Post by moviemouth on Apr 9, 2021 0:22:46 GMT
Just watched this for the first time. Overall it is a good movie, but the last 20 minutes is poorly done and has to be taken as metaphor within the movie. The rest of the movie can be seen as literal, but if you take the final 20 minutes as literal it doesn't work at all. It just feels extremely silly. The movie is a bit preachy during certain scenes and the pre-story opening with DeMille is bothersome if you aren't a religious person.
The movie is awe-inspiring from a technical standpoint though and is remarkably well-paced for being nearly 4 hours long. The vfx are mostly impressive for the time, though the fire stuff is sort of laughable. The parting of the Red Sea is a cool scene and looks terrific. The cinematography and art direction are excellent too. The score is good, but not great and mostly just repeats the same epic theme over and over.
Charleton Heston gives a commanding performance, which is especially epic during the scenes where he is speaking for God. Anne Baxter is very good too and extremely sexy in the role. At third and fourth place in terms of acting are Yul Brynner and Edward G. Robinson.
7/10