The Prince of Egypt - The First Time Learning About The Story of Moses - Movie Reaction
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An epic adventure that captivated movie audiences the world over in this familiar tale of two brothers- one born of royal blood, one an orphan with a secret past. As one becomes the ruler of a powerful empire and the other the chosen leader of his people, their final confrontation will forever change the world. With Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Stewart, and Helen Mirren.
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I live in rural Aus and Iâm Jewish. Iâve never met another Jewish family even though Iâm in my 20âs. This is my all time fave movie depicting a story from the Torah despite it being animated. Iâd love to see you do more âoriginâ stories from various cultures people maybe donât know as much about in our country
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All that only to mess up and spend 50 years in the desert. Then Joshua had to take them to Jericho to take it down and go to Israel
Listen thogh it's sad but it's only fair God is fair remember the eygyptians murdered Hebrew babies. God gave Pharoah a chance â some people say how can he be a loveing God since
He killed the first born? Well God is law holy and justice God dont do it out of Hate
The way Humans do it. God don't play games dude!
You should do Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Bebe's Kids and James and the Giant Peach!! Classics
So the text goes that God did not tell Moses the final plague, he said it would come from Pharaohâs own mouth.
You could interpret Mosesâ trying to interrupt him as trying to stop him from saying the words / because whatever he said was surely to be turned against him. Also in the text, all of the kingdom was aware of the lambs blood to avoid the plague, and the few Egyptians who did choose to mark their doors were spared.
I think I missed that part about God not telling Moses, time for MORE STUDYING!
I always thought that Moses was trying to stop Rameses from saying something that he would regret.
@@myownself25 he was
Speaking of the text, it's a good thing the movie ended where it did. You can even see how that last shot is kind of ominous, not 100% upbeat.
Moses didn't really get to finish the job.
The text is Exodus 11:4â8. It doesn't mention anything along the lines of pharoah speaking his own demise but the point of the plague is supposed to be directed at pharoah himself for having put to death the first born Hebrews.
4 So Moses said, âThis is what the Lord says: âAbout midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt-worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.â Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, âGo, you and all the people who follow you!â After that I will leave.â Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
Gonna correct you big-time! The splitting of the sea isn't computer CG, it is infact hand drawn and took a LONG time to achieve!
2 years to create and render it. It was hand drawn and animated into 2D animation for the movie.
DAAAAAANNNNGGGGGG đ€©đ€©đ€©đ€©
The love and dedication that went into this film is unreal I CANT-đ€Ż
â@@randomcontent853it took 2 years alone to animate the parting sea
@@damikey18 I'm not surprised to be honest that scene gave me chills and it still does
This movie goes so hard from the opening scene, and just does not let up...
Ikr, the opening and the plague scene was my favorite
â"With the sting of the whip, on my shoulders" *Instant chills*
A time when you need parental guidance in a movie that recommends parental guidance.
@@thanos5149 us line cooks at McDonalds used to sing this during the midnight shift lol
"They were only slaves" is a powerful line to me. I think in the modern world we erroneously take it for granted how horrifying that line is, as in the ancient world it would not have been all that controversial. The ideas of innate human value and equality were not a concept in most if any ancient cultures, and I for one am thankful for the miracle of its widespread acceptance in our current world.
it's not a miracle. it's the result of very deliberate efforts to fight for equality which christians historically actively resisted specifically because it is justified in the bible. the hebrews absolutely knew slavery was bad...but only when it was hebrews enslaved. that's why they had laws to protect hebrews from slavery but no one else. the christians basically said "you can have slaves, but convert them and be nice" (they were not nice btw). also "if you're a christian slave, love and obey your master" so that all those converted slaves had an afterlife of damnation to face if they tried to resist oppression. just saying...it's a very complicated history and abolition didn't happen by chance
@@mischr13 thank you! The moral was that slavery is bad for them, they didnât give a shit about other slaves. It even comes up later in the Bible how to treat slaves including how hard to beat them.
â@@mischr13 You misunderstand my point and do exactly what I mentioned: reading today's morals into ancient history. Your "very deliberate efforts to fight for equality" need to _start_ somewhere, particularly in the belief of equality in the first place. Where did that come from? What good reason is there to belief that people are equal? There had better be a good one, many ancient philosophers would have laughed at that idea on its very face as being obviously untrue. _That's_ the miracle.
