By
James
Hirsen
Another
ambitious attempt by Hollywood to produce a scripturally based film appears to
have missed the mark in a major way.
Director
Ridley Scott’s "Exodus Gods and Kings" has managed to rile political
liberals, disappoint film critics, and offend members of the three primary
religions that adhere to the Old Testament, an astounding feat considering its
big-screen Bible-based forerunner, director Cecil DeMille’s 1956 film "The
Ten Commandments," was a critically acclaimed box-office success, which
was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Lou
Lumenick, a movie critic who writes for the New
York Post, called Scott’s Old Testament project "an utterly clueless,
relentlessly grim and rambling action epic guaranteed to displease devout Jews,
Christians and Muslims alike, amuse atheists — and generally bore
everyone." [more...]
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