I LOVED the *Prince of Egypt*!! (Reaction)
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I LOVED the Prince of Egypt!! I now understand why some people say it can quite possibly be one of the best animated films ever - the art, animation and music are completely out of this world and breathtaking. Not only that but the character conflict between Ramses and Moses is dynamic and complicated which adds dimension to the film. It was beautifully done. Thank you everyone I hope you enjoy the video :)
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One of DreamWorks best films. The acting, the animation and especially of course Hans Zimmer's amazing score. It's to me one of the best biblical movies.
Not just biblical but one of the best animated films in general.
Ofra Haza's voice ♥
Couldn’t agree more
Agreed.
I think it probably is DreamWorks' best film.
The four-minute parting of the Red Sea sequence took ten animators two years to complete. Absolutely wild!
They should be proud
1:53 Also, this voice actress is the same one across every language dub of this movie. She learned to sing this song in every single language the movie's dubbed in, just so they could nail it down with her.
Ofra Haza, hugely important Israeli female singer, she died of AIDS in 2000
Really wow that's some dedication right there
Ofra Haza. One of the greatest vocalists of all time and a star in the world music genre. This film’s animators were so impressed by her (and all the languages she sang in, at least 17) that they based the character’s look on her own appearance. ❤️
Well, she didn't sing as Yocheved in Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Icelandic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Taiwanese Mandarin, Thai, and Ukrainian.
@@myownself25 And? My statement still stands lol
"Joseph: king of dreams" is the story of how the Israelites came to Egypt and a prequel to "the prince of Egypt" it's not quite as good but it's still a great film and done with the same animation! Would definitely recommend it 😊
Or it would be...if that's what happened, which it didn't. Just like this movie.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 Actually, there is evidence that a wave of people arrived in Egypt from the Levant, Israel is the closest country to Egypt, and the Egyptians did conquer the Levant so it would be most likely that majority of those migrants were Jews.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 why do you atheists always feel the need to be so weird and just sassily inject your viewpoint every time religion is brought up. If you don’t believe that’s fine, but don’t force it on others just like we don’t force religion on you
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 the “tolerant left” eh??? Oh all you atheists are the same
@@bigmuffshoegazernon6740 I don't go around shitting on religion as a whole, just the religious people that get away with whatever they want because of their religion. There's too many religious people that get away with some bullshit while those of other religions wouldn't be allowed to even TALK about doing the same thing in a public space
Treasure Planet is a treasure and definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.
Yes!
so true
my favorite!
I have it on my laptop. I watch it all the time. Lol
Yep it’s also amazing
I love the contrast of Moses seeing his people suffering and identifying with them, and Rameses seeing his people suffering and thinking he's greater than them.
I love when Ralph Fiennes character says the line “what are you, Moses?” In Schindlers List, and then here he is playing Moses’ brother in this movie.
Ralph Fiennes has persecuted Jews in 2 lifetimes lmao
Me too. That was my first knowing him as a kid.
Ralph Fiennes, most known as Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter saga.
But he provided refugee a job. And bequeath his entire fortune. To one in Grand Budapest though.😀
As someone who grew up in Christianity and knew this story very well, it’s interesting to see it from your perspective. It’s refreshing, actually.
The burning Bush scene gets me every time.
'I shall be with you Moses'.
Shows how God is a father.
“So I will stretch my hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders” 🥹
The cast of this movie is absolutely bonkers! The voice cast consists of Val Kilmer in a dual role, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin, and Martin Short. 🤯
I was lucky enough to see this on a movie screen. The sweeping visuals were that much bigger. It is a movie that makes me cry, every time I watch it.
As a Christian myself, I can say this movie kept true to the overall story of Exodus. Such a good movie!
the only thing that they could have added that would have given a bit more explanation would be to have God say he was going to harden Ramses heart so he wouldn't let them go, and then also have him chase them afterwards, as it doesn't make sense if you haven't heard the story
@@kynanwilliams8012 That's minor things and changes, as like the text at the beginning said, artistic liberties were taken but kept in spirit of the story.
