The producers and writers of the 1956 film “Ten Commandments” took care to consult Bible scholars, both Jewish and Christian, before even attempting to make their film. The current group seems to be consulting doubters and nonbelievers, and then stretching the storyline as far as they could to make a great “popular epic”. The Biblical story is epic in and of itself. But they must tell their “truth” to the world, and not G_d’s.
I have read the commentary above and elsewhere about the contents of the movie. It seems the new Exodus movie has G_d appearing to Moses as a young boy rather than in a burning bush to command him to free Israel. The miracles are explained away as acts of nature. Moses confrontation with a fellow Hebrew, after killing an Egyptian who had been beating a fellow Hebrew the previous day, is twisted way out of context. My money will stay home, just as it did with the film about Noah.
There is such a large number of people in the general population that get their beliefs from the contents of what they see on TV and movies. After all isn't it true that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.
There is a prevalent belief that if you're just good in a general sense you will be allowed into heaven. This too has been fostered on the general public through the media.
Of course Muslims believe that if your good deeds outweigh your bad by even one action, that you enter paradise. Of course they have a shortcut method also that includes killing or dying for their god in jihad.
There is such a great demand for Bible based films throughout the Jewish and Christian communities, but Hollywood as usual tries to tell it their way, and not G_d’s way.
I am all but certain an upstart film company could set up in a right to work state and produce blockbusters based on Bible stories. I can’t believe no one ha s done it.
I think Mel Gibson had this idea and his personal demons caused him too many problems to really continue.
Such a simple premise. No need to buy rights to a novel, it is public domain and the stories are already well told. All you have to do is adapt them faithfully to film. Exodus should have been the easiest to do . The other books of Moses would make great sequels.
Unfortunately, and according to Mohammad, there is only room in Paradise for 72,000. The line must be as long for the Muslim Paradise as the makers of this movie hoped theirs would be ...
Plus if my memory is correct, Cecile B. DeMill did TWO movies of “ The Ten Commandments “, one in the days of the silent films and the much more famous one with Charlston Heston in the mid-50’s. I think and I could be wrong, the second one was his last film because in old pictures he was old himself.