As a small not, slavery is not _that_ well supported in the Bible as it clearly forbids kidnaping others to be sold, which would make it rather difficult to start the slave trade.
Slavery still exists, so itâs still a problem
Reminds me of the term âunskilled workersâ
An interesting choice that they made is that they switched Aaron and Miriamâs roles in Mosesâs life. Miriam resented the hell out of Moses and treated him like dirt, and his brother Aaron was basically his best friend and even gave most of his speeches for him. Moses apparently was either bad at public speaking or had a bad stutter, but Aaron was his main man and stood by him through this whole ordeal.
Correct, basically ALL conversation with Pharaoh was with Aaron, not Moses.
No wonder the priest class descended from Aaron's line.
Moses was the most meek man to ever live as well!
When Moses was found and brought before Pharaoh, Pharaoh's advisors warned him about the Hebrew, so they tested Moses's nature. As a baby they presented before him a piece of shining gold and a hot coal, believing as every curious child he would reach for the former. And Moses did reach for the gold, but an angel redirected his hand to the hot coal. Picking it, he shoved it in his mouth, which is the source of his stutter.
I may be wrong on this but by the time of Deuteronomy, Moses was speaking on his own; he had gained the confidence to speak to the public before his death.
"Oh son....they were only slaves."
Normally I hate when music TELLS you how to feel, rather than accompany or compliment the scene. But there, right there when you hear that typical horror movie strings come in.....ohhhhhhhhh it's so good.
Especially since our society is one that promotes equality and seeing Seti justify what he did would make anyone shudder.
I think its more intended not to tell the audience how to feel, the audience knows how messed up that statement is, but how MOSES feels once he hears that. The horror music is to show the horror Moses felt hearing that.
Moses was actually able to walk around freely without being punished the whole time is due to some ancient laws where if the Pharaoh or High King makes a royal proclamation then it is the law of the land which not even the Pharaoh would be able to overturn. So when Moses returns and Ramses makes his royal proclamation that Moses was pardoned of all crimes past and present, and was forever a prince of Egypt, then he legally couldnât take it back after everything started happening
That's crazy... I guess if he had, the government of Egypt would have lost it's faith in the Pharaoh figure? Since the Pharaoh was considered a god or at least the connection between the heaven and earth.
It's a fictional story...
Also, Moses may have been in Ramses kingdom, but they were both in God's.
Wasn't Ramses who was Pharaoh in the time of Moses it was thutmosis the first that was the man that allowed Moses to be taken in his daughter Hermethiphat was the princess that adopted Moses and he was nursed by his own mother and was in line to be pharaoh after Thutmoses the first passed but the princess married Thutmoses the second and they had a child Thutmoses the third. During the time that he killed the Egyptian the country was in political turmoil and he had a lot of people trying to cut Moses from the throne and the death of the Egyptian was the catalyst. Thutmoses the third was on the throne when Moses came back to free the slaves, and Thut had a very successful military campaign for close to 7 years before he lost a good majority of his army to the red sea.
Here is a few links to show the time line.
www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-date-1440bc.htm
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2429297
www2.gracenotes.info/topics/moses-egypt.html
bibleview.org/en/bible/moses/pharaoh/
No itâs not, there are proves that it did happen
The defecting Egyptians were the two guards of the palace, and they saw the Holy Ghost in the sky. You can see them dropping their weapons and following the crowd when they leave Egypt. This was a nice reference to how many Egyptians actually joined them in the Bible after seeing such certain evidence of godly power. Who could deny God and worship another after that?
*side-eyes Aaron's golden bull*
What's funny is that I just picture Aaron with Jeff Goldblum's voice saying, "I don't know what happened. There was shouting; people were unhappy; we didn't know when you were coming back. I threw some gold into the fire and presto! Believe me, I was just as surprised as you."
Fitting that Goldblum played Aaron since after the story he makes the Golden Bull. In that regard, after replacing one word, we can use his own quote against him:
â...your people were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didnât stop to think if they should.â
Glory to God!
Yes, they helped trained the Hebrews to fight going into the promise land.
That wasn't the "holy ghost " that was God himself smh
The Prince of Egypt is one of the most incredible and groundbreaking 2D animated films Iâve seen, a biblical one at that! Being a Christian myself, this film has a special place in my heart. This adaptation of the Exodus story is very powerful with the focus of Moses and Ramesesâ relationship, the songs, musical score, and the overall messages in the story. Truly a wonderful 2D animated masterpiece!
what is the moral of the story in your opinion? cuz the bible is totally fine with slavery, gives you very clear instructions on how to beat your slaves and never once says slavery is bad.