@@blueteller Im aware, I've watched a few reactions and that's one thing that's confused or annoyed nearly all of them, it even annoys me and I know about it hahah
@@blueteller IDK, God hardening Pharaoh's heart has theological ripple effects into Romans. Seems pretty major IMO.
This movie is most definitely an underrated and underpublicized classic. I do not think that there has been a better retelling of the story of Moses, the 10 Plagues and Exodus. SO glad that she decided to react to this one.✌💯😁
And that was definitely not supposed to be the Sphinx at 3:27... it was just a huge figure of Rameses' father, Pharaoh Seti.
The joke is that it loses its nose, like the Sphinx has no nose. Obviously makes no sense historically as the Sphinx is from like 1000 years before Rameses' time, but then again, Hebrews were never actually enslaved in Egypt that we know of from any other historical record, and those monuments weren't built by slaves anyway. It's not exactly meant to be a historically accurate depiction of Egypt.
@@HaganeNoGijutsushi my whole point of contention about the "Hebrews weren't actually enslaved by egypt" thing is basically a question. Do you really think any pharaoh of Egypt would ever want it recorded that he lost the entire slave population of Egypt? They venerated the Pharaohs as gods and I really don't think they would have recorded that their god king was bitch slapped by the god of their slaves. Like think about Tianmen square. They had a literal revolutionary uprising and the chinese government literally wiped it from their historical records. Imagine if we didnt have the photos or news coverage and the only sources we had were accounts from witnesses who escaped to the US. Would you say that the CCP's records or lackthereof would be reliable?
@@justarandomveryintelligent8934 the thing is, of course records from that time aren't very dense, but we have NO evidence at all about that, that I know of. Not just from Egypt, but neither from any of the surrounding populations either. Nor any archaeological proof, remains and such (those couldn't be erased as easily). I guess sure, had things gone down literally like in the biblical account, it would have been a MASSIVE humiliation and the sort of thing you don't exactly want remembered. But any more realistic scenario would have been necessarily a lot more gradual, and probably involve also some degree of blending between Hebrews and Egyptians, which would have left traces in culture or genetics.
@VVoOꟻF I mean, the whole Ancient Testament seems quite... jingoistic? Like a series of stories about either how awesome and powerful the Hebrews were when God backed them, or a series of stories about how they were hated and persecuted by any other random people in the area, as it regularly happened if they displeased God and thus were punished for it.
At least, that's the sense I get from the "historical" bits of it (then there's also plenty of rules, poetry, and so on). So it's not that hard to imagine that these narratives were born at some point as a way to maybe support this or that political instance, as a way to say why the Egyptians/Assyrians/whatever were evil.
@@justarandomveryintelligent8934
The figures the Bible gives would amount to about one-third of the entire population of Ancient Egypt suddenly leaving. Since we know of some pretty stupid shit the Pharaohs did from their own records, this would be recorded, especially as such a gargantuan fuckup would probably have led to a civil war.
One interesting thing, he would definitely recognize that lullaby because Miriam told Pharaoh’s daughter that her mom should be the wet nurse and nanny until he was raised to a certain point, not knowing that that was his mom
"Prince of Egypt" was another name for Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments, also about Moses and the Exodus.
The Prince Of Egypt is one of THE greatest animated masterpiece of all time, and it's my all time favorite movie too. This DreamWorks film really top all other animated movies even Disney itself.
I really miss the early days of Dreamworks Animation, when they were trying to establish themselves as just as amazing and high-quality as Disney's animation! I still think Spirit and Prince of Egypt are two of their very best films they ever made. But once they hit financial success with Shrek, their movie formulas changed to doing more humorous, quick-witted stuff, and they stopped making really daring, lushly gorgeous-to-look-at, epic movies like this one.
Fun fact: The voice actress for Jochebed (Moses' biological mother) sang her own verses in several different languages for the various foreign releases.
Also, to try and avoid controversy, for the voice of God, they had all the main cast record the lines in whispers, with Val Kilmer (voice of Moses) speaking the lines normally. If you listen closely, you can hear female voices mixed in there, belonging to Michelle Pfeifer, Sandra Bullock, and maybe Helen Mirren? I don't know for sure about the last one.
