Director ridley scott has made some great films, but he seems drawn to huge battle epics, like kingdom of heaven and robin hood, which he doesnt seem particularly suited to. An international coproduction between the united states, the united. It has sparked a storm of controversy in some middle eastern countries, where many have banned it for both historical and religious inaccuracies. This movie is netflix original movies and produced by netflix. Gods and kings, shortly after learning of the mysterious events that. Gods and kings from either a religious or secular background will be able to agree upon is a lack of faith in scotts devotion to making a good film. This past weekend saw the release of the ridley scotts latest swordandsandals epic, and the third major biblebased film of the year, exodus.
Gods and kings, shortly after learning of the mysterious events that transformed a lowly hebrew slave into a. Gods and kings, the story of one mans daring courage to. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh ramses ii, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from egypt and its. That human aspect, he explained, would be what he would explore in the film. Gods and kings, the epic tale of one mans daring courage to take on an empire. Putting aside, for a moment, the awful casual racism involved in the films casting, exodus just simply isnt a very good film. Gods and kings tells the wellknown story of how moses led the hebrews out of bondage in egypt, a biblical narrative that communicates the theological purpose of gods relationship with the ancient jews. Released by sony masterworks in 2014 containing music from exodus. Ridley scotts 3d moses biopic is very long, very camp and very grim. Gods and kings ends with a whimper, as an aged moses who, in the gospel according to scott, even has to carve his own ten commandments dictated by that petulant 11yearold. Gods and kings is a 2014 epic biblical film directed and produced by ridley scott. Dec 12, 2014 from acclaimed director ridley scott gladiator, prometheus comes the epic adventure exodus.
I wrote a blog a couple of days ago looking at the historical side of the exodus story, specifically whether. However, scott fails to understand, among many things, that the historical. A numbing and soulless spectacle of 3d, computergenerated imagery run amok, ridley scotts exodus. Dec 10, 2014 this image released by 20th century fox shows christian bale in a scene from exodus. Demilles the ten commandments, but it already looks to be more controversial than that pious 1956 opus. Gods and kings deserve to be banned for historical inaccuracy.
From acclaimed director ridley scott gladiator, prometheus comes exodus. Gods and kings, the second bigbudget biblical epic of the year, demonstrates on multiple fronts why we need more bigbudget biblical epics. Gods and kings soundtrack from 2014, composed by alberto iglesias. Gods and kings, ridley scott aims to discredit the religious interpretation of a pivotal biblical story not by questioning the veracity of the story but by constructing a scientific explanation to replace the storys religious explanation. Gods and kings has a somber, dreary quality, punctuated by a thrumming, droning music score. Gods and kings deserve to be banned for historical. Using state of the art visual effects and 3d immersion, scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader moses christian bale as he rises up against the egyptian pharaoh.
Gods and kings, provoking an angry response by politicians and filmmakers in this north african country. But is it more guilty of being pompous and badly scripted. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh ramses ii, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. An international coproduction between the united states, the united kingdom, and spain, it was produced by peter chernin, jenno topping, michael schaefer, and mark huffam with music by alberto iglesias and written by adam cooper, bill collage, jeffrey caine, and steven zaillian. Morocco has banned ridley scotts biblical epic exodus.
Gods and kings truly is a film worth watching for anyone who is interested in the bible or otherwise. Gods and kings with its firstrate effects and haphazard cast, ridley scotts biblical epic is a movie full. Gods and kings is not a blasphemous film, but neither is it particularly god honoring either. With christian bale, joel edgerton, ben kingsley, sigourney weaver. Covering the story of the first passover but with extra shieldandsword mayhem thrown in for good measure, the movie stars christian bale as moses and joel edgerton as his brother by adoption, pharaoh. In the big screen version, moses christian bale and prince rhamses joel edgerton are raised together. Gods and kings, starring christian bale, joel edgerton and indria varma. Exodus racial casting controversy is a familiar one msnbc. Starring christian bale, joel edgerton, john turturro, aaron paul. In the projection of traditional celluloid films of yts. Gods and kings presents an enduring tale by pummeling us over the head with it.
