Anyone watching this? I’ve no clue why they want to redo a classic film. I predict a stinker.
I heard a couple guys talking about this on the radio today. It can be summed up as: “Paramont Pictures should sue ABC to get their rights back!” and “I thought one of the commandments was to not remake the Ten Commandments.”
Thou shalt have no Moseses before Charlton Heston.
Just my opinion…it’s pretty terrible. Even my beloved Naveen can’t save it. As a matter of fact, his acting is horrible too. Blinking the eyes two dozen times does not convey the grief over losing his child…it just makes him look like he’s got a blinking problem.
I have been told by both heterosexual women and homosexual men that the best part of watching the 1956 version is all the beefcake. Being neither, I can’t comment on that or how the new version measures up.
What I don’t get is, it’s the 50th anniversary. Why are they showing a new version? And where is that great Doper wit, in which The Ten Commandments is combined with Planet of the Apes and the NRA?
Moseses? Mosii?
Moishim?
I saw 10 minutes of it. What’s the deal with the kid’s haircut? Just a patch of hair over the right ear was allowed to grow, the rest of his head was shaved. And his melon was HUGE! Was it symbolic of something?
I actually managed a little over an hour of it before I gave up. This is terrible beyond words. I’m reminded of old school videos by Encyclopedia Britanica [Solemn_announcer]And then Moses and Aaron went to the river Nile to begin the work of their God[/Solemn_announcer]
Blech! Slow, ponderous, dull, and makes “The Greatest Story Ever Told” look like a cinematic tour de force.
Just say “No!”
Hm. There have been plenty of remakes of this story. I don’t see what this one adds. There are some CGI effects, but they’re eking out non-CGI setups. All in all, if you took out the few effects shots, what you have is pretty similar to the Burt Lancaster moses from the 1970s, without any improvement.
We already have the 1956 Spectacle (which is itself kinda a remake of the OT parts of deMille’s own silent version of The Ten Commandments. If you want a good CGI Splitting of the Red Sea, I honestly think the Spielberg cartoon version Prince of Egypt already handled it earlier, and better.
Me, I just think ABC got tired of paying Paramount to rent the de Mille version. And they were afraid of losing audience share to “same old same old”. But, heck, I’ll take colorful effects, Chuck Heston, Yul Brynner, Edward G., and Vincent Price over this nondescript version any day.
By the way, the Pharaoh’s son’s unilock of hair is the same that Yul Brynner wears at the beginningh of The 1956 film, and was copied from ancient carvings. They used it in the Spielberg cartoon, too.
I watched about an hour before I had to head to bed. I thought it was ok (very stuff acting at parts), but not awful. I’d watch it again if they showed it-- mostly so I could watch the rest.
And is it me or was (the YOUNG) version of Moses’ adopted mom totally smokin?
I think the editors were making a drinking game out of the “parting of the seas” scene.
Okay… drink every time you see stock footage!
You’ll be vomiting within ninety seconds.
I can’t imagine how anyone thought this would be a good idea.
I watched it for a few minutes, but then I popped Prince of Egypt into the DVD player instead.
Let my stinkin’ guns go, you damn dirty pharoah?
Exactly. ABC bought the rights from them, which is why one of those radio guys said Paramount should get 'em back.
Me neither. Ignoring for a moment that we pretty much know for sure that the Hebrews were never in Egypt, this just isn’t one of the more compelling stories in the Bible. How about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden? AFAIK, that’s never been done, and it’s a lot more interesting.
Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden story were covered in the John Houston film “The Bible”.
Not asking for a cite exactly, but this kind of stuff interests me, and I can’t seem to find much on the web about it. Got any suggestions on where to find more information?
I watched about 20 minutes of this tonight - it was all I could stand. Holy Smokes, what a load of crap. And not even TV-quality special effects. Very amateurish.
Exec #1: Hey, didn’t that Jesus movie make a ton of money? The Happiness of the Christ, or something like that?
Exec #2: Yeah! Let’s make a Jesus movie! How about the 10 Commandments? I’ll bet we can even scarf up some of the old sets.
Exec #1: Does it have Jesus in it?
Exec #2: It must. It’s about the Bible.
Exec #1: Green light it!