FUN FACT!: did you know that for the workers who failed on the prince on Egypt, they were “doomed” to work on shrek, and they called it to be “shreked.”
When I joined the Navy, I studied to be a linguist. I chose to learn Hebrew because I was previously a Bible major in college. Our teachers were almost all native Israelis, and one of them showed us this but was dubbed in Hebrew. At this point in our studies we understood nearly all that was said. Watching the scene of God talking to Moses through the burning bush in Hebrew still shakes me when I think back to it. Thank you for sharing your reaction with us.
Thank you for watching this one with us!
And credit as always to the voice of Moses' mom - Ofra Haza RIP, who sang this part in the dubbed version of around 20 languages (sources vary). She was like the Madonna of Israel in her days, and died from HIV not long after this was released.
an amazing artist and sorely missed.
One of the greatest vocalists of all time and a star in the world music genre. This film’s animators were so impressed by her (and all the languages she sang in, at least 17) that they based the character’s look on her own appearance. ❤️
I loved the story of Moses as a kid, it wasn’t until high school that I learned about this movie and despite the many changes from the original work, it still is an amazing adaption of one of the best works of religion. And the music, especially the Plagues song, some top tier stuff!
Theres a rock version of that song.
The original work? The Torah? lmao
@@CNep99 The Bible could give a different perspective, the King James version is Highly recomended
fun fact! in Ancient Egypt, they had both a hippo goddess and a crocodile god. Taweret(hippo) was the protective ancient Egyptian goddess of childbirth and fertility. Sobek(crocodile) was a God of the Nile and was commonly invoked especially for protection against the dangers presented by the Nile. The hippos/crocodiles fighting are both realistic and symbolic!
The song, "When You Believe" is one of my favorites. It was written by Steven Schwartz, who also wrote the songs for "Wicked."
Amazing, isn’t it? Just a breathtakingly beautiful rendition of a story that respectfully honors the three central faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Faith aside, musically and artistically, it’s just extraordinary and, for me, it gets a watch every Easter.
If you like Biblical epics, Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments should be on the list. If you want a REAL epic, I cannot recommend the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth highly enough.
They should have had an epilogue of when they had to walk for 40 years lol.
Not really. Muslims consider the visual depiction of prophets not just disrespectful, but outright blasphemous. And music too, of course lol
Islam didn't exist until about 2000 years after these events.
@VVoOꟻF That doesn’t sound like a bad thing to me. I’m Catholic and some of our Traditions come from Jewish traditions. Lent and Good Friday is basically our Passover. Like how your people eat Lamb on Passover, we eat the Lamb of God.
@@sandwiched yes, and Christianity didn’t exist until a long time after these events either. That doesn’t stop the Exodus story being central to both Christianity and Islam.
I'm not religious in the slightest but this is one of my favorite animated movies. The animation and the music are so beautiful. And there are so many creative filmmaking techniques used to tell the story - the hieroglyphics dream sequence, God speaking to Moses in Moses' own voice, the unmoving camel in the foreground as the backgrounds gradually change, the whole plagues sequence, etc. Just an incredible film.
There’s a lot of amazing animated films that fall under the Disney cracks, even some of their own films. I miss 2D animation like this. It’s such a great form of art. If you haven’t seen it, I recommend Don Bluth and Gary Goldman’s Anastasia, a fairy tail version of the Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia.
Fall under the cracks....? Bro this is was literally the highest grossing non-disney animated film of all time when it released AND went on to win an Oscar, what do you mean? This movie was so popular lol
Seconding this recommendation! A lot of Don Bluth films are gorgeous to look at, with touching or exciting stories.
@@GerblerM I was referring to non-Disney animations in general, not specifically Anastasia. Films like Balto, Fern Gully, and The Thief and the Cobbler. I just meant they’re not as well remembered compared to Disney as I’ve met people who have never heard of these movies.
