**THE PRINCE OF EGYPT** IS. A. MASTERPIECE!!!
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Commenting for the algorithm 💕
@@mk-aka-morgan8386 What's that supposed to mean?
@@Albino_Wolf it means that I’m commenting so the algorithm pushes the video to more people, I’m bad at thinking of creative comments sometimes, but I still like supporting creators so I like commenting as much as I can /pos
@@mk-aka-morgan8386 I see. Guess were in the same boat on this one.
Please watch the 10 commandments it’s from the 50s or 60s or 70s
Fun fact: this production took such care to consult all three religions depicting Moses’s story-Christianity, Judaism, and Islam- and that’s one reason it’s so respectful and impactful.
And even after fully denouncing my religion, I still love it for the same reasons. It tried so hard to be palatable to everyone and it somehow succeeded.
Islam started out as Christian heretic cult so there shouldn't be too much of a difference unless they've re-written/changed the scriptures.
Well, there's more than that. Jethro was a Druze, and he's IN the movie.
The only one I don't respect is Islam. For obvious reasons.
Lol ik this is kinda off topic but as a Muslim my other Muslim friends said this was a Christian movie and I can’t watch it but not only was Moses one of our prophets he was also a popular one, ig they didn’t realize Prophet Musa is Moses lol
I was super religious growing up and this is the only “religious” movie i rewatch as an adult. Ofra Haza’s voice gives me chills every time I hear it.
Didn't you watch Ben Hurr?
Its even better in Hebrew
"The Prince of Egypt," "Hacksaw Ridge," and "Silence" are my go-to "religious" movies.
Honestly, this movie is great. It also, like Sophia pointed out, shows how this likely never happened. If it did, then the people of the time would have become believers, become deniers in something they had proof of, or there were other gods at the time who could do similar feats (like we saw with the magicians). Still my favorite religious movie, but it's now hard for me to see why religious people like it so much.
Yeah. I just watch it now like I'm watching a movie based on a culture that I'm not a part of.
Is it just me or are animation movies nowadays are lacking with these types of epic stories that tackle huge themes but still manages to be kid-friendly? I kinda wished Dreamworks (or even Disney which is a long shot) would take huge risks like this again, even though the new Puss in Boots is a step in the right direction.
THEY ARE
And it doesn't even have to just be Bible stories (because some other crazy shit happens time and time again, it's honestly insane), there are SO MANY religions that their creation story ALONE would make for stunning movies (with maybe a bit too much gore? It's crazy how often the world is made from the flesh of an early god-like creature)
I agree
While not Prince of Egypt levels of epic, Dreamworks went pretty damn hard with Puss in Boots's themes of death and morality. Disney on the other hand......
I do think Disney’s losing a bit of inspiration at the moment (Strange World, i’m looking at you!) and even though Raya had the potential to be an all-timer, they still couldn’t really tap that gravity that their 90’s movies have and elevate it into a masterpiece.
You could say that the How To Train Your Dragon franchise has an epic tone to it. Same goes for The Sea Beast. And a few anime films, as well as Cartoon Saloon movies.
An amazing hint at him remembering his mother's melody was him whistling it while walking around the palace. He knows the melody by heart which was probably why it was so effective to hear that exact one sung by his sister.
When is he whistling it in the palace? At which point in the movie does he do that?
@@broadwaybrook2319 I can't recall the exact moment or time stamp, but it happens fairly early, not long after their race Inthe beginning.
I believe it's while he's looking at the hieroglyphs
@@broadwaybrook2319 Alright, I looked it up.
It's right after their dialogue with their father about Ramses' duties as a result of that race. After that the screen transitions and Moses whistles the melody. Then he and Ramses talk about their troubles and throw down the wine at the other guys.
@@Minecraftgnom Ah, okay. Thanks for clarifying that for me.🙂
did you know that the voice actress for the mother of moses is the same in every language of this movie??? she's incredible
I don't think every language, but she does quite a lot
She's a real Israeli singer, and the languages include Hebrew!
@@videohistory722 I'm italian and as a child I always tought that it was someone with the same voice, and I was shooked when I learned that it was always her in multiple languages, because in italian she sounds like a native speaker, it's impressive.
She only sang the Hebrew and English parts. The others were phoneticized.
Yeah, she sang her part in 18 languages, that's.. simply incredible!
In the Bible, Moses was horrible at public speaking and had a bad stutter, so while he was sending the plagues, his brother Aaron was the one negotiating to have the slaves freed.
Also, it was Miriam that negotiated with the princess to have the mother work in the palace as Moses' nurse as a means of freeing her from slavery.
The staff was Aaron's as well.
It was a lisp so it was harder to understand
@@user-bj4fr2nx7lit doesn’t specify
I may be an atheist, but I am still in awe at how incredible this film is. It truly is a masterpiece of visual storytelling and animation, and it is clear that everyone put their heart and soul into it.
Same. This movie is great no matter your beliefs.
Jesus loves you
@@SunnyLovetts There's a church that pays me to sing that each week. It's an alright larp, but I prefer D&D.
Same, I still love this movie and I get really nostalgic when I see it, I may have left my faith but I still love this movie
Jesus is kong
Fun fact the parting of the Red Sea scene took TWO YEARS to complete 👏 the commitment to this film WOW no wonder it’s so amazing
To answer your question Sophia, this story is a pretty faithful adaptation of what’s in the Bible. I’d say that the biggest change they made was the role of Aaron (Moses’ biological brother). In the Bible Moses has an actual speech impediment. When he speaks with God through the burning bush he tells God that he can’t be the one who was chosen to save the Hebrews because he is “slow of speech”. God sends Aaron along on all these meetings with Aaron to do the actual talking. So…although there isn’t much explanation we can kind of presume that Aaron and Moses were closer in real life.
