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Did anyone see the whole show last night? I came in during the burning bush scene and was impressed at how closely it followed the bible, even to the point that Moses sent his wife away. The acting and costumes were very good too. The only disappointing things were that they called the passover “meat” instead of lamb. They never mentioned lamb/ lamb’s blood. and the parting of the red sea special effects could have been better.

Anyone care to comment? Especially on the parts I missed. It continues tonight.
 
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I thought the effects were horrible, especialy compared to the original. The acting was worse. Give me Heston!
 
wisdom 3:5:
Did anyone see the whole show last night? I came in during the burning bush scene and was impressed at how closely it followed the bible, even to the point that Moses sent his wife away. The acting and costumes were very good too. The only disappointing things were that they called the passover “meat” instead of lamb. They never mentioned lamb/ lamb’s blood. and the parting of the red sea special effects could have been better.

Anyone care to comment? Especially on the parts I missed. It continues tonight.
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TIVO’d it so I can watch with my kids since its on so late. Looking forward to watching it this weekend.
 
Considering it is a made for TV movie, it wasn’t too bad in the acting and sets and costumes, although poor Omar Sharif looked decidedly lost and disinterested. But, the quibble I have with it is the made up Egyptian brother and how they developed the story so that he is the one leading the chariots into the Red Sea to take revenge for the death of his firstborn son. Really, it didn’t help anything, IMHO. And it made Moses come across as some kind of heartless fanatic who had to turn his back on those who were kind and loving to him as a child. It was almost as bad as the silly love triangle Cecile B. DeMille cooked up for his extravaganza. Oh well, I guess having any secular take on the story of Moses is going to disappoint in the essentials. I never saw a biblical sand and sandal epic that didn’t.
 
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Considering it is a made for TV movie, it wasn’t too bad in the acting and sets and costumes, although poor Omar Sharif looked decidedly lost and disinterested. But, the quibble I have with it is the made up Egyptian brother and how they developed the story so that he is the one leading the chariots into the Red Sea to take revenge for the death of his firstborn son. Really, it didn’t help anything, IMHO. And it made Moses come across as some kind of heartless fanatic who had to turn his back on those who were kind and loving to him as a child. It was almost as bad as the silly love triangle Cecile B. DeMille cooked up for his extravaganza. Oh well, I guess having any secular take on the story of Moses is going to disappoint in the essentials. I never saw a biblical sand and sandal epic that didn’t.
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I was wondering about the whole “brother” thing. Since I didn’t see the beginning I thought they were more like friend brothers than same parent brothers.
 
I watched the first hour and a half or so until I couldn’t stand it anymore. Could it have been any less spiritual? I just didn’t get a very inspirational feel for it. I won’t watch the rest of it.

This, plus… When Aaron insulted Moses regarding his wife - he called her a “Barbarian”. Uh… didn’t the barbarians come along after Moses and the Exodus? :confused:
 
I was disapointed in the ways that it diverted from the Bible. Despite the “artistic” liberties we plan to continue watching, because it is much better than most the the junk on TV. I do miss hearing the biblical text over the plain speech that they have chosen.
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TIVO’d it so I can watch with my kids since its on so late. Looking forward to watching it this weekend.
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I don’t know how old your kids are, but there were some parts that IMO were extrememly GORY, way over the top for a TV movie. :eek:
 
I watched the rest of it last night and was disappointed. They didn’t explain why they were wandering in the desert so long etc. There was no emphasis on sin - the Levites killed all those women and children because “God wanted it that way”. My husband, who didn’t watch the whole show and doesn’t know the bible that well saw that scene and said, “what barbary!” “nice of God” “That’s religion for you!” etc. 😦
 
wisdom 3:5:
I was wondering about the whole “brother” thing. Since I didn’t see the beginning I thought they were more like friend brothers than same parent brothers.
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They made up a storyline that after the Egyptian princess adopted Moses she had a son of her own (although no husband is every produced for us to see). So, this supposed younger son was trotted out to be Moses’ “brother.” Needless to say, there’s nothing in the Bible to indicate there was any other child in the princess’ immediate family, although Moses would certainly have been brought up with all the other children in the royal household. And, he always knew he was Hebrew–it wasn’t sprung on him one day the way the film showed it. I could go on and on about the inaccuracies and nonsensical plot devices, but I have neither the time nor the interest for such a critique. Suffice it to say that Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments come across as pure gold compared to the lead of ABC’s (Hallmark) presentation of it. :rolleyes:
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Why is God’s voice a whipser?
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bones_IV:
Can you say 'radical feminism?
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Sorry, bones, I don’t get the connection. :confused:
 
I saw only the second part and found it very distrurbing.

I considered it was trying to reshape our images of the Jews and Moses in a more non-religious and violent manner.

It also at times mocked God and his love for his people.
 
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Della:
They made up a storyline that after the Egyptian princess adopted Moses she had a son of her own (although no husband is every produced for us to see). So, this supposed younger son was trotted out to be Moses’ “brother.” Needless to say, there’s nothing in the Bible to indicate there was any other child in the princess’ immediate family, although Moses would certainly have been brought up with all the other children in the royal household. And, he always knew he was Hebrew–it wasn’t sprung on him one day the way the film showed it. I could go on and on about the inaccuracies and nonsensical plot devices, but I have neither the time nor the interest for such a critique. Suffice it to say that Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments come across as pure gold compared to the lead of ABC’s (Hallmark) presentation of it. :rolleyes:

Sorry, bones, I don’t get the connection. :confused:
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Many people don’t like the idea of God’s voice being a man.
 
I watched the first half of it and got bored. Plus, when they showed Moses as a child, he had blue eyes! I know Hebrews and Egyptians had dark eyes. Plus, I never once heard of Rameses. The Pharoh was not depicted as Rameses, but just the Pharoh, so it didn’t make any sense to me. Plus, the Pharoh was supposed to chase the Hebrews into the Red Sea, but instead it was that other guy (whom I thought was going to be the Pharoh but he wasn’t), which I didn’t understand. Sense it was so inaccurate, I didn’t finish watching the rest of it.
 
Sounds like I didnt miss nothing. Glad I stuck with my sitcom line-up.

I’ll just keep watching The Ten Commandments and Prince of Egypt.
 
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