Wonderful character development!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

I only watched the first episode (up until the Israelites were enslaved by Egypt). I would have found how dramatic everything was amusing if I wasn't so embarrassed by the film in general.I am a Christian who believes that the bible is God's word. I respect the effort to inform the masses about the bible (which is why I am giving it a 2 instead of a 1), but I thought they made the stories they chose to tell seem almost silly.I also really wish they would have represented not only the easier to digest parts of the bible but also the difficult parts, like when Lot was going to send out his daughters to be violated by the crowds surrounding the house (one of many examples of parts of the bible that are difficult to read). Not including the difficult parts makes it seem as if the the people who made the series are embarrassed by what God chose to share with us. Just because an event is portrayed in the bible doesn't necessarily mean that God approved of the actions of the people involved, but they seemed to be deliberately hiding parts of the bible that might make people uncomfortable. I also don't like that they portrayed Abraham as someone who did almost nothing wrong. The stories seemed to glorify man too much. Overall, the episode didn't seem to portray very well that God's people are sinners who often fail to obey God and be faithful, but that God is always faithful, working things out for the good of those who love him and believe his promises. And I think the fact that the episode didn't portray this makes it misleading. It confirms the misconception that God chooses people who are good because they are good, rather than being merciful on sinners (which we all are) who want mercy.Also, this is much less important than the last point, but I saw a preview of an episode with Jesus in it, and even if they weren't going to make him look Middle Eastern like he actually was, I really wish they would have made him look like ANYONE else rather than the stereotypical pretty white Jesus with the smooth brown hair, just to acknowledge that we know Jesus didn't actually look like that. I mean it doesn't have to be a big deal who plays who, because with most bible characters it's not relevant to the story what they looked like, but that stereotypical incorrect image of Jesus is just so overused....I do not recommend this series at all, to a Christian or to anyone else. Please read the bible instead.

All glorified, shows none of the true horrors of the age other than the "struggles" of the beloved hero of the story, lacks depth and is really only watchable if you're into religion. I'm not religious but I quite like the mythological background of Christianity, the whole Demons, Angels, Day of Judgment vibe could be an appealing story that you could slip in some dogma in. Instead this is dogma with a tiny bit of story...utterly unapproachable to the average Joe.

I think some reviewers judged the show too much. So what if Jesus in the movie was pretty and their was more violence in the bible then the show? The actual release on Blu-ray and DVD had some scenes edited it seems to make them more biblically related. I am trying to remember, I think in Jericho that the scenes seem more believable after watching the DVD version because you can see that they actual kill the women and men or actually try to kill everything. I did not see any children killed but it seems to match up somewhat more with biblical context on the DVD or Blu-ray. Did anyone notice the differences in scenes played out on the DVD or Blu-ray collection? I think that some editing of the scenes was great because the true unedited and unrated version would have been more like a 300-movie and drive some people away. In Addition, Their are plenty of movies to cover the parts of the old testament not already covered by the bible. For instance, one night with the king and many others.People like to say that the old testament was mostly genocide. You have to see the bigger picture though: Israel was meant to replace the people or cultures that had already started throwing children into the fire or offering them as sacrifices to idols, raping people in the streets, and other nasty stuff(clearly in the old testament more then once). So, taking an eagles eye view it was a choice between Israel who was keeping gods commandments and acting civilized and the other countries that were clearly barbaric in their practices and would not listen to change or even meet halfway in change or reason with them.

Well now, I just finished watching this series. The Old Testament is mangled beyond belief & it's only the New Testament where stories of the Bible one grows up with are actually recognizable. This is why I give it half a rating.There are too many glaringly obvious deviations of the Old Testament but the one that leaps out at me the most is: Where in the hell is King Darius? HE is the one, not Cyrus, DARIUS! who tossed Daniel to the lion's den! However, this is hard to admit but, the parting of the Red Sea effects were great, probably better than Cecil B. DeMille! (This from a huge fan of the equally mangled "The Ten Commandments" movie. I like the effects & music, but that's a different story.) As for the New Testament, while the stories are finally becoming closer to 'canon from books' the settings are not. Anyone can go to Jerusalem (in times of peace) & see for themselves that Calvary Hill is not a big plain but is in fact, just as the Bible says, a large skull-shaped chunk of rock with the ancient cross-holes & sign-placement holes still there today making out the face. It is right beside the busy bus depot. Furthermore, whatever happened to "The Garden Tomb"? Not only does it say in the Bible that the tomb was part of a garden but also, again, anyone can visit it. The agreed site of the tomb of Jesus is at the edge of a lush garden. Furthermore, the tomb is about 12 to 15 feet away from the crucifying face of Calvary Hill. (In other words, if this story happened, Jesus could look right into his future tomb while hanging on the cross.) So I'm not sure where this was filmed, but definitely not on the direct locations.So, in conclusion, while the series makes from some good effects, just like the epic Ten Commandments, it still falls short of the original stories.