The importance of this (in my opinion) is that Moses’ weakness emphasizes the strength of who God is. Throughout the Bible, God chooses people that society views as weak (second-born sons, people from low social classes, women lol) to carry out his plan. This is to show that they don’t succeed through their own strength but through Gods power
I forgot Moses had Aaron speak for him! Ahhhhh!!! I just love the Biblical conversation. So true. Although it’s not precise to the Bible, and no adaption will be since no one from that time is alive today (obviously💁🏻♀️), but having this adaption encourages more discussion and hopefully encourages others about God what he is.
@@dimilton3166 I feel like so many people are very cagey about religious views, which only promotes people's ignorance rather than trying to find common ground. Besides that, the stories are *really cool*.
Personally, was part of an organized religion as a child, and why I can fully acknowledge the more harmful aspects of it, there's so many cool stories, philosophies, and discussions I feel like could be had over the Bible, stories, and ideas. Discussions that don't have to be rooted in hostility or "right/wrong", but simply appreciating the actual material/effort. Even if you're a non-believer, there's always something to be found in learning more about a particular group/religion. My boyfriend is Muslim, and we love to discuss different topics like this. I feel like, although we have our disagreements on certain things, there's so much more understanding, love, and compassion had there.
Wow that’s is perfect, the Lord does choose the meek to do great things for his glory.
Yeah, this adaptation is not exactly precise. They were going off of what historians thought to be the case at the time, which has now been proven to not be the case. The brotherly relationship Moses has with Ramses (who likely was not the pharaoh Moses went up against) is exaggerated. But the Bible is not dramatized for a reason so I don’t mind that the movie tries to fill in dramatic detail for story purposes. It truly is the best dramatic Bible adaptation I have ever seen.
The other thing is Moses birth mother was asked to be his nurse as Pharohs wife did not know how to raise children. Moses sister tells the woman her mother was good with children so he 100% always knew whom his family was. And lamented the way his people were treated.
As a Christian, I didn't have that much hope for this movie but after one watch it became one of my FAVORITES! I'm so happy when I see people, religious or non-religious enjoy this movie because it's incredible!
Amen yes, I feel the same.
A question, why wouldn't a christian watch christian movies?
@@jmrabinez9254 I used to watch them more when I was younger, but a lot of them weren't well done so it threw me off watching them
@@jmrabinez9254 even we dont like cheesy Christian films like from pure flix, which is why we are grateful for amazing movies like this that can spread Gods word and that can connect with people.
Its an amazing cultural bridge, like that. It reflects the religious views of the three Abrahamic religions, without being so outrageously heavy handed from any of the above cultures to alienate the non-religious, like myself. It’s an actual marvel of storytelling and exploring a Biblical story.
ok ok ok so I'm 3 minutes in let me just say some things
I'm Christian and exodus it's literally one of my favorite books on the bible so let me just say this is an AMAZING adaptation, they did it so well, so beautiful, the scene with the burning tree when God first speaks to Moses it's like they ripped directly from the bible
BUT yes there are some changes let me point it out just for some trivia moment:
Moses's mother don't actually die without seeing him again, when he is rescued (by the pharaoh's daughter, not wife) she can't breast feed him so Mirian convinces her to take Moses's mother as a wet nurse
when Moses goes back to Egypt he's like more than a 100 idk he's like really old
his wife stays back when he goes on his journey to stay with his kids and they get together again in the way to the promised land
he sees the promised land from afar but never gets in it, he dies first 😢
also I'm sorry for not using any names besides MOSES it's bc I'm Brazilian and the names are all different I don't know the English variations
I'm not 100% sure that that was meant to be the Promised Land at the end. I, at least, didn't think so. I thought it was like a temporary settlement in the desert while Moses was grabbing the 10 commandments
@@afoolishfopdoodle3284 oh yeah, in the movie, that was not the promised land, i was talking about what happened in the bible, I just wanted to point it out more as a fun fact (:
@@amandarlrd Oooooh okay, got it :)
Yeah, the ages in the Bible are CRAAAZY
I think it was Abraham that lived to be like, 400????
And the fact he only saw the promised land but was not allowed to step into it was because he hit a rock way too hard is one of the most cruel things God has done imo
The guys from the RUclips Cinema Therapy did an EXCELLENT job of reviewing this movie.
Jono is a marriage counselor and psychiatric psychologist and his buddy is a Movie Director.
They handle this movie from both angles & go in-depth about many other movies or popular pop culture TV, you should definitely give their chanel a go (Especially when it comes to the Prince of Egypt, it's about siblings falling apart and Moses'es shift in perspective after finding out he is Hebrew).
Big fan from the Balkans here! ❤❤❤
stop i love the cinema therapy guys they're the healthiest adult men i've ever encountered
Cinema therapy is literally in my top 3 favorite channels
They are also proud nerds! Love those two :)
@@hazeltug Yesss!!!
I've learned so much from the both of them.
But especially Jono/Johnno (God at the worst of times I forget people's names)!
His video on the "Titanic" and love compatibility, the video on "Coraline", "Brave" (which I related to HARD) and I could go on and on.
The latest one which I really resonated with was with the "Everything All at Once at The Same Time" and all of the Harry Potter series but I got a got chuckle on watching those two react to The Twilight Saga's... Johno's soul was slowly leaving his body but at least we gotta' a lot of red flags (which we already knew once we reach the age of reason aka, stop being 12-13).
Still entertaining.
The "Philadelphia" video was beautiful as well.
It's nice to hear from another CinemaTherapy fan! 🤗😁
@@jediglory13 Glad to hear it! 💕
I went to a Catholic school district for 10 years. I can now confidently say that the best part about that whole upbringing was getting to watch this movie in classes (and also Veggietales)
Edit: You asked for people raised Christian to give thoughts on the adaptation, so I'll do that. This movie is a phenomenal adaptation. Sure, there's obviously some stuff that was changed for dramatization, but this movie is so phenomenal all across the board.
The nuns in my school also showed it in class.
VEGGIETALES OMG🥲
This movie may just be the greatest thing DreamWorks has ever released. The animation is incredible, it follows the story as written in the Bible almost verbatim, the score is perfect, (infact, this movie won an Oscar for Best original score,) and the bond, turned rivalry, turned hatred between Moses and Rameses was so fantastically and maturely written. Nothing the studio has released since has quite topped this in terms of pure cinematic scale.
