Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) by Darthpreamp — 25 Dec 2014
A great movie. VERY respectful of the source material. And yet I feel this is Ridley Scott's commentary, if you will, on the material. And what a truly fascinating commentary it is! As a somewhat well versed Jewish/Hebraic scholar, I found his take quite interesting.
And I recognized some of the material he was drawing on; not the least of which was a very well researched analysis of the meaning of the original Hebrew text and the words it is comprised of. As I watched and a scene would come up, I instantly knew which verse he was analyzing and giving commentary on! Simply amazing that he has that sort of clarity in a film!! He also did NOT give in to Hollywood pressures with this film.
It is NOT politically correct. He doesn't have an obligatory sex scene. And he takes extremely seriously the social, religious, spiritual and historical implications of the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
This review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) was written by Darthpreamp on 25 Dec 2014.
Exodus: Gods and Kings has generally received mixed reviews.
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