Scott has managed to assemble an impressive acting roster for exodus, though a number of his choices where it concerns the members of egyptian royalty and heritage are bound to open up the can of worms that is the ancient egyptians race controversy. Ridley scott and missing the point of the book of exodus. Gods and kings 2014 ridley scott on allmovie ridley scott, a director with peerless visual. Ridley scott s movie, based on the bibles book of exodus, stars bale as moses and joel edgerton as the egyptian pharaoh ramses. Gods and kings is ridley scott s attempt to bring a famous chunk of the hebrew bible to life in 3d. Gods and kings directed by ridley scott, narrating the tale of moses and his rescue of hebrews fro. Jul 01, 2014 okay, so thats not an official hollywood commandment, but the prospect of taking on the role of moses in ridley scotts exodus. The critical consensus states, while sporadically stirring, and suitably epic in its ambitions, exodus. Sigourney weaver is set to join the cast of exodus. Gods and kings director ridley scott on creating his vision.
Gods and kings has arrived, with christian bale as moses, while director ridley scott is planning another bible film. Ridley scott addresses exodus casting controversy huffpost. Gods and kings has arrived, and director ridley scott looks to be on very firm ground. At the films new york premiere, the veteran director tells critics to get a life in the wake of his decision to cast white actors in middle eastern. The mark of the beast bible prophecy movie duration. Gods and kings official trailer hd 20th century fox. If you can wade through the dreadful first hour of exodus. Ridley scott and giannina facio have acquired screen rights to embraced by the light, the bestselling book by betty j. Gods and kings features moses, the pharaoh, hundreds of thousands of slaves making their way across the floor of the red sea, all ten plagues, the burning bush, and even the angel of yahweh in the form of a petulant eleven year old boy with a british accent. Gods and kings is as uneven as ridley scott s career.
Ridley scott s exodus underwhelms at the box office the new york times. Egypt bans ridley scotts exodus for historical inaccuracies. The holy book of muslims, the koran, presents moses as a prophet, distinguished in allahs sight. Gods and kings, the story of one mans daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Gods and kings, starring christian bale and joel edgerton in theaters dec. Gods and kings posted on wednesday, november 26th, 2014 by russ fischer ridley scott is one of the most powerful directors. How ridley scotts exodus strays from the bible time. Christian bale left, ridley scott center, and joel edgerton right answer questions about the religious aspects of exodus at the crosby hotel in new york city. Gods and kings 2014 throughout the 2000s and beyond, the historical epic genre had become something of director sir ridley scotts bread and butter. The film shows imagination as scott and the writing team interpret the gaps in the exodus narrative. Gods and kings is a 2014 epic biblical film directed and produced by ridley scott. Ridley scott tackles the bible in the new film exodus.
This year has seen a resurgence of the religiousthemed faithbased movies. Ridley scott battles with the essence of the exodus. On march 27, 2014, the studio changed the title of the film from exodus to exodus. Using state of the art visual effects and 3d immersion, scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader moses christian bale. In an interview with variety, scott said the reason he cast white actors to play egyptians in his biblical film was because of monetary considerations. Considering the mixed critical reaction to the 1956 spectacle, it is perhaps surprising that exodus comes up short on nearly every one of those comparisons except perhaps visual splendor. With christian bale, joel edgerton, ben kingsley, sigourney weaver. December 12, 2014 t he biblical story of exodus hits the big screen on friday with the release of ridley scotts exodus. It has no sound biblical reference as illustrated in the book of exodus. Oct 01, 2014 from acclaimed director ridley scott gladiator, prometheus comes the epic adventure exodus. How does ridley scotts exodus compare with the bibles. Christian bale and ridley scott talk religion and exodus. Nov 29, 2014 ridley scotts rendering of the book of exodus serves up most of the spectacular highlights of the biblical tale 2014 marks the resurgence of the old testament at the movies.
Gods and kings and the truth about moses if you were an epicadventure filmmaker and wanted a protagonist who could connect with over half the worlds population, moses would be a prime candidate. Alberto iglesias exodus gods and kings 2014 into the water duration. Ridley scott discusses the international cast of exodus. Its the foundational journal of the jews in many respects, and a broadly inspirational one as wella story of a people striving for freedom. The director, 76, is currently putting the final touches on exodus. Director ridley scott s revisionist riff on the biblical story of the israelites flight from. The studio has set a december 12, 2014 release for scott. The twoway censors say the film takes liberties with its source material, the book of exodus, especially its. We all know the story of moses from the book of exodus.
Its not even that good a story, moses grumbles early on in ridley scott s exodus. Nov 29, 2014 its not even that good a story, moses grumbles early on in ridley scott s exodus. Gods and kings, shortly after learning of the mysterious events that transformed a lowly hebrew slave into a. Dec 12, 2014 how ridley scotts exodus strays from the bible. There have been technicolor versions, animated versions and even a silent version. Ridley scott and missing the point of the book of exodus exodus is not telling a story primarily of political liberation though that is part of it, but rather a story of spiritual liberation from. Christian bale, joel edgerton, john turturro, aaron paul, ben mendelsohn, ridley scott. Gods and kings has arrived, with christian bale as moses, while director ridley scott is planning another bible film about king david. Dec 27, 2014 exodus, ridley scott s epic retelling of the story of moses, will not be released in the united arab emirates after censors in the country objected to what they described as historical and. Perhaps it was only a matter of time before the bread went stale and the butter congealed. Comparisons with the ten commandments are both unavoidable and appropriate.