It won best original song, "when you believe." A Bug's Life won best original score...🥲
They couldn't make a film like this again
Fun fact, this movie was the most expensive animated movie of its time to make, with the water CGI taking so much time to render, but it made back its money and then some. It's a genuine masterpiece.
The “Alice in wonderland” moment is a surprisingly common approach to storytelling, where the protagonist suddenly sees their beautiful world without blinders or a filter on.
One movie that I recommend that was also old DreamWorks is Spirit:Stallion of the Cimarron, it's such a beautiful and heartwarming story.
Gosh I was crazy about that movie when I was young! 🤩
Even now, I think its soo good!
One of my favourites, it's so amazing. One of the best movies from childhood and the songs slap. Although it makes me cry every time I watch it
Pleeaaaaase
Funfact: Removing the nose from a statue of a pharaoh was a common way to insult and defame a deceased ruler in ancient Egypt and to deactivate the life force of the dead pharaoh believed to reside within the statue. That is why many Egyptian statues are missing a nose. Sometimes the whole statues of the previous pharaohs and all the pictures that depicting them were completely destroyed and their names were cut out of the carvings, but it was less common than just removing the noses.
Lies
True but the blm extremist and afrocentralists think Europeans (napoleon gets blamed a lot) for who did it but if you look at pictures taken before napoleon even arrived they were gone already but they can’t accept facts and only work in propaganda and emotional feel good “facts”
No, the statement is not accurate. In ancient Egypt, damaging or defacing statues, including removing the nose, was not a common way to insult or defame a deceased ruler. The notion that removing the nose from a statue would deactivate the life force of the dead pharaoh is a myth.
The widespread belief that nose removal was a deliberate act of vandalism has been debunked by historians and archaeologists. The damage to many ancient Egyptian statues, including missing noses, is often attributed to natural wear and tear, environmental factors, or intentional damage during various historical periods. It is not linked to a specific ritual or belief in deactivating the life force of the depicted individual.
And Greeks removed people's arms to defame them, that's why their statues have no arms. xD
Come on dude, it's just an old Statue and any small delicate part sticking out is more at risk of falling off.
egyptologist here: another amazing thing that people cannot really talk about/comment on but which is SO cool -- a lot of the art and imagery shown in this movie is taken directly from objects we have. even moses' sandals are based on tutankhamun's sandles, with the bound enemies (that you walk on your enemies with every step) -- the artists consulted 80+ religious experts (christian, jewish, and muslim) and many egyptologists as well. some of the hieroglyphs are even readable! so many movies that depict ancient egypt get it SO wrong, but this movie really takes great care in every aspect and even if you don't know about it, you can really feel it. which is what makes it so good.
an amazing movie, my only gripe being the white casting for people like rameses (tho mr finnes did pop off), at least they actually showed egyptians as POC!! -- though many of the jewish characters are played by jewish actors like michelle pfeiffer and jeff goldblum!
That’s so cool!!
@@SophiaPhannn It is! Love your reactions so much. So happy you did this one.
@@marisakateh the ancient Pharoahs were somalis from the land of punt current day somali
As a Christian with Jewish heritage, I adore this movie. It's not an accurate adaptation, not really. But it is an incredibly faithful one where it represents the heart of the story, and the emotional impact it could have had from another angle of storytelling. The music is stunning, the faith feels real, and the relationships are heartbreaking. I couldn't praise this movie more.
17:25 that is the most accurate and perfect (hypothetical) casting choice I have ever seen. It literally looks like they designed Moses' character based off of him
Is so accurate that in his instragram account make fun of that. They also compare him with Aladdin's dad and Tulio from El Dorado
The animation holds up better than modern films I think too. The way the water looks, the facial expressions, also the music! This is such an epic film. I did have bias though because when I was a child I was obsessed with ancient Egypt so this and the mummy were replayed in our house a lot 😂
This is one reason why Disney started locking these classics in their vault. I loved this movie and the hand drawn animation.
This...isn't from Disney though
This is a DreamWorks movie!
@@jasmineh.3002 I never said that this movie is from Disney. 😅
@Majin_Erick Sorry. I interpreted different lol. Too many people credit Disney for animations that weren't made by them so it looked like you were implying it by not saying DreamWorks and randomly bringing up Disney 😂😅
@@jasmineh.3002 No worries! 😉
For those curious: in the real story of Moses, the reason the Pharaoh had those Hebrew babies killed was a bit darker.
In the biblical story, it wasn’t that the Jewish people had “grown too numerous” but rather that he had a dream or vision of a Hebrew man raising his slaves against them and destroying Egypt. You’ll notice in the original story it was only baby boys born that year that were killed. That’s why
Riiiight?!? One thing that always got me was, “So how did this daughter manage to keep the baby?💁🏻♀️” Like, she wasn’t pregnant. Who was the dad? If they knew it wasn’t hers, why did they not think, “This kid is PROBABLY Jewish and snuck away easily, throw him in the river!” Horrible still, but that always got me.
@@dimilton3166 They probably knew, but that baby had the protection of Pharaoh's daughter. You kill him and risk getting her upset. Plus they probably figured that even if he is one, he'd be raised like them, to not care about the Hebrews.
It’s written the Bible. There’s no “interpretation” to it, it’s accurate to the source material.
Is it not that it was someone who told pharaoh a prophecy that a boy from the hebrew would be born that year to grow up and free the slaves and go against the pharaoh. So to avoid future problem pharaoh order to kill every boy that was born that year. Or something close to that
@@Heretic_Jones This is Exodus 1:8-10 (NLT): Eventually, a new king came to power in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph or what he had done. He said to his people, “Look, the people of Israel now outnumber us and are stronger than we are. We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.”
I think your username is accurate.
Hotep and Huy were almost on the level of the Gargoyles from Hunchback for me. I know why they're there but I wish they went a little differently with the comedic angle. Unlike the Gargoyles though, who I think could have been completely cut from Hunchback, they are a good plot device for the movie when having to combat God's miracles that Moses starts laying out.