@@GerblerM Still grossed below nearly all of Disneys 90s movies
@@thewinner7382 Yeah. and?
A lot of time and love went into this film. The shot wherein Moses parts the Red Sea, *ALONE* , took two years to animate.
The singer for Moses mother is Ofra Haza, a Israeli Singer who learned the lyrics in every language the film was released in. She is widely considered Israels great singer. She passed away in 2000 of complications fron AIDS
I remember I saw this one 3 times at the cinema. Believer or non-believer it doesn't matter. This is an epic and great story!
An underrated classic. The music, the story, the cast. Just incredible.
19:49 Fun Fact: it is canon that in the Beyblade universe Moses parted the sea using a BeyBlade.
I HIGHLY recommend "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" from 2001. It's another fantastic animated film.
I really like the animation too. Too bad we don’t see much of it nowadays :(
Me too.
Luckily, more films are incorporating 2D and 3D animation together! Best of both worlds and hope that 2D animations makes a comeback :)
It reminds me of avatar's animation
Being an ardent Catholic Christian myself, I watched this movie with my family three nights ago. My sister didn't want it at first, as she thought it would be a cheap, boring Biblical movie. By the end of the opening she was already crying her heart out at this masterpiece, along with all of us.
as a Catholic, I agree😊
I purchased the soundtrack before I saw the movie in the theatre so I knew what to expect as far as music went, but the visuals were so mind blowing and inspired me as an animator.
Fun fact: There were different variants of soundtracks that were all inspired by the movie. You have the original soundtrack, a country/western style version and a gospel version.
One of Dreamworks' best. I still prefer Road to El Dorado because it generally has a lighter tone (and is hilarious throughout), but I can't deny how good Prince of Egypt is. Amazing voice cast and songs that tug at the heartstrings every time.
I like both.
Have you seen Dreamworks Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas
Both are good, but since I’m a Catholic Christian, I lean towards The Prince of Egypt.
El Dorado is a wee bit darker than this…..
@@TheEliminator1992 ...how? They don't kill children in El Dorado.
Fun fact. Hippos are the most dangerous animals in water. They are massively strong and fiercely territorial.
Any water?
My favorite thing about this is the attention to detail in this movie. Like the river around Moses being clear while the rest is blood. But my favorite detail is that in the song "When you Believe" you have Miriam start. The woman who has always believed in God and in Moses. The. The woman believed in God and learned to believe in Moses. Then the it starts with a young child singing the actual song they sang as written in the Bible. And as the song goes the voices get older and older. As those who have been enslaved longer slowly realize they are free. Starting with the young who believe easily and ending with the old who couldn't even dare to dream about it until it happened
I don’t know if you noticed it, but the plagues were also God mocking the Egyptian gods. He was showing how powerless their gods were compared to him.
What i love most about this film is that Ramses and Moses Have a realistic relationship as brothers. my brother and i have had arguments like the always getting each other into trouble one, and I have been on the receiving end of the 'your the eldest you should Know better' Scolding more time than I would like. in other movies the relationship is not played as well , where as in this one you can see right off the bat that they are brothers and close.
8:11 you have to remember it wasn't a financial status, they were slaves, a conquered people, not simply poor ones.
Titan A E is another great animated move from the same period of time. Its got star wars / firefly kinda vibe.
FYI regarding the 35 year average lifespan mentioned in the intro text. This doesn't mean most people died in their 30s.
A very big part of this was high infant mortality. If you made it out of childhood then you were likely going to be ok for a while.
(Unless you were a man who died in war or a woman who died in childbirth.)
@EKLAVYA PRATHABHA VARMA lol no it doesn't
@EKLAVYA PRATHABHA VARMA Do you not know how averages work?
@EKLAVYA PRATHABHA VARMA Most people who made it out of infanthood lived past their mid 30s. Not sure what you're disagreeing with.
@EKLAVYA PRATHABHA VARMA The average age in the US is 38. So would you assume, based off that information, that most Americans are around 38 years old? Of course not, because that’s not what an average means.
