This new version of the story of Moses is a huge step backward for theatrical CG animation, or any animation for that matter.
The Ten Commandments (2007)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:3
Rotten:18
Average Rating:3.9/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
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Condemned to die by Pharaoh while just a baby, Hebrew Moses is set adrift on the River Nile by his mother and his sister. Rescued by the daughter of Pharaoh, he grows up thinking he's an Egyptian...
Condemned to die by Pharaoh while just a baby, Hebrew Moses is set adrift on the River Nile by his mother and his sister. Rescued by the daughter of Pharaoh, he grows up thinking he's an Egyptian prince.
Eventually exiled from Egypt when he is exposed as a Jew, he is touched by God, and told that he will lead his enslaved Chosen People to the Promised Land. With the hand of God firmly on his shoulder, and with faith as his only weapon, Moses performs miracles, casts down plagues, evades a pursuing Egyptian army, parts the Red Sea and, after forty years of leading the Hebrew Chosen Ones to the Promised Land, is embraced by God and led to a better place.
What makes this version of The Ten Commandments unique is that it highlights Moses' family, both real and extended, on this long journey.
Filled with high adventure, the miraculous, and a gentle sense of humor, "The Ten Commandments" showcases Moses, the reluctant prophet, who was the only man in Biblical history to see the face of God and call him 'friend.'
--© Promenade Pictures
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Starring: Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould
Director: John Stronach, Bill Boyce
Director: John Stronach, Bill Boyce
Screenwriter: Ed Naha
Producer: John Stronach, Cindy Bond
Composer: Reg Powell
Studio: Promenade Pictures
Reviews for The Ten Commandments
Unprofessional...this new Commandments is the work of the devil himself.
The characters' skin looks like hard plastic, so it's as if a bunch of GI Joes are trying to escape the plague of locusts, and all of the human characters appear to be lit from within, like nightlights.
Where the filmmakers may have aimed to create something comparable to Shrek, instead the quality falls somewhere between that and the movers in the 1985 Dire Straits' Money for Nothing video.
A well-intentioned misfire featuring 3-D CGI animation that recalls lesser vidgames of the mid-1990s.
Thou shalt not cast Christian Slater as Moses, no matter how much the Hollywood party boy wants to fulfill some form of karmic community service.
I've found more nuance in the two-page Bible stories we read with our kids after breakfast.
A beyond-unimpressive computer-animated retelling of the story of Moses, The Ten Commandments seems to have been made using public-domain software, and targeted squarely at kids impressed by any brightly colored moving objects.
Here's an unusual but OK take on the story of Moses, the Exodus and, of course, "The Ten Commandments."
There's an endearing, earnest quality to The Ten Commandments that transcends its star-studded cast and computer-generated animation.
While the story is solid, the computer-generated animation, which lacks any flow and grace, is another matter. Actually, it's kind of creepy
Though it boasts a noteworthy cast, the film suffers from clunky computer animation that appears to be hinged on technology at least several years behind the curve.
As a straightforward introducition to the biblical story, it is arguably better than some of the splashier or more sensational movies out there.
A big-name voice cast doesn't cover for a script that may hit the Biblical high points but somehow misses the dramatic heart of the story.
This is the inaugural film in a franchise of 12 feature films based on Bible stories, using a crude form of three-dimensional computer animation. One can only hope that the future entries in the series are better executed than this first one.
Shamelessly rips off interpretive conceits and even specific dramatic beats from The Prince of Egypt.
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