Apparently their song, Playing with the Big Boys, was going to be way over the top like Timon's comedic distraction for the Hyenas in Lion King. But they decided to tone it down to something more haunting while keeping the same lyrics.
Yeah I understand Hotep and Huy’s roles in the movie, but the gargoyles in Hunchback were completely useless LOL
@@SophiaPhannn They were so useless. I just consider them figments of imagination instead of being actually there lol.
hotep and huy stole the show within their song. you see they're there for comedic relief (they're played by the comedic best-friend duo of steve martin and martin short, icons) but there's that huge haunting scene where they attempt to combat moses and his god with theirs. it's brilliant, i'm glad they toned it down and they played such a good role
@@SophiaPhannn You're Amazing 🤩 💯 Love your funny reactions Hey Please do a Jurassic park movie reaction!!???
"I did not see because I...did not WISH to see."
Arguably the most important line in the film. And provides a spectrum that often gets abused, on both ends.
Willful ignorance is a powerful thing. Not because it permeates EVERY society whose function is based on a hierarchy of those who are served vs those who serve, but because it can be so subtle and nuanced that we often have NO idea where our blinders are.
For Moses, he was exposed to the plight of the Hebrews from the moment he could walk... technically longer, but you really only start to notice incongruencies in your life when you start to physically and verbally interact with the world. Is this where he decided to see these these people as slaves? Or where he was first instructed to do so? After all, every person in this films has blinders on...and they all see things a certain way.
Seti KNEW that the Hebrews were Hebrews....he says as much when Moses asks him how he could allow such filicide. But to Seti, the Hebrews have ALWAYS been slaves. They built his kingdom, established his dynasty and were firmly under his control...so long as their numbers are manageable and their spirit remains broken. A happy kingdom and lasting governance has always been built on the backs of slaves... so why should that ever change?
Same for Ramses. According to his father, "one weak link can break the chain"...and setting the slaves free? That would shatter it. He couldn't stand to be less than what his father was...in fact, the swelling of the temples, statues and monoliths during his reign was his way of saying "My link is the strongest there ever was!" His subjects swell in wealth and prestige thanks to Ramses. Even to help a brother, Ramses cannot see past his own hubris. He is the morning and the evening star...and why should that ever change?
Queen Tuya doesn't question the arrival of a new son in the river. It was a blessing from the Gods and they will guide her/our/their path. You don't question blessings, even if it comes on the tail-end of massive infant slaughter. Thus far, the gods have provided stability, peace, wealth and prosperity to her and her family. Why would THAT ever change?
In truth, it was not Moses who first took his blinders off. It was his mother. Rather than wail and beg and plead, Yocheved just ACTED. Her plan was not to overthrow the government killing the children of her community...it was to save her son and have faith that he would be safe. By doing so, her daughter, Miriam, has her blinders removed from a very young age, which finally manifests when Moses appears to her at her home. Her song, though heartbreaking, takes Moses out of his established world long enough to ask a question: who am I?
Problem is, after that hallucinatory dream and the horrifyingly cold confession from his father (arguably Patrick Stewart at his most creepy), Moses can't NOT see what's happening. He's like a college kid who SUDDENLY figures out just how big and f*cked up the world around them really is (Free Tibet, Break the Glass Ceiling, Trans Rights NOW, etc). He SEES the Hebrews...not slaves, not chattel...PEOPLE, and their oppression, at the hands of those who call him family. And, like a teenager, his first reaction to such injustice is poorly planned out. Most young people who march against the the corruption of Wall-street...they don't kill an investment banker as a form of protest. Ashamed, Moses runs. He's angry, confused, lost, gives himself to the desert...and is saved (spared?) because his job is not done yet.
As I said, people will abuse this spectrum in many ways. Moses experiences both sides of this. When he was growing up, he was apathetic or even blind to those who suffered under the heel of his father. People do this all the time...they can't or don't watch the news, they assume everything is alright and that they can't/shouldn't get involved in righting the injustices of the world. These people ignore the bruises on a woman's body when they KNOW she is being beaten, they refuse to see the homeless even as they stand soaking in the rain, they treat war and scandal and institutionalized brain-washing as 'a part of life...never to be changed or stopped, only endured.' When Moses is 'awakened', he sprints to the other extreme...and it costs a man his life. Again, far too common when those who interpret injustice as a carte-blanche license to abuse power; blowing-up abortion clinics, spreading rumors or lies about devious governmental agendas, lumping people together based on superficial attributes because it's easier to see them as 'the problem' instead of 'people'. These are the folks that will change the world 'by any means necessary...and to hell with the cost'.
By the time Moses returns, his faith in God is mostly restored. His miracles start as warnings..."you've seen what I can do, what God has commanded me to do, what God is doing THROUGH me. I'm not here to steal from you, I'm not here seeking revenge or blood for what you have done...just let my people go."
He is neither passive nor hyper-zealous. He does not want war, but cannot abide slavery in its place. He loves his brother, but cannot BE the brother Ramses wants. He has found a balance. He is merely a prophet.
And not a prophet as in "Jesus has appeared to me in a piece of burnt toast!", but a prophet as in "I turned the Nile to BLOOD, I set disease upon your ENTIRE kingdom, I called upon a SWARM of Locusts and pulled BURNING HAIL from the F*CKING SKY." You said it yourself, Ramses SEES all this, he's aware that this is not illusion.
But his blinders stay on...and it costs him his kingdom, his dynasty and his son.
It costs Moses his brother, too...and their relationship, their bond, sells the tragedy of their personal story within the film. It couldn't have ended any other way and they earned that last, mournful moment of Ramses wailing into the sea. A fitting end for both of them.
I could write another 19 paragraphs about the score, the scale, the animation, the artwork, the music, but you pretty much summed it up. Still my favorite animated film, ever. Period. End of story. I love me some Disney, but this film blows most of the competition out of the water. I saw it in theaters at 12 and it has stayed with me for the last 25 years...outstanding achievement and a testament to how professional, heartfelt, detail-oriented and conscientious films can rattle your bones. I hope more people see it.
