This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

A Major Disappointment

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The Bible is quite deep, many complex, culturally rich, spiritually enlightening stories that too many in this generation fail to realize... Wait, I just realized I'm reviewing the show. The show was more than a chore to keep paying attention with its lack of finesse, nuance,attention to detail, care for God's character, etc. Literally from the first minutes of episode 1, I was deeply troubled that this would do more than worry me, but that my concerns from hearing it'd be on the History Channel (or "Hitler Channel," as a friend calls it) would be realized. Quite sadly, they were. Adam and Eve, respectively, get about a second of screen time each, a couple of other stories are shoved in your face, barely any comprehensibility, then the first story to get focused on is Noah's Ark. Seriously? The beauty and perfection of God's creating the universe gets dwindled down to basically a footnote? Roma Downey needs to get touched by an angel herself. To make things worse (and then worse), each episode starts with a disclaimer that "This adaptation stays true to the spirit of the book. Some scenes contain violence." The book? How quaint. Only violence? I grew up hearing the bible stories kids in church environments would know. I've read it on my own terms and was deeply shocked (and fascinated) as a teen that it contained not only graphic violence but plenty of sex scenes and prophecies that have vivid sexual imagery. Yet, compared to "the book" itself, the violence is seriously tame. It gets the second worse from how the narrator treats you, the audience, like you're in Sunday school, which annoyed me as a high schooler that Christian movies dealing with the Bible often did. You don't have movies like Passion of the Christ nor Risen or TV shows like the cancelled Of Kings and Prophets lecturing the audience on what's going on. Those treated you like you're an adult that can get an idea of what's going on. Now, for every major story they show, they completely miss, at the very least, 50 substories. Major characters don't get all the necessary details in their life that helps them become who they were in the Bible. The episodes with Jesus, for example, seem a bit too focused on making the Pharisees "bad" and "popularity-seeking" while almost just grazing Jesus any screen time in comparison. Just one miracle. Just one parable. A handful of smackdowns upon the Pharisees. Next to no cultural accuracy for the stories. This show presented Jesus in such a lackluster way that I thought "If skeptics were to get their experience of the Bible through this, I wouldn't blame them at all for not caring about Jesus." This wasn't just a waste of budget, it's a waste of time. I will not watch the sequel series nor recommend this heretical trash to anyone. If there's anything I *will* give credit for, it's a (kind of) decent camera lense and *some* of the costume design.

I give it 1 star because I find it offensive to show Obama a confirmed Muslim and Christian hater at beginning of this. Whose idea was that. don't you remember his remark about Christians? he is a number one Agent for Anti Christ and ISIS supporter. just look around. the series itself is all over the place.so disconnected . a twelve year old must have directed this. the only part they got right is the Devil which looks exactly like Obama.

I have to say that the bible isn't there to be picked apart by wanna-be critics. The people who wrote and directed this mini-series didn't do it to make people happy-they did it to show the true stories depicted. Yes the Israelites were fighters-at some points they had to be! And the Nebuchanezzar episode? That story is absolutely true and happened just as you saw (or in some of your cases, you didn't make it that far-just the second episode?) just as CHRISTIANS (not Xtians) read these stories, and grew up hearing them (myself included), the stories are depicted. I do wish they had included a bit more in the story of Joseph. That is my only complaint. I watch this series because the way they come across rings true. It isn't i overacting if the words, emotions, and reactions are taken from the pages of the bible.

the scenery, costumes, actors, are great, but the fidelity to the story....what about the fact that, even after the Israelites received the 10 commandments from God, they are presented as blood thirsty, killing any other with such thirst. I doubt they were like that, or that the Bible presents them so! In the name of God, and saying that God was with them they used to kill whoever stand in their way?! C'MON! this sounds like catholic crusades! I saw no episode of Benyamin in Egypt! was that not important?! I think this is one of the most important stories in the old Testament. I'm at the 3'rd episode, but already have a bitter taste. that line at the beginning, with "staying true to the story..." right! NOT!