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'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Review: Behold, the Power of Boredom
'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Review: Behold, the Power of Boredom
Exodus: Gods and Kings- Another Atheist butchers a beloved Biblical; account
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I have read many bad reviews of this movie, and not just because it twists the Bible. The equal rights people are all up in arms, because the main characters, including Pharaoh, are white. The director wanted big name billing, and apparently there are few blacks or other races that are big enough names to take major roles.
I got sucked into watching Noah, I will not waste time or money on this Hollywood production.
I got sucked into watching Noah, I will not waste time or money on this Hollywood production.
Interestingly enough Christians as a group tend to blast Hollywood for not putting out movies that are family friendly and portray decent values, but then when they put out something that meets that criteria even slightly we find something else to gripe about. As a result Hollywood execs tend to flat ignore our demographic because they've decided that we can't be made happy.
Rarely has Hollywood portrayed ANY historical event without taking liberties with the story, why would we think they would do differently with portraying a series of events that most of them don't even believe happened?
Rarely has Hollywood portrayed ANY historical event without taking liberties with the story, why would we think they would do differently with portraying a series of events that most of them don't even believe happened?
We shouldn't. Hopefully movies with biblical topics will at least get some people to open their Bibles and read, for themselves, what happened.
But, while I'm here...
Exodus 14 New International Version (NIV)
[SUP]1[/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, [SUP]2 [/SUP]“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ [SUP]4 [/SUP]And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” [SUP]6 [/SUP]So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. [SUP]7 [/SUP]He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. [SUP]8 [/SUP]The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. [SUP]9 [/SUP]The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. [SUP]11 [/SUP]They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? [SUP]12 [/SUP]Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. [SUP]14 [/SUP]The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. [SUP]16 [/SUP]Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. [SUP]17 [/SUP]I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. [SUP]18 [/SUP]The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, [SUP]20 [/SUP]coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, [SUP]22 [/SUP]and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. [SUP]24 [/SUP]During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. [SUP]25 [/SUP]He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” [SUP]27 [/SUP]Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. [SUP]28 [/SUP]The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [SUP]30 [/SUP]That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. [SUP]31 [/SUP]And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
But, while I'm here...
Exodus 14 New International Version (NIV)
[SUP]1[/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, [SUP]2 [/SUP]“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp near Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. They are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal Zephon. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Pharaoh will think, ‘The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.’ [SUP]4 [/SUP]And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory for myself through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” So the Israelites did this.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have let the Israelites go and have lost their services!” [SUP]6 [/SUP]So he had his chariot made ready and took his army with him. [SUP]7 [/SUP]He took six hundred of the best chariots, along with all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. [SUP]8 [/SUP]The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly. [SUP]9 [/SUP]The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi Hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. [SUP]11 [/SUP]They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? [SUP]12 [/SUP]Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. [SUP]14 [/SUP]The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
[SUP]15 [/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. [SUP]16 [/SUP]Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. [SUP]17 [/SUP]I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. And I will gain glory through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. [SUP]18 [/SUP]The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel’s army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, [SUP]20 [/SUP]coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near the other all night long.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided, [SUP]22 [/SUP]and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]The Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots and horsemen followed them into the sea. [SUP]24 [/SUP]During the last watch of the night the Lord looked down from the pillar of fire and cloud at the Egyptian army and threw it into confusion. [SUP]25 [/SUP]He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The Lord is fighting for them against Egypt.”
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.” [SUP]27 [/SUP]Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, and the Lord swept them into the sea. [SUP]28 [/SUP]The water flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]But the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left. [SUP]30 [/SUP]That day the Lord saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore. [SUP]31 [/SUP]And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the Lord displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared the Lord and put their trust in him and in Moses his servant.
I haven't seen it and wont. The previews alone tell me it's horribly inaccurate. I didn't see the Noah movie either. You shouldn't have to alter the Bible to make it interesting. Would it have been too much to leave it accurate so the people can get the true story? Now, if they didn't like the movie, they can say, "and that is why I'm not a Christian." It does an horrible injustice to His word and message.
It's the artistic license of the director to alter the story into what he believes is a good film. It isn't necissarily about getting the true story, it's about a jist. We don't even know what the true story is, seeing as there is a glaring lack of archeological evidence for the Exodus, no historical mention of mass slavery in Egypt (other than the bible), no evidence of mass movement through Sinai, no evidence that the firstborns in Egypt were slain, and absolutely no evidence that Judaism originated in Egypt. In fact, all evidence points to the book of Exodus being compiled around 800 BCE in Caanan as a political propaganda against the Egyptians, and there is overwhelming consensus among scholars and archeologists alike that Judaism originated in Judah, of all places, as a worship of the Caananite God 'El', later called 'Elah', 'Allah', Jehovah, YHWH etc etc etc.
The mass Exodus from Egypt is a fiction, and the moviemakers treat it as such.
The mass Exodus from Egypt is a fiction, and the moviemakers treat it as such.
I agree and will add though that the some of the 10 plagues in some form or fashion seemed directed at some of the gods that the Egyptians worshipped......like the 3 days of utter darkness....one of the main Gods worshipped by the Egyptians was the sun....but overall and like I said.....I agree with you for sure.........!