Great vid! So glad this film made it on to your schedule. Maybe we do 'Road to El Dorado' if you decide to cover something less heavy. 😄
I wasn't raised religious at all but this movie was played CONSTANTLY. I think because my mom bought a as many "kids" movies with adopted characters as she could for me (this, Hercules, Tarzan, etc.) Through Heavens Eyes still makes me cry.
Cool fact: each of the ten plagues correlates with one of the major Egyptian gods. Also, Moses was eighty years old when he returned to Egypt . I also remember watching a documentary about the timeframe of the Exodus and how new archeological evidence suggests that Moses was even earlier in history than Rameses Ii (the Pharaoh in this movie is based on what many scholars believe, he is nameless in the Bible) in the Old Kingdom times.
Also, please watch Joseph: King of Dreams next! It's a wonderful and underrated prequel.
King of dreams was bad from what I recall 😞
@@HamiltonIsLife Not bad story wise, but bad presentation wise. It's still a good movie and great bible story.
I saw this in the theatre when I was younger. Moses' dream sequence and the parting of the Red Sea were breathtaking on the big screen. Just thinking about it gives me goosebumps!
This is a very accurate adaptation of the Biblical story as well as being a stellar piece of animation. As the big baby I am I do cry every single time Tzipporah looks at Moses and says "They're free." cause it's like what seemed impossible came to pass. Also thanks again for another awesome video! Your genuine sense of wonder and astonishment was infectious and I was so here for it.
Yaaay my fav movie 🍿💖✨😩
Some fun facts about the movie Sophie
1. You can see Moses whistling her mother's lullaby that's why when her sister sings it he remembers.
2. Ralph phiennes aka Voldemort is Ramses voice(perfect casting🌟)
3. When giving God a voice they combined all the voices from the cast which gives an ominous but cool presence.
4. There IS a live musical but I haven't seen it so I don't know
Love your videos keep it up girl 💖💖💖
The voice of God is Moses
@@sarahhenry3607 yes! But you can hear multiple voices talking at the same time
Having all the major voice actors in the film whispering God's lines was the original idea, but since it was hard to hear what was said, they changed it to Moses' voice. But yes, they still added them whispering in the background
I think his last name is Fiennes not Phiennes.
No, it is not, It’s super duper trash, that means. I’m putting it in
Last place
I'll never get bored of Prince of Egypt, it holds up SO WELL. I still remember my eyes being blessed when I watched this masterpiece for the first time in class back in 7th grade. I love this film so much it's become a tradition for me to watch this every Holy Week as well lol
Awww yay Jesus loves you :D
@@SunnyLovetts :DD
30:36 Does anyone realize the deep emotion between that final goodbye between Rameses and Moses? Rameses just drove away the only family he had left. That cry at the end is him begging for Moses to come back. It gets even sadder when Moses has to turn away from the brother who he grew up with all of his life.
This is probably the saddest thing I never realized as a kid.
Matthew 10:35-37 ESV
For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
He's not begging him to come back. Yes he's shouting his name, but he just tried (failed) to kill him, he lost his son, lost his army, lost everything. It's just a cry of pain.
I grew up catholic and went to catholic school. We watched this movie and the Joseph King of dreams a lot. I am no longer religious but I still enjoy these movies. The music and animation in this one are amazing! I'm so glad you made a video reacting to it. The choir at my one school used to do the When you Believe for every Christmas concert. Anyway I hope you are doing well and I hope you have a wonderful day.
And why you are not religious anymore?
@@jmrabinez9254 None of us should be religious but strive to have a relationship with God. In Moses time you needed a proxy, a holy man to interact with God on your behalf but now every single person has direct access to God through his son Jesus.
16:20 Thirsting over Moses' glow-up was both adorable and hilarious.
"Make the bible characters...hot" 😂😂
I was very into the production of this masterpiece. Apparently, if you were bad, they would send you into gulag which was the animation team for Shrek 😂 when I found out how long it took them to animate the parting of the red sea, my respect for their work was off the oceanic charts! Aloha from Hawaii! 🌺
Regardless of any religious themes, the movie is just sooooo good. I have definitely rewatched this as an adult just for the music lol
An epic animated masterpiece that's as good as the original TEN COMMANDMENTS.
I think I read somewhere that the cgi in the scene where Moses parts the sea took them two years to make. You can definitely see the time put into it if that’s true, it looks better than some cgi today
This movie is absolutely iconic for every reason you mentioned, but also that behind the Dreamworks scenes, Shrek was also being made. The pure creative sauce there to have cranked out these two bangers.
went to see this in theaters when it came out and it had my momma in tears! rewatching it once i got older had me awestruck. such a masterpiece !!!!
One of my favourite details in this movie are the two Egyptian guards you can see leaving their posts during when you believe. All throughout the Red Sea scene, you can see them walking along and helping the Jews.
I actually noticed both of those scenes, but I never made the connection that they were the same people 😱
This is extremely accurate to the story. Some parts are not accurate but as a Christian I don't mind that it's not exact since it's sooooooo good.
As a fellow Christian I agree with your assessment😊
"He who I called Brother, once I thought the chance to make you laugh, was all I ever wanted!"
You were asking if Moses could really remember the lullaby he heard as a baby, and the answer, from a psychological standpoint, is yes. Simple things like tasting a certain food, smelling a certain scent, and even hearing a certain song can all trigger very specific memories you may have forgotten. If you go back to the very beginning of the scene between Moses and Ramses on the balcony after Pharaoh chastised them, you can hear Moses softly whistling the melody of the lullaby his mother sang to him before she set him adrift. The lullaby has always been with him in the corners of his mind, but they were never at the forefront until that inciting incident when he met Marian and Aaron.
