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So what I've heard about this movie is that DreamWorks wanted to be taken seriously as a new animation studio, so they just went all out on the best voice cast, the best animation, the best music, everything. And if that's true, it totally worked for me because it's still my favorite DW film.
Yea but later on they made movies like trolls and boss baby 🫤 But i'm glad that they still made serious amazing movies like kung fu panda, how to train your dragon, etc.
@fire miracle Meh, if a few cash grabs are a small price to pay then I'll let it pass. Besides, it's not like they turned their greatest franchises into cash grabs.........yet that is. Plus the KFP and HTTYD are nothing but superb.
A lot of people miss this but when his sister sang the lullaby, it hit harder because when Ramses was sitting on the statue, Moses was whistling the lullaby. So his whole life, the song was in his head but he never knew where it came from
I also think it’s a nice nod to the OG story where Moses’s mom was his wet nurse when he went to the palace so she likely sung to him his whole childhood 🥹
Whether viewers are religious or not, TPoE is just a well-told, beautifully-crafted story. The way they humanize the characters make them feel human and relatable. The brotherhood between Moses and Ramses feels personal and genuine, it’s sad seeing these two brothers have to go down such different paths and lose each other.
Yeah I had no idea it was rated to Christianity or Judaism when I watched this as a kid, I just saw it as a sort of fantasy movie. I loved it and also had to sing the main theme song in choir in TWO different schools in different countries in Asia, that song was such a hit 😅
@@judeless77 I mean I don't think it would be possible nor would It be worth it for actors to speak in ancient egyptian, a language that we have never heard in real life💀💀💀
Dreamworks never really intended this to be a “kids film.” They were set on starting a whole new branch of movies tackling historical stories from different cultures, with a mature tone. But the success of Shrek led to them scrapping all of those plans, and went all in on 3D animation. Ironically, this movie production is responsible for the success of Shrek. Anyone who didn’t follow directions or misbehaved on the production team was essentially punished by making them work on Shrek. So they filled the movie with crass humor and hidden jokes as a middle finger to the studio. That led to Shrek being infinitely more popular.
I mean the have made emotional 3D movies like The King Fu Panda and How to train your dragon trilogy. Not to mention few others. So while I miss 2d, 3d does a good job with emotional moments. But hopefully we get some new 2d movies
@@ColeEclipse yeah, I mean 3D _works,_ but to truly rival and surpass 2D you have to go ALL OUT like Arcane and Spider-Verse. And let’s face it, that almost never happens
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 song,) 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.
Considering that some prisons in the US leases convicts as cheap laborforce below minimumwage, slavery is still technically legal and very much a thing in the US. Just because you're a convict shouldn't remove your human rights. That's the thing about rights, if you can lose them - then they're not rights, they're priveliges.
Oh yeah this film isn't really for children, considering the heavy subject matter. But it's still accessible for a young audience. You two helped make a masterpiece.
This movie does two things that make the message more impactful: 1) Moses initially doesn’t want to accept the call; he loves his home/family, and 2) Ramses loves Moses back; he views him like a brother and his best friend, and when he comes back he’s happy to see him. Other versions don’t show this conflict, but it shows that making change is often very hard. It’s less about how “religion is good and easy” and more shows a more nuanced perspective on how devastating and overtaking it can be.
It's also that he dun think he SHOULD be someone to lead a people as the spokesperson of god. The lesson he learns quick tho is that He should TRUST that God made the right choice.
This is a phenomenal movie but for a christian, just like myself, it hits even harder man! I just feel God's presence when I watch it, the score and music are outstanding too!
I’m not religious, but I really love this movie. At it’s a core, it’s a story about two brothers drifting apart. Even though they weren’t biological, Moses’ and Ramses’ interactions and relationship felt genuine. Making it all the more heartbreaking that they essentially go from best friends to enemies. Also the animation is stellar, Hans Zimmer’s score is excellent, and all the songs are bangers.
It gets me every time when Rameses asks Moses if he’s only really just here to free his people and you can actually see the moment when his heart breaks. He was so happy to see Moses and truly thought he just wanted to come back home where he was ready to welcome him back with open arms.
I love the way the burning bush is animated here. The fact that it is a bush in the early stages of bloom is an interesting idea. And having Val Kilmer voice both Moses and the bush was a neat detail. Hearing the voice of the God in our own voice, because God was working through him, cool idea.
I'm 42 years of age and 25 years on since seeing this in the cinema, this is still up there as one of the best animated films ever made in my opinion. It's a timeless masterpiece.
I still remember the first time I watched this movie. A few seconds in and I'm already bawling my eyes out. That's the power of music and that's Hans Zimmer, the one and only.
I just thought that when Moses discovered what his background was, he found empathy and understanding towards others who were suffering. He didn't live as a slave, he was born from a slave mother. Even before discovering his background, he did help the girl escape by distracting the guard. He just lived very sheltered life and never walk out of the world of the privileged. Thats what I took away from the film back when I saw it in 2nd grade in an Anglican private school.
Did anyone notice anything odd about the music in the song 'the plagues' in this reaction video? Its like the vocalising parts were cut out like the voices singing in the background that they send the plague upon your cattle upon your sheep etc.
as an atheist, this is one of my favorite animated movies. I love the story of Moses and Ramses brotherly relationship (yes, they were brothers and were raised as such. I know Aaron was his brother by blood but Ramses was his brother too). I always get so emotional right after Moses goes to comfort Ramses after the death of his son; you can see Moses break down in the hall outside the room. he never wanted anything like this to happen and the pain and anguish you see in that scene is so real. let's not forget the music as well; so good! thanks for reacting to this amazing film. ❤
@@the_nikster1Moses received a TOUGH assignment from God and that’s why Moses initially rejected it he knew there’d be trials. I felt so bad when Pharoh lost his son
@@yolandag8436 it wasn’t that Moses caused the plagues, he was only the messenger, it was up to Rameses to heed Moses’ warnings or not. Rameses had every opportunity to just listen and make the right choice, but he obstinately refused. Every Wonder was a direct reflection of the False gods of Egypt, and instead of taking the hint, Rameses doubled down. Eventually Moses has had enough, seeing all the suffering, he begs God not make him deliver the last warning. God said the final plague would be of Rameses’ own mouth.. ‘I will finish what my father started, and kill every first born Hebrew.” Moses knew Rameses’ own words had doomed his own son, and could not stop it. At every point, Rameses had been given a chance to make the right choice, and even up to the pillar of Fire and Parting of the Red Sea.. ‘Behold my Wonder, and return to Egypt with what is left of your people...” But Rameses, He just couldn’t, Let It Go…
About Zipporah's family: if you watch "Joseph King of Dreams", which is a kind of prequel to this, you can see that Joseph eventually brings his father Jacob as well as his brothers and their wives over to Egypt. Those are the people whose descendants will become the slaves in this movie, including Moses and his siblings. But initially, they were living in tents in a desert-ish land too. Moses is a descendant of Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob (as said in the burning bush scene), Jacob who, as I just said, moved to Egypt along with all his sons and their families. Zipporah however, is also a descendant of Abraham, but not of Isaac and Jacob, since she is from a Midian family, who are descendants of Midian, another son of Abraham. So basically, Abraham's sons went their own way, separating the family into two branches, with some of Isaac's descendants ending up as slaves in Egypt because of Joseph convincing them to move there on one hand, and on the other hand, the Midian family who simply continued living in the desert instead of moving to Egypt, up until Moses found them. Same family tree, different branches. Zipporah's family didn't escape from Egypt because they were never in Egypt in the first place. So yeah, not sure what that makes them, just Hebrews I guess?
