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Mar 13, 2020The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
▶︎THIS IS THE FILM responsible for the Ten Commandments monuments that are blots on the landscape everywhere, as lowbrow schlockmeister deMille's publicity campaign gave them away to cities and towns all over the USA, starting a tradition. Edward G. Robinson doesn't say, "Where's your Messiah now, Moses?" in the movie. Billy Crystal made that up out of whole cloth for a comedy routine. In fact, nobody talks about the Messiah throughout the movie. For another laugh, notice that in an opening scene, where Pharaoh orders all the Hebrew chillun to be put to death, some lackey bellows, "So orders Rameses the First!" How did he know it was Rameses the First? There wasn't a Rameses the Second yet. ~ The Observer can't figure out why this is shown at Easter, as it has nothing to do with Jesus. And there's another perfectly good Biblical epic, "Ben-Hur," that does indeed involve Jesus, and it also has Charlton Heston. Really, "Ben-Hur" should be your Easter movie pick, or "The Robe." ~ Nevertheless, it's an epic spectacle that is quite enjoyable, and moves along with no dead spots. Pay no mind to the comment by ManMachine, he's turning out to be one of the Snobs of Cinema he's always warning us about. Oddly, he also thinks the movie has something to do with Christianity.