Easily the greatest achievement of DreamWorks short-lived 2D animation studio, and so far as I'm concerned the hands down best Moses movie. Killer songs (the first one always gets me goin') great characters and pacing, really cool depiction of the Plagues, particularly the last one. A very neat, eerie, yet tasteful depiction of a horrible thing.
I wish Dreamworks had kept making these with more mythology stories, it would’ve been so cool
They made another one called Joseph: King of Dreams! The animation is not quite as good imo, but the story is amazing and there's one song that is SOOO GOOD and makes me cry every time
They did the adaption of the story so well! It was one of DreamWorks greatest creations.
"Moses you need more clothes than that!" 😂😂😂 I died!
so the burning bush scene was actually done with all the voice actors, with Mose's voice actor speaking while all the rest whisper their lines which makes it all the more haunting and other-worldly. It and so many other scenes (the plagues and the parting of the sea especially) and the musical parts are amazing in this movie. :D
Also as an interesting note, the Prince of Egypt became a broadway musical so if anyone wants to check out the music via broadway, there you go.
As someone who is no longer religious, this still stands as one of my all time favorite movies. The art style, animation, voice acting, music, and even story execution were all top tier. Lets be honest, Hollywood tends to butcher retelling of stories and they had a hit with this
4:10, I LOVE this damn shot, with the Pharaoh lined up with the statue and Moses juxtaposed by the river.
I hope you get to react to The Iron Giant. That's another great animated film.
“Where’s the giant Mansley?!!!”
That movie will forever change how you react when hearing the word: "Superman"
Yet another shining example of why hand drawn animation is FAR superior to CGI animation all the studios peddle these days.
Ironic you say that this film was the first (or one of the very first) to combine traditional animation with CGI (water, the basket, etc.).
@@rpvee That's not a CGI movie. I don't care if they enhance the hand drawn elements, that's just tech being used as it's intended. I'm talking Pixar style CGI animation almost completely replacing hand drawn animation (except in Japan where it still dominates).
@@Linerunner99 It’s not enhancing. The water and basket, and the Red Sea, were fully CGI elements.
@@rpvee Because those are background animations and not the primary they are considered enhancements. Or are you actually trying to compare Prince of Egypt with Toys? Because if you can;t tell the difference you're in trouble.
the most beautiful animated movie ever made. i remember watching this as a child + just bawling because it was just so powerful. literally everything is stunning: animation, music, + just the story + power of God. ughh!! just amazing & so underrated!! so glad you watched it!! ✨
I think the Rankin Bass version of The Hobbit is the most beautiful animated film ever made.
One of my all time favorite classic movies of childhood and now. Still amazing to watch, I'm so glad you did too!
Great video!
"She's like I didn't order this" lmao like its an Amazon package. lol
When Dreamworks used to made 2D animation like this. It was THE BEST!
I personally recommend you the other Dreamworks films with this style. Such as "The Road to El Dorado", "Sinbad", "Spirit", even "Joseph the king of the dreams".
And also despite is not 2D, there's another underrated and amazing stop motion movie. "Chicken Run".
Greetings from México:)
Moses name has a meaning... his name means "drawn from water"
It’s a textual joke. “Drawn from water” or “refined/distilled” is the Hebrew meaning. The Egyptian meaning of Moses is just “son.” So Moses was drawn out from the people to become the son of Pharaoh.
@@isaackellogg3493 maybe in old hebrew. Certainly not now.
@crank fastle The Hebrew meaning is made explicit in the text. The Egyptian name is a suffix usually spelled-meses, as in Rameses. Also -mose in Tuthmose.
Mss meant "Son of." So without anything else like in the examples Isasc gave (Rameses meaning Son of Ra), giving him the name of Moses was basically saying 'Son of ?' or basically son of no one. He was basically called no one because he was found and pulled from the river without his adoptive parents knowing who his father was.
This is one of my favorite animated movies. The art, the music, the voice acting; it's just a banger, all round.
I also recommend Joseph: King of Dreams. The budget is much smaller as is the story and scope, but it still holds the same art style, holds an interesting story, and explains how the Hebrews wound up in Egypt. Could be a fun watch!