@@Kreepie11 Yes, the Midianite people were real, I've never denied that. I merely pointed out that the entire exodus story is fictional, so it's rather pointless to speculate which tribe the people in the story belonged to.
Every Passover me and my family would pull out our VHS copy of The Prince of Egypt and watch it after seder! We still to this day keep this tradition going and every time I watch it so many of the same scenes I’ve seen many times still make me cry!!! So happy to see people watch this masterpiece♥︎
I don't think all animated movies are aimed only for kids. With that said, I remember watching this movie with my older cousins who were teens and we all loved it. DreamWorks has released some of the best movies ever, including Prince of Egypt, Joseph King of Dreams, and even some movies that were not religious, like spirit and the road to El Dorado. These are all movies that teach us the values of humanity, empathy, freedom and many many many others. It's just beautiful to watch.
No kidding, ESPECIALLY "Deliver Us" and "The Plagues." This soundtrack is FIRE. ("Playing With The Big Boys" is a technical guilty pleasure, but I LOVE it.)
Fun fact: the 10 second sequence of Moses parting the Red Sea took at team of 200 animators 8 months to make. May not seem like it would but in 1998 this was revolutionary animation
@@Aiveq God punishing them for what they did to his people. At the same time, mocking their false gods and proving He's the only one with any TRUE power.
If you're not religious, kid or adult, the takeaway is that the movie is a masterpiece with wonderful visuals, good written characters, even the villain, and of course the songs.
Her: They are putting him the basket, but they’re not giving much of a back story. Me: They were killing the babies. The mother is rescuing her son. What part of that is hard to understand?
I thought the same thing lol! We’re still in the opening number, what do you want a monologue? Also all the “but this movie has slavery” like girl you knew the story of Moses you knew what this movie was gonna show it’s not all roses and rainbows what did you expect?
As someone who is a Christian and studied the bible. The story of Moses is such a beautiful story and the animators and studio did such a good job of telling this story with those real emotions that sometimes might get left out or overlooked in the Bible. Fun thought for you. Each of the plagues was a direct slap in the face of each of the Egyptian gods, with the last plague a shot at pharaoh who was viewed as a god himself.
Midianites were a separate tribe by that time and weren’t taken into slavery. They were distant relatives. Jethro meets up with the Jews in the desert and Moses is reunited with his sons and wife. I *think* midianites believed in one god- but weren’t considered “Hebrews”. Tzipporah and Miriam have some beef later on 😂
@@Jupiter-T Why should I care one bit about what you consider to be a waste of time? I am simply pointing out an error. What people do with that is their own business, just like what I do with my time, is mine.
Oh I love this film! Growing up in the Philippines, they always show some old movie about Moses during holy week. And they are always the same format. Ramses is always a biatch to Moses for some reason, and Moses was just so quick to turn his back on the country and family that raised him. But this animated film showed so much complexity to characters and their relationship. I actually felt so sad for both of them. And the animation? Perfection! Don't even get me started on the music!
27:24. The 2 priests called out to at least a dozen gods to "appear" to do what Moses did when calling out to 1 God. I say "appear" since we don't actually see the staff's turn into snakes, not to mention the fact they are so caught up in their smoke & mirrors they don't see Moses' snake eat theirs.
It annoys me so much that people see an animated movie and instantly assume "it's for kids" and then try to figure out why they made certain decisions without "thinking of the kids".
As far as the burning bush for a non-religious person, they actually made Val Kilmer provide the voices for Moses and God. That seems like a very conscious choice symbolically and thematically. Moses finding God through the bush is also the point in his journey when he truly discovers his inner voice and conscience.
They went even further than that! While they did eventually choose Val Kilmer for the “main” voice, the whispering you hear in layers underneath is ALL of the other cast members saying the lines, sometimes saying some lines louder than others, so that God was represented by everyone, because God represents everyone.
It's funny you mention Charlton Heston. That's actually why this film was made. Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted to make an animated version of the Ten Commandments at Disney but Michael Eisner didn't let him. Then when he started Dreamworks with Spielberg, that was one of their first films
Crazy coincidence, I just watched this for the first time the other day. That opening song is so powerful. I recommend The Road to El Dorado and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as well.
One of the most heart breaking things in this movie to me, is that you can really see how much is royal/adoptive family loved him. They treated him no different even knowing he was hebrew and I love that.
The plagues sequence is definitely one of the most hardcore numbers for a kids animated movie, especially after you listen to it again and hear the lyrics in more detail
great detail i never really noticed until recently: when moses strolls to talk to rameses after their father chews them out, moses is whistling his mother's last lullaby, so he really did subconsciously hold onto it his whole life until miriam sang it again
Probably. Which is pretty ironic, because the original marketing message of the film was aimed at adults, in a direct effort to change the common perception that animation was mainly for children. They even got the movie rated PG instead of G on purpose.
Sonething bothers me about this reaction and its not the fault of the reactors, if u are invested in the movie u will be emotional, I see the opposite reaction here. Its like watching a reaction of schlinder's list and the reactors are laughing and joking around. Its their right to react as they feel but we have to admit it would be a little weird.
I know the amazing people that went into making this movie, whether they knew it or not, were blessed with a special gift from god. To have made the movie so visually stunning, historically accurate and entertaining without a single drawback is truly impressive.
