First Impression: The title is off-putting.
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Gods - Plural
Kings - Plural
Of course, in the story of Exodus there is only one God and only one king.
Who is the other god? The god of the Egyptians? That is a false god. God is the one true God. That is the whole point, isn’t it?
Who is the other King? Moses? Moses is not a king. Moses is the son of Hebrew slaves and could never be king. Again, that is kind of the whole point.
It seems like the assumption of the movie is that it was a battle between two gods and two kings, and God was the better god and Moses was the better king, so the Israelites prevailed. This is a perversion of everything in Exodus.
This is a lot of analysis for four words, of course. Maybe it is a fine movie. But if they can’t even get through the title without going astray, I am going to bet against it.
Since Pharaoahs were considered reincarnations of gods as well as earthly kings, there are in fact two gods and two kings in the movie.
Only one set wins, however.