Exodus: Gods and Kings Review

If you like epic adventure movies (Troy, Gladiator, Alexander) this one will catch your fancy. For some reason there seems to be a trend in new movies being ridiculously long and this movie falls into that category. However, it is usually expected when depicting an epic adventure movie. The original Ten Commandments movie that came out in 1956 was also exceptionally long. Exodus: Gods and Kings was 15 mins longer. So if you do not enjoy long movies, this is not for you. The story is pretty straight forward and those who know their religion will know what to expect in what order. The one main difference I noticed is how the modern version of this tale has much more violence and "Hollywood" in the film. What I mean by this is that the original version was very traditional and had a large religious aspect to the film. Some words were quoted straight out of the bible. Exodus, did not have as much of a religious feel to it. The special effects were much better than the original but the acting overall was nowhere near the original's level. Although Christian Bale did a good job playing the role of Moses in my opinion, he was no Charlton Heston. The Ten Commandments, although much older, is still the superior movie by far. Exodus was very entertaining from start to finish and was not nearly as slow as the Ten Commandments. There are things I like and don't like from both movies. Both movies are worth checking out if you are not familiar with ether of them. I'm not sure I would deem this a Vera-Good Movie but, it is an okay movie and for the price to rent at Redbox, It's worth a rent.

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