Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) by 3Ebfan511 — 25 Sep 2015

Substitute Christian Bale for Charles Heston, with updated directing and CGI and you get an idea of this film. I am not very religious but always loved seeing the Ten Commandments as a kid, and this is a pretty decent modernization of it.

I thought it might be too "biblical" and thus silly, but actually maintains a certain realistic sense of events, which I was not expecting and was definitely more appreciating for an atheist who grew up as catholic, appreciating the story, and the original film.

He did a great job capturing a retelling of the story, without nonsensical biblical stuff, but that of course means it wont please the religiously fervent, nor the anti-religious who want nothing to do with any of it.

For someone of my background however, (Catholic but now agnostic/atheist) I thought it was great.