This movie works for people who aren't religious as well, imo. Because overall it's a GREAT story and it's so beautifully done. I remember reading that those who 'failed' animating this film got sent to work on Shrek as punishment
That’s so funny considering Shrek was so wildly successful
While not mentioned I love the two guards that joined the Hebrews as they were leaving. And you can still see them being apart of the crowd. It wasn’t a one-off joke
Moses is one of my favorite Bible stories. Currently going through the book of Exodus at our church and I am learning more and more things about this story each week. One thing to note is that in Egypt the Pharoah is considered to be a "god-king", he interprets the will of the gods for his people. So when he ordered that the sons of the Hebrews needed to die, it was taken as an order from the gods. The soldiers weren't the only ones to throw the babies into the Nile. By throwing the babies into the Nile they were sacrificing them to the Egyptian god Hapi (pronounced Happy) who ensured that the Nile flooded each year and the crops grew. That's why it was so important for Moses to get the Pharoah to agree to let them go, his blessing was considered the gods blessing.
My three favorite religious films:
The Nativity Story (Oscar issac)
Joseph: the king of dreams (prequel to the Prince of Egypt)
The prince of Egypt
What I love about all of these is that they shove religion down your face. It is set in a biblical setting and God is part of it, but the heart of each story is the people. You see their souls and motivations.
While I am Christian, I am not overly religious, but each time I hear stories from the Bible, I focus on them as lessons that we can learn from including this one.
The image they used as the family portrait in "All I ever Wanted" is actually based off of carvings of Nefertiti and Akhenaten and their children.
I'm a Pagan, but this movie is incredible. The soundtrack is beautiful and so is the art. Its a marvel of a film.
As a Christian myself, I love this film, but the one change from the source material is that Moses knew he was Hebrew and the person he saved actually scolded Moses thinking he did it to show he was Master over him and this humble Moses more. This contributes to why Moses feels more unworthy to be God’s servant
the guy who voiced ramsés was Ralph Fiennes, the actor who played Voldemort, that´s why his voice was familiar.
First: your hair looks soooo gorgeous omg 😳
Second: I'm Christian and this is my favorite movie soundtrack ever and one of my favorite movies period. I do get in trouble at church when I can't remember what actually happened in the Bible and what happened in the movie 😅. I wish there were more movies like this, ones with clear religious meaning but fundamentally about family and not losing hope so that people of all backgrounds can appreciate it.
Last: Another DreamWorks movie I would LOVE for you to react to that has my other favorite soundtrack is Spirit! Its so ballsy for an early 2000s movie and Disney would Never have the guts to make it 😌
Thank you 💕
So, Pinocchio or Hunchback from Notre Dame wasn't ballsy enough?
The prince of Egypt is and always will be a masterpiece. There aren’t many renowned Christian films let alone animated ones, so I’m glad that there is one of this calibre. It’s perfect
Who knew Voldemort had such a beautiful singing voice 😢
OMG did he provide the singing voice too? I always assumed with these older movies that the singing voices were always done with separate voice actors 😂
@@SophiaPhannn Yeah, he's among the few (like Michelle Pfieffer) who did both the singing and voicing parts for the characters.
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Yes, this was 1998.
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(One year after Anastasia, and one year before The Mummy with Brendan Fraser)
I LOVE PRINCE OF EYGPT THANK YOU
The impact of the lullaby in this is so amazing! Like others have said, him whistling the tune when he's going to meet Rameses at the beginning is a hint for us, but it's so much more! If you think about it more in depth, it's even more impactful. Him whistling it casually in an eveyday moment suggests that it's probably not the first time he whistles it. If he whistles it somehow regularly, he probably asked himself at some point where he knows it from, or someone else would have asked him. He probably asked people around him, his adoptive mom, wet nurses, maids, etc etc but of course no one would have been able to answer him. But this random slave girl, who, to his knowledge, he has never met in his life, sings it to him right away. Imagine everything falling into place in his brain: the melody no one in his life ever knew the origin of, is sung by this slave who says she's his sister. That automatically proves she's saying the truth. He didn't trust her words but he trusted her song. I just love this!
As a Christian this movie hits different, it’s so good that even non-religious people appreciate its quality, but for those of us who believe in the authenticity of the Bible, seeing something like this not only be so high quality but also being appreciated by basically everyone is so heartwarming.
A good aspect to note is that before his sister sings the song that makes him remember, he is whistling the tune of it earlier in the movie, so he did subconsciously remember.
The whole movie gives me chills. From the character development of Moses and Rameses to the animation, voice lines and music itself. No doubt the best DreamWorks movie
A fun fact: the parting of the red sea scene took either a year or two (can't remember exactly) to create and they had to create a whole new animation style to do it. They don't know how they did it, after all the different struggles, so it can't be replicated.
My mother loves watching Moses's movies, and I've watched different versions of this story. I always remembered that Rameses always hated Moses in every different version, but when this came out, it was new to me that Rameses and Moses's brotherly relationship was so good, it was new, and was immediately drawn to that. The story was still the same, but some characters weren't added, it didn't really bother me. But this version is my favorite. It added more impact to Moses since he loved his brother, and now he will destroy him. It gave more drama.
Then they added the good, not lazy, animation, despite it being a bible story, because I remember, there were bad ones.
I love this movie so much.
I loveeee this movie. It's a classic to watch during the sabbath and Passover!
2:44 . . . Yes. It’s a great adaptation.
My favorite moment when watching when it first came out was when they were walking through the Red Sea and could see the whale shark and other sea creatures swim past them backlit by some flashes of lightning. It took my breath away, the scale and majesty of it. In general, the level of animation they achieved was appropriately epic for honoring such an amazing act of God.
As a non religious Jew...I have and always will love this movie. It's just so much culture lol I don't know how to explain it but it just feels like watching my ancestors lol....and then again the music.....the MUSIC!!!
I have only ever seen this film dubbed in Latin American Spanish, but I always loved the songs, they are way more powerful than they should be, omg they had no right being this good.
Also, I was raised catholic even though I’m not religious anymore, and believe me, this film made me scared of god and Jesus and all that rage, I was a little traumatised :S
Edit: btw, this is not a good adaptation of the Moses part of the bible, he wasn’t even Ramses’ brother hehe, but still, the main idea is there i think.