Nostalgia Critic did a great review on this movie, and he touched on everything that makes it hold up today imo. Hand drawn art style during a time were CGI was new and hot, the score and soundtrack, the atmosphere, voice acting (portrayed well into the characters we see)....it all works and flows. I did NOT expect a reaction to this film, but I'm so glad you two did!
Super happy you guys are watching it; it's Dreamworks' best film by a mile, and not only one of the best animated films of all time, but in my opinion deserves to be up there as one of the best films in general. Animation is stellar, music is top notch, characters are amazing; and you don't have to be religious to appreciate it all :)
This is the most relevant comment to my thoughts about this movie too. I first watched it a couple years ago in school and I instantly fell in love with the whole movie. The prince of Egypt is actually my favourite movie and not just from DreamWorks definitely 😁
Really awesome that Roxy is a part of this movie reaction, watching it in her own perspective and with her religious background. More power to you guys! 🙌🏻
Yeah im not sure she know the Bible story very well. As a christian that grew up hearing this story its pretty hard to forget about Moses turning the water red (not walking on it)
Omg I’m so glad you’re reacting to this!!! This movie was my whole childhood, we would watch it every year on Passover at my synagogue’s Sunday school, and the soundtrack and story still goes so hard
The shot in which Rameses looks at the ring and laments the loss of his brother (which was not featured in this video) is one of the most powerful bits of animation ever created. It conveys the emotion as well as live action footage does.
I'm not very religious, but this movie holds a special place in my heart. The music, the cinematography, the voice acting, etc. It was truly a masterpiece 👏🏻😁
I would also say this film is not just for children, but the whole family. This film is animated, and really utilizes the medium to bring out visuals and emotions that aren’t the same in live action. I feel like just because something is animated we often think of it as being just for children, but I come back to this film a lot. It’s one of the most beautiful made animated works I’d ever seen. I still remember how big it felt in the theater. Gosh, way back in the day.
Exodus 1 Pharaoh commanded all his people to throw into the Nile every ⌞Hebrew⌟ boy that was born, but to let every girl live. That’s why the animation shows babies who are visible male.
theres so many lessons you can take from this. like its not too late to do the right thing . The smallest rock plays an important role in holding the mountain up.. its really the humble way of looking at life....
30:48 a great bit of attention to detail by the animation team here. Since moses is protected by God the water where he is standing is still clear water when the rest of the river is blood
One of my favorite DreamWorks films! Really love the music! Especially during the last scene with Moses walking back down the mountain with the Ten Commandments.
I'm a Catholic with Jewish ancestry, so I've got both your backs 🙌😂 I grew up with this movie, always watched it during Passover, and still to this day think it's the best movie ever made. A literal masterpiece with the storytelling, music, and the animation! You don't get movies like this anymore. The part where you said you never thought about how the plagues would hurt Moses' heart, too? That's what I love the most about this movie. It gives character to the characters. It shows that for a very long time, Moses and Rameses were brothers and had a brotherly relationship. It shows how Moses must have felt having to be God's hands when it came to all of the horrible things God sent down as judgement on the Egyptians. How betrayed Rameses must have felt when Moses came back only to tell him to set the Jewish People free. It goes deep.
I’m personally a Dreamworks person over Disney and much as I love a lot of Dreamworks films, none have gone as hard as this honest masterpiece. I don’t know why Dreamworks haven’t gambled on more musicals because fuck the music is incredible here both the numbers and the breathtakingly beautiful score. So happy y’all reacted to this! Please react to more Dreamworks films!
Watched this movie a ton growing up - Loved it! I'm not religious anymore, but I still love it. It's a great intro to the Moses story, particularly for kids. It seemed like Roxy was struggling with what kids should take away from it, but seeing it as a kid originally, it was super clear - aside from the obvious "don't enslave people" it was about the power and importance of your faith, even through the hardest of times. That the point of the whole situation - the slaves endured unspeakable horrors for a long time but never stopped believing, and ultimately they were rewarded. It's an allegory for life, really. Plus, fantastic animation and voice acting! My brothers and I are grown men, but we'll still randomly bust out a song from this every so often, lol.
It wasn't made for kids. It was made for everyone. This was Dreamworks pre-Shrek, when they had a completely different direction. One can argue the success of Shrek was the best and worst thing to happen to Dreamworks.
YESSSSSS YESSSSSS!!! Y’ALL ARE MAKING NON-STOP AMAZING MOVIE CHOICES!! 😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️ This movie made me cry many times and feel powerful and I’ll never stop singing their tracks 😆 PRAISE HANS ZIMMER AND STEPHEN SCHWARTZ!!! Dreamworks is literally the pinnacle of animation 😩 The Plagues is an iconic song. And Playing with the Big Boys, When You Believe, and All I Ever Wanted 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
She’s watching in bad faith. She immediately complains that the movie hasn’t explained its entire plot within the first musical number, she has no grasp on peoples historic attitudes on slavery, makes the worst jokes at the worst time. You make fun of the movie showing the love interest as a slave girl getting treated poorly (don’t show the mothers reaction) but then you’re on Moses side when she doesn’t want to bone him immediately, like what?? Neither of them (but her especially) have the right religious or artistic knowledge to say anything worth while about this movie. They can’t comment on the changes between the original biblical story and this one, they can’t comment on the music (vocals or soundtrack) can’t comment on the actual animation techniques that are going on and can’t be at least smart enough to just appreciate what’s been crafted for their enjoyment. I came to see one of my favorite movies appreciated and instead got this mess disappointing. People spent years pouring love into this film and all you have to say is “the bush isn’t bushy enough”
I’m not a huge religious person nowadays but this movie is EVERYTHING. No matter what you believe you can’t stand by and see a people treated the way Jewish have been. It doesn’t matter. Never sit and watch a people hurt this way
I'd like to imagine that in the scene where the river turns to blood,it was the blood of innocent slaves that died. It puts a deeper weight of what just happened.
I’m not trying to be mean but the girl in this video seems to lack the proper intelligence or depth to be able to do movie critiques of this nature. Like this movie is a movie that A LOT of people dissect for it’s themes about family, obedience, remorse, guilt, heroism, etc. There are videos on RUclips of therapists reacting to the film and picking out various themes to talk about and this girl is just sitting there like a deer in headlights asking what was the point of the movie if you’re a kid watching?! Um, what?! Please don’t have her back on. Thanks.
Moses’ mom the singer, she sang in multiple languages and as a kid I thought we had a singer just as talented as the og, not so. She just was built different.