From voicing Ramses to playing the Dark lord Voldemort in Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes has that legendary villain voice
I remember watching this movie as a young child (about 10), and even now, it's still very powerful and meaningful to me. Thank you for watching this and sharing your heartfelt reactions with us. I'd also like to point out that your cat (is his name Miko?) was likely saying, "Momma!! The Egyptians worshipped kitties!! They had the right idea!!!!"
This is one of the greatest animated movies of all times. Whether you are religious or not. Whether you believe the story or not. It doesn't matter. This movie, the message, and everything about is amazing.
Yes! This voice cast and score were incredible!
"~gasp~ Moses! You need more clothes than that!" will forever live rent-free in my head. XD
I would argue with absolutely nobody who wants to argue this might be the greatest animated film of all time. It's certainly up there, probably top 5 for me, unquestionably top 10. The character writing, art style, voice acting, animation, and music are all phenomenal to this day. The singer in the beginning was actually a famous Israeli singer.
Gods and Kings is basically the gritty live action version
Since at the end you mentioned you wanted to see more, here's a few recommendations, all of which were created by Dreamworks animation in that gorgeous 2d animation style and with all-star casts.
1. Joseph: King of Dreams - Another movie based on a Christian/Jewish story
2. The Road to El Dorado - Another animated classic based on Mayan mythology
3. Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas - Based on/inspired by the classic Greek pirate stories
4. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Horse focused western with a large emphasis on Native American culture
Technically both this one and Joseph: King of Dreams are at least as much Jewish as they are Christian, but yeah. I haven't seen Sinbad or Spirit, I guess I'll have to give them a try. I love The Road to El Dorado.
All those animators on Prince of Egypt who drew the ire of the director were sent as punishment to work on Dreamworks’ next film, a less-prioritized project known as “Shrek.”
@@hkpew Good point! Fixed
There’s nothing Christian about Joseph or Moses… both stories are part of the Old Testament and predate the birth of Jesus and the founding of Christianity! The story of Moses and the Exodus is at the heart of the Jewish holiday of Passover and Jacob and his 11 brothers are the founders of the 12 Tribes of Israel.
@@ProPhile "There’s nothing Christian about Joseph or Moses"
I wouldn't say that.
Christianity branched off of Judaism around 2000 years ago. Everything prior to that, which includes the stories in the Old Testament, is a part of both religions/cultures. Judaism certainly gets claim to these stories, but it does not get sole claim.
I also edited my comment to include mention Judaism an hour before you ever replied to me.
The Prince of Egypt is a masterpiece
I dare you to watch the Atlantis: the lost empire why? because it's one of the best animated movie films back in the day including this one the one you were watching right now. 😅😅✌️✌️
I concur wholeheartedly. Atlantis and Treasure Planet both came in a weird place in animation history, but both are FANTASTIC films.
@@billwithers7457 true not gonna deny that.
1:56 Sadly, the singer, Ofra Haza, died only a couple of years after this movie came out.
One thing that disappoints me a little about this movie is that they have separate “speaking” and “singing” actors for just about every part. The only major exception is Tzipporah, who’s done by Michelle Pfeiffer (who can most definitely sing - if you’ve never seen The Fabulous Baker Boys, put it on your list).
There are some pretty wild covers of the songs in this movie here on RUclips. Particularly the ones by Caleb Hyles and Jonathan Young - they make “Playing with the Big Boys Now” truly frightening.
18:14 This, here, is what makes this movie superior to the classic movie The Ten Commandments. The Charleton Heston Moses in that movie is always larger than life, and at this point in the movie, is praising God and shouting grandiose pseudo-verses. Here Moses breaks down and weeps, for Ramses’ son and for all the other children who died.
Michelle Pfeiffer was also the female lead and Grease 2, so she already a great set of pipes. One of my fav songs she sings in that film "(Love Will) Turn Back the Hands of Time".
