The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Looking back at how awesome the 1956 Ten Commandments movie makes me realize how great religious movies can be. You don't have to be Christian or religious to appreciate how beautiful these films can be. This, on the other hand, is the second worst depiction of the Bible I've seen in my entire life, just to "Joshua And The Promised Land". It actually makes me realize that it's been a long time since I've read my Bible. Anyway, the CGI in this film is absolutely horrendous. It looks like awful video game graphics. I look back at how old video game CGI doesn't hold up.Even then, the first CGI movies seem to hold up a lot better! Everything and everyone in this movie is so ugly to look at. I guess it's pretty faithful to the Bible. What also makes it bad is how annoying the characters are. There's this one fat guy who does nothing but complain the entire movie. I also don't like the way Moses immediately accepts the fact that he's Hebrew. "Prince Of Egypt" showed that a good Biblical movie could be made, especially one based on the book of Exodus. While I personally don't find to be that on the same level as the 1956 epic, you still should really check that one out over this. I heard it performed terribly at the box office to the point it's not even in Leonard Maltin's book. *1/2

Finally a movie I can watch with my kids that tells the story of Moses in a way they can understand and enjoy! What a thrill to hear the voices of actors we love as the voices of Moses, God and others in the film. The movie has the great talents of Elliott Gould, Christian Slater, Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina to name a few! What a line up! I loved this movie, as it showed Moses as an ordinary man who became a prophet, who did the unimaginable for Gods people. This movie helped to teach my children the awesome power of God and how we have our own power to do good in the world. Moses was an ordinary man yes, but the amazing Ed Naha created a character that reflected someone who was humble with an added sense of humor...A MOSES that was understood by children who had extraordinary adventures, we shared this movie as a family glued to our seats! Thank you Promenade Pictures for a truly wonderful family movie!

I suppose Biblical stories will never run out of fashion, though I find it a bit strange that amongst the numerous potential stories for retelling, the story of Moses got chosen again, and for an animated movie no less, although this one's done in 3D. Remember Prince of Egypt? Dreamworks Animation pretty much nailed it, especially when you have a relatively successful hit song as a byproduct (played ad nauseam until it became an irritant). Comparisons are inevitable given the content and the form, and unfortunately, this movie with input from IVL Animation (Singapore) didn't surpass the benchmark set by Prince of Egypt, but it's a slight improvement to the local 3D animated movies that have been released to date (that of Zodiac: The Race Begins and Tales of the Sea).The Ten Commandments that this version offered is a super summary of events that are in the Bible, starting from an infant Moses in a basket surviving a water borne trip, and bypassing his growing up years creatively through the opening credits. If using Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 movie starring Charlton Heston as the baseline, then it managed to shear off more than 50% of that content, and added just a little bit more toward the last act, which seemed to drag it just a tad longer, including events that you may or may not already be familiar with, but definitely not in the DeMille film, nor in Prince of Egypt.As an animated movie, and a 3D one at that, it still has not reached the level of quality that one is accustomed to from, say Pixar, which in my opinion deem worthy to be used to measure up against. The animation here is still blocky at certain bits, especially in character design and rendering. But credit has to be given for how key scenes were depicted, and I thought the Burning Bush was particularly well done. Other than that, the Parting of the Red Sea was another key moment, but unfortunately didn't offer any spectacular Wow moment that the earlier Ten Commandment movies provided. It pales compared to the 2D style in Prince of Egypt, though it included a nod towards it of sorts by having those whales(?) swimming around and seen through the water curtain.The movie managed to snag a more international cast for its voicing of characters, and I thought having Christian Slater (Moses), Alfred Molina (Ramses) and Elliot Gould as the Voice of God, was a marked leap forward in helping the movie gain more attention, compared to the use of local actors (no disrespect of course) who may not have as much international clout to make the film appealing to audiences outside our borders.This movie will most likely appeal to Sunday School groups, given that it's relatively free of scary images, but yet managing to tell the story of various plagues descending onto Egypt.

The quality of the animation was so bad that it was hard to ignore, considering what people are capable of making today...the makers don't get a "pass" for their substandard work. Even if it is just for children.For example, when the children of Israel are streaming out of Egypt, at first my eyes thought I was looking at an aerial of weeds. Artists have been able to represent crowds from a distance for hundreds of years, but that task eluded the artist for that scene. This lack of skill characterized the art and animation both.What bothered me more was the content though.The Old Testament gives pretty good detail for this story. It is understandable that a writer would need to do some interpretation or interpolation, but...basic accuracy was lacking, and the movie wasn't true to the OT account.Mis-characterization: God, or Yahweh, is a God of Love in this movie. Is that how the actual story portrays him? Is it how He was consistently portrayed even in this retelling? Yahweh kills every first born in Egypt because He is not obeyed, but at the end, Moses tells the Israelites that if they sin, just say sorry? The idea of sacrificial atonement was a pivotal belief for the Israelites. Sin was viewed as so serious (for Pharoah, his army, and the makers of the golden calf) that the penalty was death.Was Yahweh's main concern in this story to show His love? The original story that survived the writer and appeared in the movie reveal a God who expects obedience, who expects His people to do what he says, and Who will use His power to enforce His commands to the point of death.Even Moses is not permitted to enter the Promised Land, because he "let God down," in the corny phrasing common to the writing in this movie. Because of ONE LITTLE MESS UP Moses died without entering the land. This is a demanding God, not the sappy God that the writer attempted to turn Him into, even if He did love His people enough to rescue them from Pharoah.In another example of inconsistent characterization, Moses, said to be "the most humble man on earth," leaves Joshua in charge at the end with the request to make sure his humility and name are passed down to Joshua's children in the future. Its less serious but no less inconsistent. lol Corniness: Just one of many examples is when Miriam asks Aaron "Shall we go?" as the waters of the Red Sea are being held back (this is a miracle FYI, you'd expect some awe...).He replies something like "Come sister." Meanwhile they are walking on the bottom of a seabed, with walls of water towering above them and whales swimming next to them. Lol! This was just silly.This is not good writing; this is not worthy of a spot in a theater, it was sloppy and poorly done at best.Theologians and English teachers should be consulted before doing any more of these, and I suspect some would do it for free to save the makers embarrassment...