As a kid who knew nothing of Biblical stories and watched this a lot as a child, I can say that I felt a lot of emotions when I would see it. I felt sad that Moses and his brother weren't able to remain close due to differences, joy that Moses and his people were able to escape, and overall awe and fear at what God did to free the people. The scene when the light goes through the homes and takes the first borns was always so powerful and scary to me even if I didn't fully understand the meaning and why it was happening.
I /always/ put on subtitles. There’s just so many pros to it. For me it: -helps me hear the dialogue better and actually know why people are saying at all times when characters mumble or the sound is higher than the audio (which happens a lot) -helps me remembers names better if there’s a lot of characters -helps me understand names of locations that aren’t in English -helps me understand characters with think accents speaking in English -helps me remember spelling of words more (because my spelling sucks lol) Subtitles for the win!
I love Robin Williams' rendition of the parting of the Red Sea. ".... and the Pharoah calls out to his cat god but his cat god can't do sh*t, cuz it's afraid of water"
And Ralph Fiennes who played Amon Goeth in schindlers list kills it as Ramses kills it in this movie. Such an amazing talent to be able to do such a high level of voice acting as well as his normal stuff.
With what is mentioned at 46:14 about "inner voice," the voice of God is actually Moses voice actor, freaking Val Kilmer, mixed in with the other cast. Val Kilmer is just the prominent voice.
This movie has a lot of sentimental meaning for me. It was a big part of my childhood and, especially the soundtrack, was apart of some very important moments for me. Thanks for doing this reaction! This movie was such a big deal at the time and I don’t here much about it these days!
Just because it's an animated film, doesn't mean it's for kids. Maybe making a 10 Commandments animated film is cheaper than making a live action movie
OH! And after the success of this movie, Dreamworks did another called “Joseph: King of Dreams” which wasn’t as popular but, still really good animation and music.
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Deliver Us and Plagues. But I love the metal cover of both songs by Jonathan Young here on RUclips.
@@NicholasAHart I agree on everything you said. Playing with the big boys metal version is also great!!!
So what I've heard about this movie is that DreamWorks wanted to be taken seriously as a new animation studio, so they just went all out on the best voice cast, the best animation, the best music, everything. And if that's true, it totally worked for me because it's still my favorite DW film.
More than that for me. It's one of my favorite animated movies period.
Yea but later on they made movies like trolls and boss baby 🫤
But i'm glad that they still made serious amazing movies like kung fu panda, how to train your dragon, etc.
@@firemiracle Puss in Boots 2 is the best thing they've done in years.
@@my5head ikr??? Such a great beautiful movie 😊
@fire miracle Meh, if a few cash grabs are a small price to pay then I'll let it pass. Besides, it's not like they turned their greatest franchises into cash grabs.........yet that is.
Plus the KFP and HTTYD are nothing but superb.
The funniest thing where they chose to end the movie is that Moses absolutely loses it like 10 seconds after this because of the Golden Calf.
Fuck I wish they had made the movie about his wrath on Mount Sinai.
That was Moses in his villain era
Genesis is the arc that honestly made me realize that God was pretty much always in a *SIGH face and react e
@@ShadowFungus god is a vengeful, spiteful, little piece of shit.
There's a good Exodus film called The Bible Collection: Moses. I recommend that if you want to see more of the story.
A lot of people miss this but when his sister sang the lullaby, it hit harder because when Ramses was sitting on the statue, Moses was whistling the lullaby. So his whole life, the song was in his head but he never knew where it came from
I also think it’s a nice nod to the OG story where Moses’s mom was his wet nurse when he went to the palace so she likely sung to him his whole childhood 🥹
Aww that's adorable. 💌
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Whether viewers are religious or not, TPoE is just a well-told, beautifully-crafted story. The way they humanize the characters make them feel human and relatable. The brotherhood between Moses and Ramses feels personal and genuine, it’s sad seeing these two brothers have to go down such different paths and lose each other.
Yeah I had no idea it was rated to Christianity or Judaism when I watched this as a kid, I just saw it as a sort of fantasy movie. I loved it and also had to sing the main theme song in choir in TWO different schools in different countries in Asia, that song was such a hit 😅
@@lafatte24same here
Because of all the British people in Egypt or the accuracy of how things were built? The story is nice though not accurate
For me, it’s the best kind of drama!!!!!
@@judeless77 I mean I don't think it would be possible nor would It be worth it for actors to speak in ancient egyptian, a language that we have never heard in real life💀💀💀
Dreamworks never really intended this to be a “kids film.” They were set on starting a whole new branch of movies tackling historical stories from different cultures, with a mature tone. But the success of Shrek led to them scrapping all of those plans, and went all in on 3D animation. Ironically, this movie production is responsible for the success of Shrek. Anyone who didn’t follow directions or misbehaved on the production team was essentially punished by making them work on Shrek. So they filled the movie with crass humor and hidden jokes as a middle finger to the studio. That led to Shrek being infinitely more popular.
Yep. Animation DOES NOT always mean "kids film".
The fact that Shrek had more cultural impact and popularity than this is a crime against art.
I mean the have made emotional 3D movies like The King Fu Panda and How to train your dragon trilogy. Not to mention few others. So while I miss 2d, 3d does a good job with emotional moments. But hopefully we get some new 2d movies
@@ColeEclipse yeah, I mean 3D _works,_ but to truly rival and surpass 2D you have to go ALL OUT like Arcane and Spider-Verse. And let’s face it, that almost never happens
I desperately wish they'd kept it up.
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 song,) 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.
Big agreement, except for the fact that it’s not the Bible!
@@findme7585 it's not exactly the Bible, it takes some creative liberties. But it covers the essential cliff notes so it gets a pass.
second greatest thing they’ve ever released. Next to Sprit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Agree 💯
@@isaiah.s Spirit’s actually tied with Atlantis for my favorite animated film of all time.
“they were only slaves” gives me chills every damn time
The cast of this movie is absolutely incredible. Leave it.
To Patrick Stewart to nail a sinister delivery like that.
Considering that some prisons in the US leases convicts as cheap laborforce below minimumwage, slavery is still technically legal and very much a thing in the US. Just because you're a convict shouldn't remove your human rights. That's the thing about rights, if you can lose them - then they're not rights, they're priveliges.
What makes it even sicker is that he said that as an attempt to comfort Moses, but it just ended up confirming everything he had feared.
My husband and I worked on POE. It was so special. It wasn't made as a " kids" film, it was just made as a film that happened to be animated.
Animation is an art flem.
Wow! Thank you for helping to create this awesome classic!