Val kilmer didnt sing his own parts? Hes got a great singing voice and did his own vocals in the doors, and top secret. Dissapointing
18:14 I don't see why he couldn't be doing both. But in comparing The Ten Commandments and Prince of Egypt, The 10 Com. had some very Epic scenes between characters, but overall, Prince of Egypt was the better story, and it took less liberties with the source material.
17:37 Unfortunately, God had no choice after Rameses made that threat. He gave him plenty of opportunities to let them go.
Strange how an omnipotent God has ”no choice”
It's more accurate to say God keeps to His word, and He told Moses what would happen when Pharoah refused. So, in a sense, God was left with no choice.
@RabbitShirak
God hardened pharoes heart so he could keep showing off his power
I loved this film, the artwork, the story, the songs, everything
I am glad u loved this film, it truly is incredible, and to think it's from DreamWorks, the same studio that did films like Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How To Train Your Dragon, etc. This was their 2nd film released but it was their 1st to go into production. I would recommend u react to another DreamWorks hand-drawn animated film, Spirit: Stallion Of the Cimarron
I’m really glad you enjoyed the film! It was always one of my favorites! There’s actually a musical what is that just got finished in the West End. You can find the soundtrack on RUclips. Pretty much did a prequel film call Joseph king of dreams which tells the story of Joseph with the rainbow coat. It’s a great one to check out. Some other great underrated films I’d recommend reacting to it would be chitty chitty bang bang, brother bear, treasure planet, balto, and tarzan.
I think it's a cool parallel when Moses tugs on Zipporah's bonds and lets go making her fall in the pond at his kingdom, but when Moses holds onto the rope later on, Zipporah let's go dropping Moses in her well at her people's place.
The tearful lullaby Miriam sings is actually performed by the film's director
This is without a doubt of one of my favourite animated movies of all times. Such a beautiful style and the emotion is so raw. Wonderful reaction video.
This is DreamWorks best movie. That's all there is to it. The voice cast is impeccable, the story is amazing even if, like me, you don't believe it actually happened, the animation is MAGIC and the music is Hans Zimmer.
They’re found chariots in the red see btw. Also Egypt has a document with some of the plagues on them
I like how you said there is a grand scheme for his life because that is kind of what the story summarizes to. Moses did not think he was worthy to do anything and yet God used him to deliver His people from slavery.
Joseph: King of Dreams is a prequel to this story about how and why the Hebrews came to Egypt. Roughly 400 years prior to the story of Moses
Hey! You kids wanna get mad?
So, the Academy Awards did not have a category for best animated film until 2001, despite the fact that Beauty and the Beast was nominated for Best Picture that year. This means that despite the precedent for it, neither The Prince of Egypt, Iron Giant, or a multitude of other fantastic animated films were unable to get nominated for Academy Awards.
That's because the Academy hates animation. This is well known.
Fun fact. In the Bible, it was Aaron who did the speaking for moses to ramses
15:39 an important detail to notice whilst the rest of the river has turned to blood the area where moses is standing is still water
The very interesting thing with the Passover story, is this was not just Egyptian versus Hebrews. The Egyptian‘s were aware of what was happening, and some of them did what the Hebrews were doing, by marking their door posts. They were saved. The plague of the firstborn was not against the Egyptians, it was to anybody who did not listen and did not head the instructions.
This is also a consistent theme even after the Exodus. When God gives Moses the laws for the Israelites to follow, He does not make exceptions for resident aliens or slaves among them. All must follow the law dutifully, but also all will be protected by it when they are victims.
22:56 "I wish they did more stories like this." Probably the closest is another DreamWorks Biblical movie, Joseph King of Dreams.
"Do you think a dance number is going to change his mind?"
Movies like this often had what is known as an “Oscar bait” song-put thirty percent of the budget into writing, composing and voice casting, in the hopes of scoring an Academy Award. “If You Believe” was it for this movie.
To help clarify some of the misconceptions, I'm gonna walk through the order of events in the biblical story, starting with Joseph.
The order of events for Joseph-Moses in the Bible was
1) Jacob's (Israel) favorite son, Joseph is sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt
2) After a series of ordeals, Joseph is able to interpret the Pharaoh's dreams, and as a reward, is appointed second in command of all Egypt. The dream itself was of a devastating famine.