@@criss_x it's not really supposed to have a moral, this story is simply oral tradition passed down by Hebrews that is important to Jewish people today. if anything the overarching theme is that slavery is bad, though to the people at the time and the way the Bible has been recorded it's very clear that it was something more along the lines of "slavery is bad when it happens to US" but they were otherwise generally accepting of it as the way of the world. In Genesis tho, the idealized version of the world (Eden) didn't have slavery or murder or eating animals so I think they understood that these things should not be even though they accepted it as the way of the world after the fall.
@@mischr13 Okay but Jews were never enslaved in ancient Egypt. Literally not a shred of evidence anywhere and the Egyptians kept very good records. The bible is the only place where it's mentioned. And that's not me making up conspiracies, the holocaust was a real tragedy that actually happened to Jewish people and we have records and evidence of it happening but we have nothing to support the claim of Jews being slaves in Egypt.
@@criss_x there is indirect evidence that it happened. For instance, Egyptian sources from during the rule of Thutmoses II say his army captured people from the Levant and made slaves out of them which correlates with the story in the Jewish text Haggadah. Leather scrolls from the Eastern delta of the Nile during the time of Ramesses II also mention slaves from Canaan and Syria, again following the Talmud/Bible story.
Also how can you not learn lessons from this movie?? It's full of them.
@@blindtherapper2470 what lesson? kill all the first born children of my enemy? not a good lesson bro. indirect evidence is not evidence.
Fun fact! Yocheved, Moses' birth mother, was voiced by Ofra Haza and Haza sang her part in Deliver Us in 18 languages for the movie's international dubbings
33:30 Fun fact! This entire sequence was animated in 2D. It took them 2 years just to anime the Red Sea parting. Everything was hand-drawn! The love that went into this movie is amazing.
The Prince of Egypt has quite the power-couple when it comes to the music. For starters, you Hans Zimmer (who did the music for the Pirates franchise, the Nolan Batman trilogy, Inception, the Madagascar Films, and the Lion King instrumentals) doing the instrumentals for this one and Stephen Schwartz (who did the songs for Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas, Wicked, Children of Eden, and Pippin) working on the songs in this one.
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As a Christian who is (ethnically) 1/2 Jewish, this story always meant so much to me
7:00 This is different from the bible. There after the sister followed the basket to the palace she got the Pharaoh's wife to hire Moses' real mother to be his wet nurse. So presumably he knew his real identity far before he grew up.
Yeah, that's why he killed the Egyptian that went crazy on the Hebrew, but the others Hebrews told him if they going to kill them like he did with the Egyptian so he ran from Egypt because the pharaoh would order to kill him for having killed an Egyptian and lives in the desert for 40 years
Not really, wet nurses are only around for 6 months. It was common for wet nurses to become obsessed with the noble children they nursed and the children knowong nothing about them.
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 My intent was not to imply that Moses was continually with his family growing up.
5 Then Pharaohâs daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. âThis is one of the Hebrew babies,â she said. 7 Then his sister asked Pharaohâs daughter, âShall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?â 8 âYes, go,â she answered. So the girl went and got the babyâs mother. 9 Pharaohâs daughter said to her, âTake this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.â So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaohâs daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, âI drew him out of the water.â
The very next verse Moses refers to a Hebrew as one of his own people. So whether or not he maintained contact with his immediate family into adulthood, it's strongly implied he knew he was a Hebrew growing up and spent time with his family.
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 children are not weaned at 6 month. In the old days it was common for children to nurse for 2 or 3 years. It is still that way in developing nations. Furthermore the bibles makes it seem as though moses was a few years old before he moved in with his adoptive family.
@@frenchbreadstupidity7054 He is correct, Moses was raised by his own mother under the protection of the Egyptian princess. He grew up knowing he was indeed a Hebrew.
Even though you had to mute the music, I could still hear it and I still got goosebumps. This movie is ingrained in me at this point đ
Same
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A little nice detail there, when he's sewing the pouch, Moses whistled his Mom's lullaby. So he had always remembered, but he probably never knew where it's from until his sister sang the words.
It was actually a wineskin, but most people would make the same mistake because of the way it looks.