Wow. Thank you for participating in creating this masterpiece
Oh yeah this film isn't really for children, considering the heavy subject matter. But it's still accessible for a young audience.
You two helped make a masterpiece.
@@sciencefantastic Thank you for all the comments, it's much appreciated :)
So glad you guys are watching this. It's an underrated masterpiece!
I absolutely agree ❤
It really is a master piece lol everytime i watch it its just great. Especially for kids
A masterpiece that they made stupid barrel scraping jokes about the entire time, yeah.
I’d say it’s more under appreciated than underrated, the audiences who have seen it will agree it’s a very solid movie !
I always wanna this film every holyweek when I was I kid till now
This movie does two things that make the message more impactful: 1) Moses initially doesn’t want to accept the call; he loves his home/family, and 2) Ramses loves Moses back; he views him like a brother and his best friend, and when he comes back he’s happy to see him. Other versions don’t show this conflict, but it shows that making change is often very hard. It’s less about how “religion is good and easy” and more shows a more nuanced perspective on how devastating and overtaking it can be.
It always kills me how you can actually see the moment Rameses heart breaks when he realizes why Moses is back
It's also that he dun think he SHOULD be someone to lead a people as the spokesperson of god. The lesson he learns quick tho is that He should TRUST that God made the right choice.
Just like the religion of wokeness.
Amen
This is a phenomenal movie but for a christian, just like myself, it hits even harder man! I just feel God's presence when I watch it, the score and music are outstanding too!
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YES!
Amen 🙏
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same. amen
I’m not religious, but I really love this movie. At it’s a core, it’s a story about two brothers drifting apart. Even though they weren’t biological, Moses’ and Ramses’ interactions and relationship felt genuine. Making it all the more heartbreaking that they essentially go from best friends to enemies. Also the animation is stellar, Hans Zimmer’s score is excellent, and all the songs are bangers.
It gets me every time when Rameses asks Moses if he’s only really just here to free his people and you can actually see the moment when his heart breaks. He was so happy to see Moses and truly thought he just wanted to come back home where he was ready to welcome him back with open arms.
It's really depressing to think these two will be forced to carry burdens that will split their brotherly bond apart.
@@aniahmatthews936yah I felt bad for Pharoah though he was stubborn
True American Christians like myself, adore Our Atheist Fellow Citizens also❤.
@@aniahmatthews936this is why I loved this movie. It showed real emotions towards each other it makes the movie feel more alive
I love the way the burning bush is animated here. The fact that it is a bush in the early stages of bloom is an interesting idea. And having Val Kilmer voice both Moses and the bush was a neat detail. Hearing the voice of the God in our own voice, because God was working through him, cool idea.
I read somewhere that to do God's voice they actually spliced together all the voices of the cast together. Not sure though.
@@bidishah I think you’re correct but they made Val’s voice the most present in the audio which I think is a cool detail.
@@ranga1cat yes! You’re both correct!
I'm 42 years of age and 25 years on since seeing this in the cinema, this is still up there as one of the best animated films ever made in my opinion. It's a timeless masterpiece.
This is DreamWorks best movie in my opinion, Hans Zimmer’s score is the true winner actually. Powerful visuals and animation ❤
I still remember the first time I watched this movie. A few seconds in and I'm already bawling my eyes out. That's the power of music and that's Hans Zimmer, the one and only.
I just thought that when Moses discovered what his background was, he found empathy and understanding towards others who were suffering. He didn't live as a slave, he was born from a slave mother. Even before discovering his background, he did help the girl escape by distracting the guard. He just lived very sheltered life and never walk out of the world of the privileged. Thats what I took away from the film back when I saw it in 2nd grade in an Anglican private school.
The harmonizing at the end of The Plagues remains one of the top animated musical harmonies.
I’m always disappointed that I can’t sing both parts at once
Did anyone notice anything odd about the music in the song 'the plagues' in this reaction video? Its like the vocalising parts were cut out like the voices singing in the background that they send the plague upon your cattle upon your sheep etc.
as an atheist, this is one of my favorite animated movies. I love the story of Moses and Ramses brotherly relationship (yes, they were brothers and were raised as such. I know Aaron was his brother by blood but Ramses was his brother too). I always get so emotional right after Moses goes to comfort Ramses after the death of his son; you can see Moses break down in the hall outside the room. he never wanted anything like this to happen and the pain and anguish you see in that scene is so real. let's not forget the music as well; so good! thanks for reacting to this amazing film. ❤
Yea, every time i see that scene, im like damn he indirectly killed his nephew
@@yolandag8436 yep. it hits hard every. damned. time.
@@the_nikster1Moses received a TOUGH assignment from God and that’s why Moses initially rejected it he knew there’d be trials. I felt so bad when Pharoh lost his son
@@yolandag8436 it wasn’t that Moses caused the plagues, he was only the messenger, it was up to Rameses to heed Moses’ warnings or not.
Rameses had every opportunity to just listen and make the right choice, but he obstinately refused.
Every Wonder was a direct reflection of the False gods of Egypt, and instead of taking the hint, Rameses doubled down.
Eventually Moses has had enough, seeing all the suffering, he begs God not make him deliver the last warning.
God said the final plague would be of Rameses’ own mouth..
‘I will finish what my father started, and kill every first born Hebrew.”
Moses knew Rameses’ own words had doomed his own son, and could not stop it.
At every point, Rameses had been given a chance to make the right choice, and even up to the pillar of Fire and Parting of the Red Sea..
‘Behold my Wonder, and return to Egypt with what is left of your people...”
But Rameses, He just couldn’t, Let It Go…
About Zipporah's family: if you watch "Joseph King of Dreams", which is a kind of prequel to this, you can see that Joseph eventually brings his father Jacob as well as his brothers and their wives over to Egypt. Those are the people whose descendants will become the slaves in this movie, including Moses and his siblings. But initially, they were living in tents in a desert-ish land too. Moses is a descendant of Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob (as said in the burning bush scene), Jacob who, as I just said, moved to Egypt along with all his sons and their families.
Zipporah however, is also a descendant of Abraham, but not of Isaac and Jacob, since she is from a Midian family, who are descendants of Midian, another son of Abraham. So basically, Abraham's sons went their own way, separating the family into two branches, with some of Isaac's descendants ending up as slaves in Egypt because of Joseph convincing them to move there on one hand, and on the other hand, the Midian family who simply continued living in the desert instead of moving to Egypt, up until Moses found them. Same family tree, different branches. Zipporah's family didn't escape from Egypt because they were never in Egypt in the first place. So yeah, not sure what that makes them, just Hebrews I guess?
