Showing posts with label Exodus: God and Kings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exodus: God and Kings. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

'Exodus' Movie Depicts God as 'Willful Child,' Reports New York Times

'Exodus' Movie Depicts God as 'Willful Child,' Reports NYT

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Even before the film's release, the casting of 11-year-old British actor Isaac Andrews is drawing criticism amid reports that God is portrayed as a petulant and willful child. (Facebook)
As 2014's "Year of the Bible Movie" enters its final phase—and the run-up to this month's release of Ridley Scott's highly anticipated film EXODUS: Gods and Kings—Faith Driven Consumer continues to measure the success of Hollywood films courting faith-driven audiences. 
 
Faith Driven Consumer recently released the first wave of results from an extensive new national survey, conducted by partner research firm American Insights, detailing what Exodus needs to do to be successful with both its core Faith Driven Consumer (17 percent of U.S. adult population) and broader Christian (77 percent of U.S. adult population) audiences. 
 
In October, The Hollywood Reporter detailed concerns over Exodus in the wake of controversial comments by actor Christian Bale—who plays Moses in the film—in which he characterized Moses as both "barbaric" and "schizophrenic." Another story by ABC News on Nov. 25 quoted Bale as saying "What would happen to Moses if he arrived today? Drones would be sent out after him, right?"
 
Now, The New York Times is reporting that God appears in Exodus as a "willful" 11-year-old boy who is "Children of the Corn terrifying." Faith Driven Consumer founder Chris Stone offers his reaction to this revelation by the NYT
 
"The portrayal of God as a willful, angry and petulant child in Exodus will be a deal breaker for most people of faith around the world. Christians, Jews and Muslims alike see this story as foundational and will find this false portrayal and image of God to be deeply incompatible both with Scripture and their deeply held beliefs," Stone says.
 
"Ridley Scott is an established director who can essentially make whatever film he wants, but when he creates a film based on a pivotal Biblical story and renders it significantly unrecognizable, the marketplace will respond negatively. Noah—a $125 million epic that failed to be faithful—left untold millions on the table. Rather than learning from Darren Aronofsky's mistake, it seems that Mr. Scott, with his own larger, $200 million epic, has elected to double down.
 
"As a brand strategist, viewing it from the consumer's perspective, I find many of Scott's choices to be inconsistent with what the market wants. This is especially true given the significant untapped demand for these types of films—this one in particular. Evidently the filmmakers have a goal other than maximizing the film's appeal and its monetary success. The decision to cast an 11-year-old boy to play God, in and of itself, is likely to have a significant impact on Exodus' overall box office returns."

Exodus: Gods and Kings | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX



In Theaters - December 12, 2014

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure "Exodus: Gods and Kings," the story of one man's daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

The film's writing credits are: Written by Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian

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Friday, October 17, 2014

Batman Meets Moses as Hollywood Goes Biblical (VIDEO)

Batman Meets Moses as Hollywood Goes Biblical (VIDEO)

“She named him Moses, ‘Because,’ she said, ‘I drew him out of the water.’” (Exodus 2:10)
In a continuing trend of Hollywood epic movies of biblical proportions and themes, a new movie entitled “Exodus: God and Kings,” is set to be released in December.
Like the other Biblical movie that was recently released, “Noah”, one of the main attractions will be the use of dazzling special effects to highlight the famous story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt.
In a similar style to the more famous exodus story starring Charlton Heston as Moses, “The Ten Commandments,” Christian Bale will be playing God’s messenger in the upcoming adaption.
The Hollywood star, who got his start in the TV movie “Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna” back in 1986, and swept away our hearts with his portrayal of Jack Kelly in “Newsies”, is most recently known for his portrayal of the Dark Knight in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy.
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At a recent preview of the movie, Bale told the audience, “You can’t out Heston Charlton Heston”. He emphasized that this retelling of the biblical story will be “very different” from previous versions of the tale, according to Variety Magazine. Bale said that his portrayal of Moses will focus on the complex aspects of the character, stating that Moses was a troubled and tumultuous man.
The movie, directed by Ridley-Scott, presents the story complete with big battle scenes and aerial panoramas of ancient cities, rustic settlements and military camp, all rendered in the new technologically available 3D CGI glory.
According to insiders who have already previewed the movie, the footage really shifted into high gear with the depiction of four of the 10 plagues. More may be present in the film, but only four were depicted in the preview.

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/22785/batman-meets-moses-hollywood-goes-biblical-video/#JeLOmJpXWDWBDcBX.99