Pharoah was right, there will be a greater cry in all of ancient Egypt then there ever had been. The parents of those kids were also to blame for not heeding the warning. The thing is the final plague punishes the parents and not the kids.
The kids left peacefully when the parents reaped the consequences of their actions. Their deaths are still sad, but it's definitely merciful in comparison to Pharoah deciding to drown the babies or injuring them til they bleed to death, though a death of a child is never something of happiness
To be fair, the first born aren't just children. My older brother is 29 and he's the first born.
And it isn't really God killing people because they're his creations. But they didn't really die they just changed locations. The body remained, but a person isn't the body, the soul is what a person is.
Pharaoh had all the choice, the blood is on his hands. He passed the sentence.
@@nikkiplatt316 all powerful all loving god has to kill children to make pharaoh change his mind. the same pharaoh that had his heart hardened by god in the first place. you really think Pharaoh chose to kill all the firstborns of egypt? whats wrong with you
@@mayo8029 Exodus 8:15 and 32 both explain Pharaoh hardened his own heart as well. This is the same people that had all the Israelite male children killed at birth, either this pharaoh directly or his predecessor. The same people that had enslaved the Israelites for over 400 years. Pharaoh was not a good man, definitely not â Justâ in his actions. God gave him warning after warning, 9 to be exact. Pharaoh saw with his own eyes the power of God and how powerless he was against him. Youâre absolutely fine with Pharaoh murdering thousands or more Israelite babies, but when God reverses Pharaohs sentence you find it unjust? God takes no pleasure in destruction, however.. even in destruction, His glory is magnified.
@@nikkiplatt316 THIS!
Despite not being very religious anymore I am still glad this movie was part of my childhood
I love the soundtrack so much
I have listened to the music in multiple languages xD
Same for me here.
Voctave did a mashup of this soundtrack and it's also chill inducing - though it doesn't follow the movie order exactly
Come back
Same. I was in a religious school system for ten years, and this was one of those movies that we got to watch as part of the curriculum. I loved those days, and I love this movie
Religion doesnât save but Jesus does! I pray yâall experience his Love and Peace
Honestly, itâs a sad story, but itâs what reality looks like. Freedom never comes easy.
Except that it's not. There's no evidence for mass slavery during this period in Egypt, never mind mass enslavement of Jews. Nor is there evidence for the Exodus for that matter.
@@VolrinSeth yes there is, do research
@@carolinaa.4407 1. Carry your own burden of proof, dont shift it unto others.
2. I have done, I'm a historian.
@@VolrinSeth thank u i was gonna say that.
â@@VolrinSeth I think they were talking about slavery in general. For example, the American Civil War or how Haitian slaves ended up killing their masters to be free.
Off the top of my head, some changes that were made:
-It was Pharaohâs daughter who found Moses in the basket, and Miriam said she knew a wet-nurse who could feed Moses. So he was actually raised by his bio-mom for the first 2-3 years of his life.
-The Bible/Torah donât mention that Zipporah and Moses met in the way duplicated in the movie, but that they met when he ran away and lived with Jed (Zipporahâs father).
-The Hebrews weâre actually led out of Egypt by a column of smoke by day, and a column of fire by night (the Spirit of God showing them the way to the sea).
-Itâs believed that Moses has a stutter or some other kind of speech impediment, because he told God that he couldnât speak to so many people, and God said that Aaron could speak for him. So Aaron was (to begin with) actually much more supportive than the movie showed (that gets WAY more complicated later, but thatâs a discussion for a different movie đ ).
-By the time Moses and Zipporah arrived back in Egypt to free the Hebrews, they had 2 sons.
Okay, thatâs all I could think of right now.
Also moses killed the egyptian soldier in secrecy at night and hid the body. He ran away after he noticed 2 of his own people were arguing and revealed they knew of what he had done.
Also, it was god who hardened pharaohâs heart
This is one of those movies I remember watching as a child and being scared of it.
I rewatched it as an adult and itâs one of my favorite animated movies of all time. The music is absolutely beautiful.
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My favorite thing about this movie is the characterization of Moses himself. His humbleness is right in line with the way he's described in the Bible. In the book of Numbers chapter 12, Moses is called "very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth."
I find it amusing that Moses himself wrote that sentence. lol
Thankyou for remembering about the verse I knew it but I forgot I thought it was The Book Of Exodus that said it , Thankyou.