" So yeah, not sure what that makes them, just Hebrews I guess?"
Fictional characters.
@Volrin Seth Well, fictional characters can still have nationalities, ethnicities, origins etc.
@@manon_0411 Sure, but those are just as fictional, they can have any nationality, ethnicity or origin you want.
@@VolrinSeth Except for the Midianite people were a real group in history, so even though these SPECIFIC people are fictional, their history is not.
@@Kreepie11 Yes, the Midianite people were real, I've never denied that. I merely pointed out that the entire exodus story is fictional, so it's rather pointless to speculate which tribe the people in the story belonged to.
Every Passover me and my family would pull out our VHS copy of The Prince of Egypt and watch it after seder! We still to this day keep this tradition going and every time I watch it so many of the same scenes I’ve seen many times still make me cry!!! So happy to see people watch this masterpiece♥︎
Your tradition is a lie but we can keep pretending.
I don't think all animated movies are aimed only for kids. With that said, I remember watching this movie with my older cousins who were teens and we all loved it. DreamWorks has released some of the best movies ever, including Prince of Egypt, Joseph King of Dreams, and even some movies that were not religious, like spirit and the road to El Dorado. These are all movies that teach us the values of humanity, empathy, freedom and many many many others. It's just beautiful to watch.
"we're not getting much of a back story" hes a baby, do you want to see when he was conceived?
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"I understand why the songs are not sing along musical numbers"
Me: i listen to the soundtrack to this and sing along all the time
No kidding, ESPECIALLY "Deliver Us" and "The Plagues." This soundtrack is FIRE. ("Playing With The Big Boys" is a technical guilty pleasure, but I LOVE it.)
YES
I have some of their songs on my iTunes 😜
THUS SAYETH THE LORD THUS SAYETH---
Fun fact: the 10 second sequence of Moses parting the Red Sea took at team of 200 animators 8 months to make. May not seem like it would but in 1998 this was revolutionary animation
You guys have to watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and The Road to El Dorado. Both are criminally underrated Dreamworks masterpieces.
I second that. Those are incredible films.
@@rambocortez Hell! Even Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a good watch
I third this! Spirit is a must! You want great music, animation ahead of its time, and a unique way to tell a story? That movie has it all!
Spirit is boring for the first half, and then ramps up into one of the coolest human-animal partnership adventures ever.
Prince of Egypt has one of the greatest animations of all time. Phenomenal score, songs, acting, just everything. Excited to see your reactions.
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Lol no, also how can they be a fan if they hate it?
37:58 seeing how much it hurt moses to do what he did to the egyptians shows kids that doing the right thing is not always going to be painless.
I don't know if murdering thousands of innocent children just to prove a point to the pharaoh is "the right thing"
yeah like his father Pharaoh, apple did fall far from tree. one slaughtered herbrew, another slaughtered egyptians
@@Aiveq God punishing them for what they did to his people. At the same time, mocking their false gods and proving He's the only one with any TRUE power.
The facial animations are amazing. When Moses gives Rameses his ring back, you can see Rameses go from shock, to grief, to anger.
If you're not religious, kid or adult, the takeaway is that the movie is a masterpiece with wonderful visuals, good written characters, even the villain, and of course the songs.
Her: They are putting him the basket, but they’re not giving much of a back story.
Me: They were killing the babies. The mother is rescuing her son. What part of that is hard to understand?
It was a sign from. the beginning that nearly all her takes were going to be just as bad.
I thought the same thing lol! We’re still in the opening number, what do you want a monologue? Also all the “but this movie has slavery” like girl you knew the story of Moses you knew what this movie was gonna show it’s not all roses and rainbows what did you expect?
You guys did NOT understand the movie😅
As someone who is a Christian and studied the bible. The story of Moses is such a beautiful story and the animators and studio did such a good job of telling this story with those real emotions that sometimes might get left out or overlooked in the Bible. Fun thought for you. Each of the plagues was a direct slap in the face of each of the Egyptian gods, with the last plague a shot at pharaoh who was viewed as a god himself.
Midianites were a separate tribe by that time and weren’t taken into slavery. They were distant relatives. Jethro meets up with the Jews in the desert and Moses is reunited with his sons and wife. I *think* midianites believed in one god- but weren’t considered “Hebrews”. Tzipporah and Miriam have some beef later on 😂
Neither were slaves. There is no evidence for mass slavery in ancient Egypt, never mind mass Jewish slavery.
@@VolrinSeth Lol you keep replying to comments trying to "acktuaaallly", don't waste your time man
@@Jupiter-T Why should I care one bit about what you consider to be a waste of time? I am simply pointing out an error. What people do with that is their own business, just like what I do with my time, is mine.
@@VolrinSeth Carry on then, have fun being ignored
@@Jupiter-T By responding you're doing the opposite of ignoring me.
Oh I love this film! Growing up in the Philippines, they always show some old movie about Moses during holy week. And they are always the same format. Ramses is always a biatch to Moses for some reason, and Moses was just so quick to turn his back on the country and family that raised him. But this animated film showed so much complexity to characters and their relationship. I actually felt so sad for both of them. And the animation? Perfection! Don't even get me started on the music!
27:24. The 2 priests called out to at least a dozen gods to "appear" to do what Moses did when calling out to 1 God. I say "appear" since we don't actually see the staff's turn into snakes, not to mention the fact they are so caught up in their smoke & mirrors they don't see Moses' snake eat theirs.
It annoys me so much that people see an animated movie and instantly assume "it's for kids" and then try to figure out why they made certain decisions without "thinking of the kids".
This movie was truly an animated masterpiece!!!
As far as the burning bush for a non-religious person, they actually made Val Kilmer provide the voices for Moses and God. That seems like a very conscious choice symbolically and thematically. Moses finding God through the bush is also the point in his journey when he truly discovers his inner voice and conscience.
They went even further than that! While they did eventually choose Val Kilmer for the “main” voice, the whispering you hear in layers underneath is ALL of the other cast members saying the lines, sometimes saying some lines louder than others, so that God was represented by everyone, because God represents everyone.
God is the All and the One, Every voice and the everlasting silence. ‘I Am that I Am.”
It's funny you mention Charlton Heston. That's actually why this film was made. Jeffrey Katzenberg wanted to make an animated version of the Ten Commandments at Disney but Michael Eisner didn't let him. Then when he started Dreamworks with Spielberg, that was one of their first films
Thank God Disney didn't take the offer. They would've ruin their property with shit live action remakes
Woah! WAIT SPIELBERG WAS BEHIND THIS
The religious trauma leaving my body the second the Prince of Egypt soundtrack comes on 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️
"religious trauma"?
