-doubt.

[dfwgator]

No doubt they will try to portray Moses as a homosexual.

[kevkrom]

Whereas Heston's Moses was a towering, thunder-voiced pillar of authority, Scott's Moses is plagued by self-doubt. He is virtually horrified to learn that God has selected him for such a formidable task, since he is painfully aware of his inner flaws.

Actually, this jibes with the accounts in Exodus pretty well. It wasn't until he became God's spokesman, as it were, that Moses became any type of leadership figure.

[TChris]

I had three different religious advisers, a Muslim...

A Muslim "religious adviser"!? On the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments!?

Ignorant fool.

[Brett66]

I saw a preview of this on Saturday, it looks like it might be very true to the scripture. It showed Moses stuttering when he was talking to God, it looked interesting.

[Paisan]

And let's face it, finding actors the likes of Vincent Price, Edward G. Robinson or Yul Brynner is going to be nigh impossible...