I rented the movie Exodus: Gods and Kings last night. I was amazed with the reviews of the movie, that the movie was not 'Biblical" and many were upset by this.
Some issues people are having with the movie:
1- Main one - God is portrayed as a child with a British accent. And he's really pissed off. Moses often argues with him, like he's his parent. The kid, before he unleashed the 10 Plagues says "Just you watch." When the kid is pissed, he goes off. The special effects of the 10 Plagues was really good.
2-Moses does not have a staff, he has an Egyptian sword. He uses this quite often. But the one scene was omitted, which is when Moses tosses down the staff, and it turns into a serpent, devouring the magicians (of Pharoahs) little snakes. The serpent was to represent Israel kicking the Egyptians asses. But they did not have this scene.
3-The parting of the Red Sea. Ok so Moses did not 'part it.' He throws his Egyptian sword in the sea. Then it kinda "drains" a bit. Personally, I would have liked to see it parted. But the pissed off kid job does a good job closing the sea on Pharoah and his Egyptian army.
4-Kid God does not actually do the Ten Commandments himself. He basically dictates to Moses what to say, and he uses a hammer and chisel to write them on top of the mountain.
5-Kid God does not get pissed off about a Golden Calf. And freak out about it like in The Bible.
So as you can see, with such changes and omissions, some Christians are like really mad. I wasn't mad about it, lol. Some of its amusing. I mean, the sea drains cause of a sword, really? God as a British kid with an axe to grind at the Egyptians? I was a bit bummed no magical staff turning into a serpent. But all in all, it was a pretty good watch. Oh, but they did do the Passover pretty good, and seemed to keep to that one.