@@Xeno_Solarus yes, trauma related to religion
Same 😭
I think he means the trauma of being Christian, ie, being blamed for literally everything wrong with the world today.
Crazy coincidence, I just watched this for the first time the other day. That opening song is so powerful. I recommend The Road to El Dorado and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron as well.
Top tier movies big parts of my and a lot of childhood’s.
One of the most heart breaking things in this movie to me, is that you can really see how much is royal/adoptive family loved him. They treated him no different even knowing he was hebrew and I love that.
The plagues sequence is definitely one of the most hardcore numbers for a kids animated movie, especially after you listen to it again and hear the lyrics in more detail
This is such an underrated masterpiece. The music! Makes me tear up no matter how many times I hear it.
This is one of the best animated films ever made. Fight me.
fun creepy fact when the wind leaves after taking the lives of the children you can faintly hear the anguish of the eygtians
great detail i never really noticed until recently: when moses strolls to talk to rameses after their father chews them out, moses is whistling his mother's last lullaby, so he really did subconsciously hold onto it his whole life until miriam sang it again
Why does she think it's supposed to be a kids film? Just because it's animated?
Probably. Which is pretty ironic, because the original marketing message of the film was aimed at adults, in a direct effort to change the common perception that animation was mainly for children. They even got the movie rated PG instead of G on purpose.
"If you're gonna do an animated burning bush, you couldn't make it more bushy?"
Did you miss the part where it's BURNING?
LIKE???
Sonething bothers me about this reaction and its not the fault of the reactors, if u are invested in the movie u will be emotional, I see the opposite reaction here. Its like watching a reaction of schlinder's list and the reactors are laughing and joking around. Its their right to react as they feel but we have to admit it would be a little weird.
Yes bro
This movie is good
Praise the Lord
I really didn’t appreciate a lot of Roxy’s commentary like girl wtf are you taking about
I thought I was the only one, honestly. I'm a fan of the channel it just seems wrong, I guess. You're right, though. It's their reaction.
I know the amazing people that went into making this movie, whether they knew it or not, were blessed with a special gift from god. To have made the movie so visually stunning, historically accurate and entertaining without a single drawback is truly impressive.
There's barely anything historically accurate about this films as it's based on a fictional story.
Nostalgia Critic did a great review on this movie, and he touched on everything that makes it hold up today imo. Hand drawn art style during a time were CGI was new and hot, the score and soundtrack, the atmosphere, voice acting (portrayed well into the characters we see)....it all works and flows.
I did NOT expect a reaction to this film, but I'm so glad you two did!
His review has some very painful jokes, but if you can get past that, it’s a great critique of the film.
This movie has the best cast in the whole history of cinema. And Hans Zimmer did the music. Its just insane.
You couldn't wait for the day of?
Super happy you guys are watching it; it's Dreamworks' best film by a mile, and not only one of the best animated films of all time, but in my opinion deserves to be up there as one of the best films in general. Animation is stellar, music is top notch, characters are amazing; and you don't have to be religious to appreciate it all :)
That’s a pretty bold claim.
This is the most relevant comment to my thoughts about this movie too. I first watched it a couple years ago in school and I instantly fell in love with the whole movie. The prince of Egypt is actually my favourite movie and not just from DreamWorks definitely 😁
@ 3:22 just because its an Animated movie doesnt mean its only for kids, its for everyone!
"Haven't dealt with Passover" WHAT?! The entire movie was how Passover began! 😅
This movie brought Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston together. A classic already
Really awesome that Roxy is a part of this movie reaction, watching it in her own perspective and with her religious background. More power to you guys! 🙌🏻
She doesn't have a religious background; she's secular.
@@onsetaugust Well as she said, it’s an ethno-religion. so she still participates in religious traditions, even if she herself is not religious.
Yeah im not sure she know the Bible story very well. As a christian that grew up hearing this story its pretty hard to forget about Moses turning the water red (not walking on it)
Ah - the constant poor jokes and mockery? Yeah, well worth the perspective.
Omg I’m so glad you’re reacting to this!!! This movie was my whole childhood, we would watch it every year on Passover at my synagogue’s Sunday school, and the soundtrack and story still goes so hard
The shot in which Rameses looks at the ring and laments the loss of his brother (which was not featured in this video) is one of the most powerful bits of animation ever created. It conveys the emotion as well as live action footage does.
I'm not very religious, but this movie holds a special place in my heart. The music, the cinematography, the voice acting, etc. It was truly a masterpiece 👏🏻😁
Hands down the most underrated film in animated history.
Hans Zimmer is the master mind behind this amazing soundtrack
it’s not arrogance, it’s faith
Lol, The statues nose falling is actually a reference to the famous one without a nose.
You literally surprise me with all of my favourite movies that I would never think would be next on your list. Such a delight.
I would also say this film is not just for children, but the whole family. This film is animated, and really utilizes the medium to bring out visuals and emotions that aren’t the same in live action. I feel like just because something is animated we often think of it as being just for children, but I come back to this film a lot. It’s one of the most beautiful made animated works I’d ever seen. I still remember how big it felt in the theater. Gosh, way back in the day.
Exodus 1 Pharaoh commanded all his people to throw into the Nile every ⌞Hebrew⌟ boy that was born, but to let every girl live. That’s why the animation shows babies who are visible male.
theres so many lessons you can take from this. like its not too late to do the right thing . The smallest rock plays an important role in holding the mountain up.. its really the humble way of looking at life....
Just because it's animation doesn't mean it's for kids.
30:48 a great bit of attention to detail by the animation team here. Since moses is protected by God the water where he is standing is still clear water when the rest of the river is blood
One of my favorite DreamWorks films! Really love the music! Especially during the last scene with Moses walking back down the mountain with the Ten Commandments.
I'm a Catholic with Jewish ancestry, so I've got both your backs 🙌😂 I grew up with this movie, always watched it during Passover, and still to this day think it's the best movie ever made. A literal masterpiece with the storytelling, music, and the animation! You don't get movies like this anymore. The part where you said you never thought about how the plagues would hurt Moses' heart, too? That's what I love the most about this movie. It gives character to the characters. It shows that for a very long time, Moses and Rameses were brothers and had a brotherly relationship. It shows how Moses must have felt having to be God's hands when it came to all of the horrible things God sent down as judgement on the Egyptians. How betrayed Rameses must have felt when Moses came back only to tell him to set the Jewish People free. It goes deep.