Gods and kings, ridley scott said that what intrigued him the most about the story of moses was the relationship between him and his adopted brother, pharaoh ramses. Gods and kings creating the action behind the scenes hd 20th century fox. Gods and kings has generated heated debate and controversy because of its alleged whitewashing of egyptian culture. Gods and kings, the story of one mans daring courage to take on the might of an empire. From acclaimed director ridley scott gladiator, prometheus comes the epic adventure exodus. Egypt thinks so, claiming it presents a zionist view of events. Gods and kings truefrench bdrip gratuitement sur uptobox 1fichier uploaded purevid. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh.
Download exodus gods and kings 2014 full hd 1080p 720p. Gods and kings is playing in both 2d and 3d theaters, but whether the premium charge is worthwhile will be up to the viewer. How the human considered themselves god and above all. Of the three, son of god is far and away the most faithful to the biblical text, while noah takes the greatest liberties and most. Gods and kings stars christian bale as moses who, as the film opens, fights alongside his brother ramses a shavedheaded joel edgerton, to help defend egypt, which is ruled by their father, seti john turturro. This image released by 20th century fox shows christian bale in a scene from exodus. The film features a number of visually stunning scenes, but above all else, scotts exodus movie is still a straightforward drama meaning that the primary focus is on its human characters. This weekend there are two films hoping to help 2014 get back into the win column. Its not even that good a story, moses grumbles early on in ridley scotts exodus. Gods and kings christian bale and joel edgerton interview hd 20th century fox by 20th century studios. Using state of the art visual effects and 3d immersion, scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader moses christian bale as he rises up against the egyptian pharaoh ramses joel. He is a skeptic who looks too much like maximus and too little like the great prophet of the bible.
Nowhere do we see singing jews celebrating their freedom as in the song of miriam. Gods and kings is not an offensive hollywood cashgrab, nor is it a particularly inventive revision of the exodus story exodus. If hollywood wants to embrace biblical stories, they should focus more on the text and show why certain things like the exodus itself were important and necessary, unlike the film exodus. Nov 29, 2014 its not even that good a story, moses grumbles early on in ridley scotts exodus. Gods and kings dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Witness the miracle of the parting of the red sea in exodus. The individual yts images that make up yify 37x a film are called frames 720p. The defiant leader moses rises up against the egyptian pharaoh ramses, setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. Your name required your email address required friends name required friends email address required optional message. Pdf download exodus gods and kings 2014 full hd 1080p. Gods and kings starring christian bale, joel edgerton, john turturro, aaron paul, ben. Ridley scott, christian bale, ben kingsley, aaron paul, sigourney weaver. The story of moses rising up against the pharaoh ramses and leading hundreds of thousands of hebrew slaves out of egypt to freedom is one with which were all extremely.
Using stateoftheart visual effects, this spectacular adventure brings new life to the story of moses christian bale as he defies the pharaoh ramses joel edgerton, setting 400,000. We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. Gods and kings director ridley scott says he had to use an allwhite principal cast because a film led by mohammad soandso wouldnt get funding. The box office has been struggling the past few weeks and or months. Dec 31, 2014 morocco has banned ridley scotts biblical epic exodus.
Gods and kings is a dull slog through a bible story too familiar to be of much interest. Watch the exclusive new trailer for ridley scotts exodus. Gods and kings is clearly the darkest and most depressing. Gods and kings, which is a baffling waste of time and talent. Gods and kings is the years third bigscreen bible epic, following son of god and noah. Exodus gods and kings 2014 hindi dual audio 500mb bluray. Using state of the art visual effects and 3d immersion, scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader moses christian bale as he rises up against the egyptian pharaoh ramses joel edgerton, setting. Dec 11, 2014 a numbing and soulless spectacle of 3d, computergenerated imagery run amok, ridley scotts exodus. Gods and kings official trailer hd 20th century fox by 20th century studios. Gods and kings from either a religious or secular background will be able to agree upon is a lack of faith in. Exodus gods and kings is a story about humans and god. In interviews during the early stages of production on exodus.
Dec 12, 2014 finally, it must be noted that exodus. Gods and kings 2014 starring christian bale and aaron paul on dvd and bluray. Gods and kings christian bale and joel edgerton featurette hd 20th century fox. If the prince of egypt was the happy exodus movie and best then exodus.
During battle, moses saves ramses life, causing ramses to fear that his brother will one day be king. Using state of the art visual effects and 3d immersion, scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader moses christian bale as he rises up against the egyptian pharaoh ramses joel edgerton. The moses of the movie is reflective of its agnostic director. Exodus racial casting controversy is a familiar one msnbc jump.
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