Gods and kings is ridley scotts attempt to bring a famous chunk of the hebrew bible to life in 3d. Christian bale defends ridley scott over exodus whitewashing. Gods and kings is a 2014 biblicallyinspired epic fantasy film directed by ridley scott. Gods and kings is, of course, based sometimes quite loosely on the biblical book of exodus.
Scott directed the biblicallyinspired epic film exodus. The ideal place to meet ridley scott would be on a raging battlefield, in the furthest reaches of outer space, or in the midst of any of the other vast canvases on which he creates his movies. Aug 27, 20 ridley scotts exodus casts aaron paul, sigourney weaver, ben kingsley and john turturro. After reinventing the swords and sandals genre with gladiator, he has delved further into big historical action films with kingdom of heaven and robin hood. Following months of backlash, ridley scott has finally addressed the casting controversies surrounding exodus. Sir ridley scott born 30 november 1937 is an english filmmaker. Ridley scott hasnt even finished postproduction on the counselor yet, but fox already has an eye on awards season for his next project. Watch the exclusive new trailer for ridley scotts exodus. From acclaimed director ridley scott gladiator, prometheus comes the epic adventure exodus. An unbelievers perspective december, 2014 andrew spitznas patheos explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality. Aaron paul will play joshua in ridley scotts film exodus. Ridley scott says whitewashing was the only way to finance exodus. Egypts state censorship board has criticised ridley scott s revisionist take on the book of exodus. 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.
Accusations of racism over the casting of this blockbuster are the least of its many. Another great bible story is being translated into a bigbudget hollywood movie by a director and a lead actor whose least concern is telling the story accurately. Ridley scott, christian bale, ben kingsley, aaron paul, sigourney weaver. Exodus represents ridley scott s attempt to emulate cecil b. Director ridley scotts moses film exodus has added several acclaimed names to its supporting cast. For nearly a century, hollywood has been turning out cinematic adaptations of the biblical book of exodus. Ridley scotts rendering of the book of exodus serves up most of the spectacular highlights of the biblical tale. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh. Jan 08, 2015 ridley scotts 3d biblical epic exodus. Gods and kings, which tells how the jewish leader moses frees his people from bondage in egypt with the aid of ten plagues sent by god. Gods and kings might seem to represent a change of pace at the multiplex. Ridley scotts exodus casts aaron paul, sigourney weaver.
After darren aronofsky turned to genesis to unleash noah, ridley scott moves forward to the book of exodus to revisit the story of moses. Ridley scott said the original cut of the movie was four and a half hours, and he says its possible it will be released onto dvd. Exodus, ridley scott s epic retelling of the story of moses, will not be released in the united arab emirates after censors in the country objected to what they described as historical and. Ridley scott took far too many liberties and the acts of moses are not as illustrated in the bible. Robert alter, a leading secular scholar of scripture, says the film was fun to watch, but its not exactly exodus. Gods and kings is ridley scotts attempt to bring a famous chunk of the. Nov 25, 2014 the ideal place to meet ridley scott would be on a raging battlefield, in the furthest reaches of outer space, or in the midst of any of the other vast canvases on which he creates his movies. The events left unmentioned makes the narrative of the film less driven than that of the book of exodus, and certainly lead to a more monotheistic worldview than is actually evident in scripture, where all that is actually clear in the moses story is that the god of the hebrews is stronger than the gods of egypt.
Exodus gods and kings 2014 usa bluray 720p yify 986 mb. Gods and kings 2014, an interpretation of the exodus of israelite slaves from egypt by moses, sparked controversy last month when it. Christian bales moses cant liberate ridley scotts bland. The defiant leader moses rises up against egyptian pharaoh ramses ii, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from. This holiday movie season brings us hollywoods nextand arguably biggestbiblical blockbuster to date. Exodus 15 may well be one of the kernels out of which the book of exodus as we have it grew over centuries in the process of oral and written. Ridley scott, giannina facio acquire embraced by the light. Egypt bans ridley scott s exodus for historical inaccuracies. Ridley scotts exodus underwhelms at the box office. According to the book of exodus, while moses was on mount sinai for forty days and forty nights. Gods and kings has good news for you, because theyve posted the entire book of exodus as scrolling text in a aaron paul talks exodus. Gods and kings cant quite live up to its classic source material. Robert barron patheos explore the worlds faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality. The box office gold standard for bible movies, of course, remains mel.
Out december 12 th, scott s rendition of the old testament tale chronicles the story of moses christian bale as he leads the hebrews to freedom in a revolution against his pseudobrother, the vengeful rameses joel edgerton. It was written by adam cooper, bill collage, jeffrey caine and steven zaillian. And now we have the latest and most extravagant of the lot, exodus. 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. Ridley scott says whitewashing was the only way to finance. Talk ridley scott has excelled at visionary science fiction, but the historical. In june 2012, ridley scott announced that he was developing an adaptation of the book of exodus, tentatively titled moses. Gods and kings 2014, an interpretation of the exodus of israelite slaves from egypt by moses, sparked controversy last month when it was banned in egypt. In the latest episode of geeks guide to the galaxy a historian and a bible scholar discuss the finer points of exodus. This year, yet another attempt is made by director ridley scott with big star christian bale as moses, a combination is too promising to ignore. Gods and kings, ridley scott and the red sea you think you know. Weaver will reteam with direct ridley scott for 20th century foxs tentpole exodus. How does ridley scott s exodus compare with the bibles. Nov 26, 2014 however, when director ridley scott mounted his own production of the moses story, titled exodus.
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