The parting of the red sea was probably some of the best early animation in films ever done for the time.
Took two years to make as well.
Early?
as an atheist, this is one of my favorite animated movies. I love the story of Moses and Ramses brotherly relationship and I always get so emotional right after Moses goes to comfort Ramses after the death of his son and 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! I will always watch reactions to this amazing film.
This! Iâm so detached from traditional religion but this movie has always moved me. The MUSIC SCORE. The story. It transcends the typical religious propaganda we get. Itâs just a story of two brothers and a reluctant man with massive power bestowed on him.
As long as you respect Christian beliefs like my own, we should be able to get along. Iâm glad there are movies like this that bring us together.
Even though youâre an atheist, did you notice the plagues were not only showing Godâs power over the Egyptian gods, but was also mocking them too.
If your up for it, I would like to tell you how it's impossible for the big bang theory to exist. Here's why. In order for creation to exist there has to be a definite source of or drive. Everything that we see here on earth is very carefully and delicately designed as if someone a long time ago planned and designed it to happen. If this was all by chance then don't you think there would be major errors in the laws of physics? When you think about how gravity works and how its not too intense for us but also not too light, it's a perfect thing to have. Think about the fairy tale gold locks and the three bears. When goldilocks tasted the three bowls of pourage, she complained that it was too hot and the second was too cold but the middle was just right meaning we could easily have been thrown into space or smashed into thr ground if even one slip up occurred, but a higher level of intelligence made it so it was just right. Does this make sense? I hope it does. Logically it is impossible for life to exist from non life, in fact that's described as science fiction. Think about biology and what that word means. Bio means life and logy means the study of, so therefore it makes logical sense to assume that we come from life.
I'm agnostic and same !
It's always so interesting to see a reaction to this movie from someone who doesn't know the original story. Especially considering how this story is so significant for millions of people.
For myself, I grew up watching this film every Pesach (Passover) and it's my favourite movie of all time. The animation, the score, the voice acting is just perfect. The burning bush scene never fails to awe me. The split of the red sea is OUTSTANDING. And the inclusion of the Hebrew section in 'When You Believe' makes my Jewish heart so happy, as it's Hebrew selected from the Song of the Sea (Shir Hayam) which more observant Jews sing in daily prayer.
If you're wondering why it was banned in some countries- Malaysia, Egypt and the Maldives banned the film on the grounds that no prophet should ever be visually depicted.
Splitting the sea IS outstanding, considering it took 2 years just to animate that scene!
This movie built a bridge between, the jewish people, christians, catholics and muslims alike. I bonded with my non christian friends over this movie
Edit: I forgot to include non religious people and agnostic
@@flovonnejohnson707 You forgot to include atheists and agnostics.
I didn't know about the Song of the Sea detail. I've never studied Hebrew, and I don't abide by Jewish practices, so it's a really neat inclusion.
They just don't depict Old Testament stories like this anymore, and it's sad to see. Regardless of anyone's believes, I think there are some profound messages that speak to the core of what makes us human.
@@flovonnejohnson707 Great! Just remember it's an ethnically Jewish story that was adopted by the world, it's pretty much the Jews origin story. But it's great that everyone likes it.
Voice actors:
Moses/God - Vel Kilmer
The Pharaoh- Sir Patrick Stewart
The Queen - Dame Helen Mirren
Ramses - Ralph Fiennes
Miriam - Sandra Bullock
Aron - Jeff Goldblum
Hotep - Steve Martin
Huy - Martin Short
Tziporrah - Michelle Pfeiffer
Jethro - Danny Glover
The Casting is Superb!!!!!
I've heard that they actually used all of the major voice actors to say God's lines and balanced it so that Val's voice was the most prominent. They did it almost perfectly in sync, but if you listen closely you can hear other voices (particularly the women) during that scene.
@@franklyncheatum2324 Now thatâs cool. Didnât know that until now đ
So many legends in this movie
Also ofra haza singing the parts of his mother. absolute legend.
Of them all, though, only Michelle Pfeiffer did both the speaking voice and the singing voice.
Iâm Jewish and this movie means so much to me. Itâs a tradition of mine to watch it on Passover. In the stage version now playing in the west end, there is a line that says âUntil the end of history will this day be sungâ. While that line was talking about the celebration of Passover every year, I truly believe even if you are not religious, this story and this movie has incredible meaning. Thank you for reacting.