The voice actor for Ramses was Voldemort in Harry Potter! Mind blown.
I'm not religious (Atheist), I did grow up with religious parents although they were the type to let me believe in what I want to believe growing up, sure they told me a few stories now and then. But that doesn't stop me from watching beautifully portrayed religious movies like this one. I cried whenever I watched it as a child and still cry seeing scenes of this film today.
THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES 🥺 IT ALWAYS GIVES ME INSPO WHEN I’M FEELING BURNTOUT 💖💖💖
I am also religious (Muslim), and I love this movie! The animation and the music is perfection, I love it all! I would say it's pretty accurate to the Quran, though there are some changes (I assume they're from other religious texts). I'll be referencing the Quran because that's where I know the information from lol.
Some context for those who aren't religious: In the beginning of the movie, the pharaoh enslaved the Israelites after the time of the prophet Yusuf (Joseph). Around the time of Musa's (Moses) birth, the Pharaoh has a dream in which he sees fire coming from the city of Jerusalem, which burns everything in his kingdom except in the land of the Israelites. When the Pharaoh is informed that one of the male children would grow up to overthrow him, he orders the killing of all newborn Israelite males in order to prevent the prediction from occurring. Durin that time, GOd purposely hid Musa's mother's pregnancy from view so she can give birth without suspusion.
After Musa was born (in the time of the killings), his mother heard God's voice stating to hide her son in the oven when soldiers come to her house. After barging in and not finding any signs of a baby, they leave. God then instructs her to put him in a basket and float him down the river. So, she did it as instructed. She instructed her daughter to follow the basket, which floats down to the pharoah's house where his wife, Asiya, finds the baby. Asiya was a notably reliageous women, believing in God (in secret) rather than the pharoah. She wanted children but couldn't have any and God blessed her with a baby boy. When Asiya brought the baby in front of the pharoah, he loved her very much, and kept the baby. Asiya hired a wet nurse (Musa's biomother) to feed the baby after Musa's sister (who worked for her) told her of a wet nurse.
Musa often played on the Pharaoh's lap in his childhood, when one day he grabs the pharaoh's beard and slaps him in the face. This prompts the pharaoh to consider Musa as the Israelite who would overthrow him, and the Pharaoh wanted to kill Musa. Asiya persuaded him not to kill him because he is an infant. Instead, he decides to test Musa. Two items were set before Musa, one containing rubies and the other glowing coals. Musa reaches out for the rubies, but the Angel Gabriel directs his hand to the coals. Musa grabs a glowing coal and puts it in his mouth, burning his tongue. After the incident, Musa suffers a speech defect and had a burnt mark on his palm, but is spared by the pharaoh.
One day, Musa was walking in the streets and a Isrealite (one of his friends) calls upon him for help because an Egyptian was harassing him. In a state of anger, Musa strikes him so hard, killing the man instead. Musa was charged with mansalughter and sentenced to death. Musa ranfar away, to a small village where the head was none other than Prophet Shuaib. Musa saves Shuaib's daughter from a couple of men that were harassing her when she went out for water. Shuaib was an elderly man, and had no sons (only daughters) to care for his lands. After inviting Musa for a feast, Shuaib set demands that Musa had to follow through before marrying his daughter. Shuaib told Musa that he had to work as a shepherd for 8 years in return of marriage.
After some time spent away from Egypt, Musa and his pregnant wife were traveling though the desert, when his wife told him she was tired and needed to rest. In need of finding a safe spot to set up tent for the night, Musa went out looking for it. Musa notices a light coming from a cave, and upon entering, he notices a fire eminating from a dead tree. There he speaks to God about his mission to free the Hebrew. [Honestly, this is my favourite part of the movie because I just love how beautifully its animated, it gives me goodbumps everytime I watch it].
Also, Due to his speech impediment, Aaron (his brother) was made his second in command and translator by God.
Musa had many miracle that were bestowed by God; he had a staff that could turn into the biggest snake (sawllwoing the sorcerers' snakes whole), also the mark on his palm glowed a bright light, which was considered "sorcery" by the pharaoh.
THIS IS VERY LONG EXPLANATION IM SORRY I JUST WANTED TO WRITE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MOVIE VS. QURAN. feel free to correct/add anything I missed or any similarites/differences between the Quran and other religious texts!
It is interesting how the Quran has more detail to this story than the Torah, but the parts that are the same line up almost perfectly. I am Catholic, but I believe we share more similarities than differences. I pray for you and your family!
I’m agnostic but I grew up Christian, and I can wholeheartedly agree that this movie is absolutely beautiful. The animation, emotion, and story is incredible. My brother is an atheist and loves this movie as well
I LOVE this movie, the song the mother sang as she was sending him off on the river gives me chills every time, and often gets stuck in my head
as someone who was raised on these kind of movies it was so fun seeing you enjoy it! it's such a beautiful film.
As a Christian this is my favourite biblical movie I cried!😊
This was my FAVORITE movie growing up and I think it was one of the main reasons Moses was my favorite bible stories as a kid! I've been wanting to rewatch it again, but I wanted to delve into your question about the accuracy! It is incredibly accurate to the book of Exodus! (Please give it a read if you're interested!) There were liberties taken, the biggest being the relationship dynamics-espcially Moses and Ramses closeness- because the bible doesn't go super into depth on those things, but with the movie choosing to go that route gave it a since of humanity that God has placed within our hearts, and feeds our souls when it comes to story telling. Other liberties would be timing, like how Moses was actually 40 when he ran away and was 80 by the time he returned to Egypt. (And didn't take Zipporah and their 2 sons with them.) But it did follow incredibly specific things like Moses's snake eating the other snakes, and God's words to Moses in the bush.
