divinemetamorphoses I love Ridley Scott and his vision. A big production that lost elements of the story. Mistaken juxtaposition, bits and pieces felt passionate, as is Mr Scott's usual storytelling. Mismatched, plenty of holes, character development fail. The actors weren't genuine to their roles. Felt all over the place. My reveiw pretty much sums up my discombobulated view, broken. Was it the way it was edited? Love Christian Bale for all of his other roles. Perhaps Moses would have been better cast with someone unknown. Or lesser known. Just a thought.

pack_fan_dave Ridley Scott completely went off the actual story in creating this movie that does not even come close to the story in scriptures. If you are looking for a movie that tells the story as told in scripture this is not it.

szweda-18555 When I was a kid they took us to London to see what was the most amazing film I had ever seen up to that point I think - The Greatest Story Ever Told and it was one of those in "Cinerama", massively wide curved screen etc. I knew the story but was bowled away by the action on screen - yes indeed, the Old Testament could be action-packed fun. This weekend we watched Ridley Scott's take on the Old Testament on our mighty plasma TV and it looked great but of course lacked the impact of that ancient movie. Times change, we get inured to the special, novelties all too rapidly become a given on life's ratchet. Without giving the game away even though most know the story from Sunday School, I thought it was well done, well acted, well photographed etc. It ticked all the boxes but somehow fell short. It seemed like a sequence of alternate flash and dialogue, talking exposition then crash bang wallop or is that how all movies are made these days? Plus of course, we have LOTR and GoT to poison the well of our expectations... and for me another attempt to get my head around Scott's Alien Covenant and failing. Unlike Gladiator I doubt we shall be buying the Box Set and rewatching Exodus.

Erik P An excellent film. It was beautifully filmed,acted and written. Christian Bale was a fulfilling choice as moses. Christians seem to be getting upity because it doesn't fit how they see the story. Scott did an amazing job of balancing between making the events seem real and plausible,and even making us wonder if Moses was really talking to God or whether it was his mind, against the events as told in the bible. Original,inspiring and beautiful.