Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings is a 2014 British-American-French adventure-Biblical film. A retelling of the Book of Exodus, it stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver, Ghassan Mahmoud, María Valverde, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn, and Aaron Paul.

Plot
Moses and Ramesses grow up as brothers in the Egyptian royal family, and when Ramesses ascends the throne, he makes Moses his royal adviser. When Moses discovers his Hebrew heritage, he is exiled to the desert, where God appoints him to free the Hebrews from slavery, which puts Moses into conflict with his brother.

Why This Movie is a Disgrace to God

 * 1) The film has a poor grasp of the source material; Moses uses a sword instead of a staff, and the plagues are done in a domino-like fashion (i.e., where crocodiles kill Egyptians to make the waters turn red), instead of them being done by God's hand as the Bible said.
 * 2) Moses has changed from a heroic prophet who leads a community to freedom to a generic action hero.
 * 3) There is lack of character development.
 * 4) The film is heavily derivative of mh:greatestmovies: The Prince of Egypt, as well as other biblical epics.
 * 5) Although the film is set in Ancient Egypt, the main cast is mostly white, with any Arab or African actors given only minor roles.
 * 6) The depiction of God as a little boy drew much controversy. Even His portrayal is completely offensive towards Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.
 * 7) The screenwriting is flimsy.
 * 8) It was released at a bad timing; in between large-scale movies like mh:greatestmovies: The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies and mh:greatestmovies: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 for a 200 million dollar budget.
 * 9) Awful writing, it (again) doesn't stay true to the original biblical story of Exodus.
 * 10) This movie is nothing more than like a war between Israelites and Egyptians rather than a Bible movie.
 * 11) Misleading poster: Despite heavily showing tornadoes on both the film poster, indicating it is a disaster film, tornadoes occur only for a few seconds in the film and do not contribute to the plot.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Decent acting.
 * 2) The visuals are nice.

Reception
Exodus: Gods and Kings received generally negative reviews from critics. They praised its acting performances and technical achievements but criticized its pacing, thin screenwriting, and lack of character development. The film veered creatively from the Bible and Scott's honesty about his own atheist beliefs didn't help appeal to a potential audience of believers. The film has a score of 30% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 202 reviews, with an average rating of 4.96/10. The critical consensus states, "While sporadically stirring, and suitably epic in its ambitions, Exodus: Gods and Kings can't quite live up to its classic source material." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 52 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B-" on a scale of A to F.

Chris Stuckmann gave the film a B-. Jeremy Jahns gave this movie a good time no alcohol required.

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Trivia

 * The film was dedicated to Ridley Scott's brother Tony Scott, who killed himself in 2012.
 * In response to the whitewashing criticisms, Scott claimed that the film would not be financially viable without white actors; this led to accusations of racism.
 * It, unlike other Bible-based films, was banned in Egypt due to its inaccuracies.
 * The child who visits Moses in his dreams is not supposed to be God, but the angel Malak.
 * The role of Nun is played by Ben Kingsley, who played Moses in the 1995 TV movie of the same name.
 * The role of Moses was originally played by Val Kilmer in Prince of Egypt; both Val Kilmer and Christian Bale have also played Batman.
 * Although the film has been criticized for whitewashing, surprisingly these claims have never been levied towards portrayals of Jesus, who is always played by white actors, despite the fact he was ethnically Jewish and would have been of Middle Eastern ancestry, perpetuating a myth begun by early Christian artists.