But I couldn't go and say all of that without sharing the significance of his story within Christianity. Moses was a deliverer of Gods chosen people, the Israelites during this time, showing that God cared for them, and was going to provide their promised salvation from bondage. He brought the law (the 10 commandments) to the Israelites and the Jewish culture refer to Moses as such. But the beautiful thing about Moses's life, is that in several ways, is a foreshadow to Christ. He was born to save his people from a bondage in his day- the oppression from Rome- and brought about a new fulfillment to the law- Himself. But it wasn't only to Jews he offered salvation from their sin (because everyone EXCEPT Jesus has sinned, and the direct result of sin is death, making Jesus the only person to ever have not deserved to die, but took on death to save His creation he loves so deeply) it IS to ANYONE who would call on him and repent (and the Jewish Passover is a direct parallel to Christ being the unblemished lamb that was sacrificed, and his blood guarding those behind the doorframe that spread it from death.)
If you do read Exodus, I recommend reading the book of Mark or John first, and please look for who and how you see Christ in them! It makes you not only appreciate the story so much more, but it helps you understand God's heart for YOU in it! We we're in bondage and Christ came to set us free, as challenging of a task it was!!!
Thank you for the excellent review!❤ It truly is a masterpiece of a movie!
I saw this in theatres with my mom and grandmother YEARS ago. Though I am catholic and went to catholic school I' very never been super religious but this movie is totally one of my favorites and I think I like it more now than when I was a kid because I can appreciate the nuisance and the deepness of the brotherhood conflicted with what is ACTUALLY the right thing to do. Poor Rameses just didn't get it. And poor Moses just didn't want to hurt his brother but knew that his people were more important than anything. So beautiful.
My favorite fun fact from the movie is that the scene where everyone thinks its a "whale" its actually a shark as if you watch the tail it goes from side to side like a sharks tail vs up and down like a whales'.
I’m an atheist but we watched this in history class a few days ago and it was a banger
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I actually studied Bible and theology in college, and we talked about this movie in class a few times when we went through the book of Exodus. This movie is awesome! Of course, creative liberties were taken. Pharaoh decreed that Israelite firstborn boys (
Love how you picked ups a lot on the animation and symbolism in the background details! This movie was such a mix of overwhelmingly powerful scenes, and smaller details that bring it to life gloriously.
I was literally 7 years old when I first watched this on VHS and it's still my favorite movie to this day. I like how it doesn't just tell the story of Exodus, but also tells the story of Moses and Ramses relationship. The music also helps you feel emotion in the scene your watching and gives you chills every time you listen. This is a masterpiece of a movie 10/10
I loved watching Prince of Egypt in the theatres, and being Catholic knew the story they were telling (which is why seeing the soldiers go in for the babies was frightening). The music and visuals were breathtaking and a great visual interpretation of the bible text. For me, however, the most powerful scene in the film was not the parting of the red sea (which was incredible) it was when Moses, having finally got freedom for his people, cast out by brother, dropped his staff and collapsed, breaking down in tears. This moment showed Moses human heart, a view missed in other interpretations.
* re-watches are the best. When Moses is setting up the prank on high priests you can hear him hum his mother's lullaby, which he later would remember when his sister signs it to him.
As someone who loves animated movies, and Dreamworks' old animated movies, I confidently recommend Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron to watch, if you haven't reviewed it yet (which I don't think you have). I may be biased by nostalgia since I grew up with it, but I still rewatch it as an adult, and it is still amazing in my opinion. ^^
I also grew up religious, but became atheist in my adulthood, this and Joseph: King of Dreams are both really good, and I love the animation and music.
What I notice with the river turning to blood is that you can see the dark red and thickness of the blood, whereas when the Egyptian priests try to replicate it, it still just looks like water, only slightly coloured red.
I always thought it was a cool moment to show that God's wonders were the real deal (like with the snake scene) compared to the priests magic/trickery.
I saw the stage version twice in the West End not too long ago. The cast, the music, the choreography, the set pieces & the stage effects were amazing! I love both the stage version & the movie for very different reasons.
I don’t believe in any religion, ocult, supernatural or any gobbledygook… yet this movie gives me chills every time, it’s so beautifully and artistically made
I feel that this is the true beauty of the film. Even if you arent religious, its still a pretty powerful story to watch and think about. One of my favorite scenes is actually when Moses finds the burning bush. Theres a lot to think about as to why the voice of god is Moses' own voice, how scary powerful it can be to him when making a point. But then you can see and feel just the pure warmth n love that comes immediately after.
Raised christian and am now not, but I will watch this anytime it's on screen. The animation, the music, the voice acting is all excellent.
@@PatrickDaviswimiwamwamwazzle agreed
When I was younger I watched Joseph king of dreams over this so when I finally did watch this thinking they where the same thing but I was so shocked it was so good
Moses did remember the song. He was humming it in the scene at 7:10.
26:37 yeah omg I never realized that until now either. This movie is so amazing I discover something new every time I watch it.
I remember seeing this in theaters and I will never forget the awe I felt as a kid. The scenes that get me the most is where moses just crumples after meeting ramses and in the exodus where you see some of the guards joining them.
It definitely is, Sophia.😊
Hey Sophia! I loved this reaction. As a Christian, I really enjoyed this movie and it is a really good adaptation of Exodus and the journey of Moses and his People. I watched it in my Christian School and it meant a lot to me. Only If you don’t mind, I would recommend you reading more about this story because its truly amazing and insightful.
Would definitely recommend The Prince of Egypt stage musical. You really delve into the brotherly bond between Rameses and Moses, especially after he comes back. The additional music is just as beautiful and moving as the original.
The irony of Sophia telling the Egyptian queen "Slay!". 😂
i have a weird sentiment connection with this movie. when i was little my older brother used to be in and out of hospital a lot because of his asthma, but i remember when the nurse would bring the tv and vhs tapes we’d always chose to watch the Prince of Egypt. and the older i got the more i really got to appreciate the beauty and the amazing production of it
Yep this movie ends so happily! Nothing bad happens right after the end! Being raised Christian I can tell you it's all sunshine and rainbows from here!
They don't have a live action of Prince of Egypt, but they do have The Ten Commandments.