I still have the VHS of this movie!! What a throwback! Glad you’re reacting to this masterpiece!
I’m personally a Dreamworks person over Disney and much as I love a lot of Dreamworks films, none have gone as hard as this honest masterpiece. I don’t know why Dreamworks haven’t gambled on more musicals because fuck the music is incredible here both the numbers and the breathtakingly beautiful score. So happy y’all reacted to this! Please react to more Dreamworks films!
As a Christian, just wanted to thank you guys for reacting to this! God bless you.
Watched this movie a ton growing up - Loved it! I'm not religious anymore, but I still love it. It's a great intro to the Moses story, particularly for kids. It seemed like Roxy was struggling with what kids should take away from it, but seeing it as a kid originally, it was super clear - aside from the obvious "don't enslave people" it was about the power and importance of your faith, even through the hardest of times. That the point of the whole situation - the slaves endured unspeakable horrors for a long time but never stopped believing, and ultimately they were rewarded. It's an allegory for life, really. Plus, fantastic animation and voice acting! My brothers and I are grown men, but we'll still randomly bust out a song from this every so often, lol.
Except that Exodus provides Judaism with explicit rules on how to get, keep and treat their slaves, so it wasn't anti-slavery in the slightest.
My forehead has a red handprint from all your puns and "jokes"
It wasn't made for kids. It was made for everyone. This was Dreamworks pre-Shrek, when they had a completely different direction.
One can argue the success of Shrek was the best and worst thing to happen to Dreamworks.
YESSSSSS YESSSSSS!!! Y’ALL ARE MAKING NON-STOP AMAZING MOVIE CHOICES!! 😭😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️
This movie made me cry many times and feel powerful and I’ll never stop singing their tracks 😆 PRAISE HANS ZIMMER AND STEPHEN SCHWARTZ!!! Dreamworks is literally the pinnacle of animation 😩
The Plagues is an iconic song. And Playing with the Big Boys, When You Believe, and All I Ever Wanted 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
There's something off putting about this girl's attitude, but i cant point out what.
She is annoying
A typical Karen.
right? I think Gregs reaction would also be different without her
Yea I kinda also get a weird feeling from her.
She’s watching in bad faith. She immediately complains that the movie hasn’t explained its entire plot within the first musical number, she has no grasp on peoples historic attitudes on slavery, makes the worst jokes at the worst time. You make fun of the movie showing the love interest as a slave girl getting treated poorly (don’t show the mothers reaction) but then you’re on Moses side when she doesn’t want to bone him immediately, like what?? Neither of them (but her especially) have the right religious or artistic knowledge to say anything worth while about this movie. They can’t comment on the changes between the original biblical story and this one, they can’t comment on the music (vocals or soundtrack) can’t comment on the actual animation techniques that are going on and can’t be at least smart enough to just appreciate what’s been crafted for their enjoyment. I came to see one of my favorite movies appreciated and instead got this mess disappointing. People spent years pouring love into this film and all you have to say is “the bush isn’t bushy enough”
I’m not a huge religious person nowadays but this movie is EVERYTHING.
No matter what you believe you can’t stand by and see a people treated the way Jewish have been. It doesn’t matter. Never sit and watch a people hurt this way
Except this story is complete fiction. There's no evidence for mass slavery in ancient egypt, never mind mass Jewish slavery.
I'd like to imagine that in the scene where the river turns to blood,it was the blood of innocent slaves that died. It puts a deeper weight of what just happened.
This is a masterpiece and Dreamworks best work. Will never be topped.
Chicken Run was better 😁
I’m not trying to be mean but the girl in this video seems to lack the proper intelligence or depth to be able to do movie critiques of this nature. Like this movie is a movie that A LOT of people dissect for it’s themes about family, obedience, remorse, guilt, heroism, etc. There are videos on RUclips of therapists reacting to the film and picking out various themes to talk about and this girl is just sitting there like a deer in headlights asking what was the point of the movie if you’re a kid watching?! Um, what?! Please don’t have her back on. Thanks.
I agree,she seemed so clueless
Hell yes I grew up watching this movie, didn't know it was religious back then but I love it and the music
Imagine this kind of passion and dedication constructed towards making live-action superhero films.
I would hope that they had taken this movie more seriously instead of cracking jokes every two seconds
Moses’ mom the singer, she sang in multiple languages and as a kid I thought we had a singer just as talented as the og, not so. She just was built different.
As a kid who knew nothing of Biblical stories and watched this a lot as a child, I can say that I felt a lot of emotions when I would see it. I felt sad that Moses and his brother weren't able to remain close due to differences, joy that Moses and his people were able to escape, and overall awe and fear at what God did to free the people. The scene when the light goes through the homes and takes the first borns was always so powerful and scary to me even if I didn't fully understand the meaning and why it was happening.
The reason why Rameses went after Moses at the end was because how the plagues slaughtered their children so he was trying to avenge them
I /always/ put on subtitles. There’s just so many pros to it. For me it:
-helps me hear the dialogue better and actually know why people are saying at all times when characters mumble or the sound is higher than the audio (which happens a lot)
-helps me remembers names better if there’s a lot of characters
-helps me understand names of locations that aren’t in English
-helps me understand characters with think accents speaking in English
-helps me remember spelling of words more (because my spelling sucks lol)
Subtitles for the win!
I love Robin Williams' rendition of the parting of the Red Sea. ".... and the Pharoah calls out to his cat god but his cat god can't do sh*t, cuz it's afraid of water"
And Ralph Fiennes who played Amon Goeth in schindlers list kills it as Ramses kills it in this movie. Such an amazing talent to be able to do such a high level of voice acting as well as his normal stuff.
With what is mentioned at 46:14 about "inner voice," the voice of God is actually Moses voice actor, freaking Val Kilmer, mixed in with the other cast. Val Kilmer is just the prominent voice.
This movie has a lot of sentimental meaning for me. It was a big part of my childhood and, especially the soundtrack, was apart of some very important moments for me. Thanks for doing this reaction! This movie was such a big deal at the time and I don’t here much about it these days!
I have this movie on VHS. Very nostalgic and beautiful.
Just because it's an animated film, doesn't mean it's for kids. Maybe making a 10 Commandments animated film is cheaper than making a live action movie
OH! And after the success of this movie, Dreamworks did another called “Joseph: King of Dreams” which wasn’t as popular but, still really good animation and music.