3) Joseph's brothers travel to Egypt to buy food. After burying the hatchet, Joseph forgives his brothers and the 12 sons of Jacob (renamed Israel) bring their families to settle in Egypt. However, God promises them that they will someday return to the land He promised Jacob's grandfather Abraham.
4) New dynasty enslaves the hebrews, now the 12 tribes (technically 13, but two of them are considered the two "half tribes" of Joseph as Jacob gave Joseph a double portion of the inheritance, split between Joseph's sons.) in an attempt to cull their numbers. This fails
5) Pharaoh then decides to cull them by ordering all the midwives to murder all the babies born after a certain point. Moses was hidden in his parent's house for a time, but was eventually too loud to safely hide.
6) The opening of the film happens, except Miriam doesn't just hide in the bushes. Instead, she introduced herself to Pharaoh's daughter, who immediately knew Moses was a Hebrew and offered to find a hebrew wetnurse for Moses. Thus Moses was raised as a prince of Egypt, but also got to be with his family from time to time.
7) From historical records, it appears Moses served as a general in the Egyptian army for a time.
8) Moses saw an egyptian beating a hebrew, then, when he believed nobody was looking, he murdered the egyptian.
9) Aaron and Moses never had such a strained relationship, and Aaron acted as Moses' mouthpiece/interpreter as Moses had a speech impediment. Everything else more or less played out the same.
"I never ordered this" literally me if I get sent the wrong order but lowkey wanna keep it
In case you don't know the connection, the whole Jewish feast of Passover is a remembrance of when the angel "passed over" all of the doors that had blood on them, sparing the firstborn of the Hebrews from the tenth plague.
Blink and you’ll miss it m-“take a lamb, and with its blood,” in the Biblical text, you were to keep the lamb tied up in your forayed for several days beforehand-long enough for the kids to grow attached to it…then slaughter it. It’s a prefigure of Christ, that “one man should die for the people.” That the darling of the crowds would be slaughtered to spare the people the wrath of the Romans.
The movie had an incredible voice cast. Ralph Fiennes (Goeth in Schindler's List), Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Stewart, Danny Glover, Helen Mirren, Steve Martin and Martin Short voiced the main characters.
who was Danny Glover playing?
@@theawesomeman9821 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law.
@@BobBlumenfeld thanks
I know it's better of a chance to get this out there on Paetron, but I hold highly recommend "Man in the High castle" as a series to react to. Love this movie btw and this reaction to it!
Fun fact this was the last film that was hand drawn-out by DreamWorks because after this I think it was MADAGASCAR or SHREK came after
Didn't Road to El Dorado come after this?
@@RabbitShirak I think your right
It's true. A fascinating combination of Traditional, Hand-drawn animation with Computerized animation in a huge film, when all this was possible. Katzenberg with the help of Spielberg created this masterpiece at the beginning of DreamWorks.
20:21- Your reaction to this part was priceless
Other than that I do agree everything else was a masterpiece Dreamworks made
There is an acapella group called Voctave that does an amazing job covering the soundtrack of this movie. You should check them out sometime.
#WHISTLING
Note that When Ramses and Moses just got done getting scolded by the Pharoah, in the scene where Rameses was sitting up on the sculpture and Moses was tying or knitting a bag, Moses was UNONSCIOUSLY WHISTLING A MELODY. The melody was of his Mother's Song, the same part of the song that Myriam sang to Moses when hey met for the first time.
That;s why he was so surprised that Myriam was singing Lyrics to the melody he was whistling. #mindblown
So when rhamses was told he would be given the throne as the crown regent his first act was to promote his younger brother to head royal architect "his right hand man" in most of history the younger brother was secretly killed by the older brother to prevent them from trying to kill their older brother to claim the throne. The fact that rhamses publicly promoted his brother showed that he had absolute trust in Moses and loved him beyond what was expected of the day
One of the last movies with classic traditional hand drawing animation, before CGI came along a few years later and all animation movies from then on were made on 100% computers