Yes, its April but it's also the specials Holiday of Easter and sure I've already did my did my recommendation of the Chosen, but I've said back in January I was going to do a tribute to Ridley Scott and I'm a little bit behind, also I figured this would be a perfect movie to watch in the month of April. It's kind of strange looking back at Exodus: Gods and Kings, it does feel a bit of a mystery as to why Scott chose to direct this film despite the fact, he claims to be an atheist, I guess the one reason I can honestly understand was that it was a year or two after his brother Tony Scotts suicide and he obviously made this movie as a tribute for him. When I first remember the trailer for the movie moreover heard that Christian Bale was playing Moses, I thought to myself that this was obviously going to be amazing I mean hell Batman playing the hero to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt? You can't go wrong with that. Now I'll admit that yes there's a ton of flaws with this movie such as the famous actors playing so-called Egyptians, which fair but deep down doesn't bother me that much because let’s face it Hollywood has been guilty of this for quite a long time so, if you’re going to point the finger at one fall guy, point it at the producers in Hollywood, and deep down they did a good job disguising it a bit. So, let’s dive deep into Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Egyptian princes Moses (Christian Bale) and Rameses (Joel Edgerton) are raised together as brothers. When Rameses becomes Pharaoh, Moses is his trusted advisor. However, Moses soon discovers his Hebrew parentage, and Rameses banishes him to the desert -- often a death sentence. But God has a mission for Moses: Free the Israelites from slavery. Moses returns home from exile and demands that Rameses lets his people go, but the arrogant ruler is unmoved, leading to a battle of divine wills.
After watching this movie, I can admit that yes it has its unnatural flaws but deep down I would prefer this film over Darren Aronofsky's film Noah for which all the Angels are moving rocks which I still to this day never quite understand why he would do that, though deep-down Aronofsky is a weird dude. And in all honesty, those two films came out the same year although in different months. But now re-watching this entertaining movie I always said this before but never outspoken, majority of Ridley Scott's films are not bad in truthfulness, there mostly entertaining and Exodus is a great example of still being entertaining. A side from the fact that this is both Scott and Christian Bale's only movie in terms of working together I don't understand why they stopped working together after that because I thought they made a good team, and yes this film was two years prior to Bales final performance of Batman, but in all honesty I truly believed that he did a fantastic job as Moses and for a guy who does a great job being a method actor he really put the whole movie on his back and made it as entertaining as possible. Now everyone playing Egyptian I'll admit it was a bit on the white washing side to it but come on, Hollywood again, has been doing it for a long time so don't blame this movie when you see it in terms of it being inaccurate, in fairness blame the producers and casting directors for not doing their jobs, and also let’s not forget in 2016 director Alex Proyas directed a movie called Gods of Egypt, where Gerard Butler is a Scotsman but playing an Egyptian God but yet doesn't look a thing like Egyptian at all, so again before you try to criticize this movie just remember that Hollywood still to this day hasn't learn their lesson. Anyway, back to the main topic, I thought Ridley Scott did a great job disguising the actors in fairness and Joel Edgerton did a good job with his appearance and his performance as well because from the way some of the actors were dressed, I truly thought they all looked good in playing Egyptian. Sure this movie is not up to par with films like The Ten Commandments or The Prince of Egypt, but I honestly loved Ridley Scott's take in making the films a much grounded towards reality in some ways, but also seeing Moses as kind of a resistance leader and not dressed in the traditional robes and staff towards the end of the movie, moreover always knows how to make a grand epic movie because in all fairness this anything he makes is yes sometimes has its flaws but I still loved this film till the very end. So, for the month of April and Easter Sunday if you’re looking for something new and different, I would highly recommend giving a chance and watching Exodus: Gods and Kings and yes, it’s not traditional like The Ten Commandments but I can honestly say that you'll be entertained by Bale's performance as Moses and some of the grand epic sequences that happens throughout the film.
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