Iâm Catholic and my people celebrate Good Friday around the same time as your people celebrate Passover. Youâre basically our older brothers and sisters.
@@Powerranger-le4up No. Christianity and Judaism are two VERY different cultures and religions
Really it is in my family too, we are also Jewish. My dad prefers the Ten Commandments though
@@Harrypotterfan334 true
@@Harrypotterfan334 To each his own. To me and most Catholics, the Jews are our older siblings. As a result, we treat them very respectfully.
This depiction of Exodus was so good. To see the adaptation of Moses and Rameses relationship makes you feel and see Rameses as a person and not just the evil Pharoah
Rameses hated Moses who was his adopted cousin, not brother, Rameses the 1st sister, Ramese's aunt adopted Moses, Pharoh Seti was the brother of Moses adopted mother.
I love Rameses confusion after Moses killed the Overseer and runs away. Even before that you see the juxtaposition between Moses, who's whole world has just been turned upside down and Rameses, who has had a revelation, yes, but to whom the world is as rocksolid as it always was.
He cannot understand Moses' actions, because he cannot know about the change in his brother. His confusion is totally understandable. To him, it isn't the world that has changed, but his brother who, in his view, acts erratically and totally out of Character from one day to the other
The most powerful part of this film is that thematically, it really has nothing to do with religion...if it was about that, it and the concept of belief would be a much bigger source of conflict. All of the conflict is focused almost completely on the internal conflict of the self perceptions and within Moses and Ramses which then creates the external conflict. Not to mention the absolute bops that had no business going so hard, but I love that they did.
This movie is so captivating, and as a Christian Iâm so glad that there is actually a beautiful piece of media that really represents a story of the Bible realistically. Because I believe that all of it is real, and even though it is dark, I love how it still portrays God as a good God despite all the pain that came out of the plagues. Thatâs a hard thing to do but this movie is just superb.
True, it was also a time when the price to repent from sin was death, now that has been fulfilled. Of course that also means God did not enjoy it like so many deities in myths do, to hurt the Egyptians broke His heart, even with Pharaoh, still Pharaoh brought it on himself and the only way to really effect the king of Egypt was to smite his kingdom and in the end the king himself by taking his son back.
I disagree in terms that it shows âGod being goodâ
The movie very clearly doesnât show that, and I commend it for that. Itâs show God as it is, as a force that drives the plot. Which is very accurate for a story of the Bible.
Yes it is great to see in motion picture like watching the plagues, the Red Sea parting and the fire tornadoes which is a real thing đ€Ż . I think it speaks to how great, mighty, sovereign Good God is because of the warnings He gave, because of the opportunity for repentance and the glory He deserves for using mankind to deliver His people from Egypt. I hope that many other people approach God with a humble hear to learn His character and see Him for the Sovereign, Just, Righteous, Good, Loving, All Mighty God that He is. For God so loved the World He gave His only Begotten Son so that WHOMSOEVER believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Repent and turn away from sin and trust only in Him, Yeshua Hamashiach!
@@keie3302 Praise our Lord, King and God
@@thefvguy5648 I like that aspect too. God in this film is a mysterious force that supercedes human understandings of power and morality; a truly trandscendent being that is far above our station in existence. So much so that the characters could only follow God's instructions (well, other than Ramses) and do little to understand God's intentions.
This felt more like what I would imagine a God to be, versus just a magical deity who behaves like a human. There is nothing petty or human in scope about the God in this film.
This depiction is far more awe-inspiring, wonderous, and even terrifying in some respects than any typical deity from the polytheistic stories of the past, or so many of depictions of the Abrahamic God.
God truly seemed transcendental and, well, godly here (for lack of a better term).
This movie was a staple in my house when I was a kid, to this day it's still one of my favorite movies! :D
My favorite movie of all time, hands down. This movie showcases everything Cinema should be all about: Groundbreaking visuals, powerful story, phenomenal musical score, and relatable characters.
As a Christian myself, I really wish more filmakers took the Bible as seriously as this movie did.
The amount of symbolism in this movie is quite touching. Like when Moses turned the river into blood, this is my opinion, but that blood represents the babies blood that were thrown into the river. And when pharaoh is talking to Moses before the final plague, and the child is in the middle of the two brothers. Pharaoh has sentenced him to death with those words, by his own hand. Thereâs so much more symbolism Iâm sure but this movie is just so full of it.
In the bible the plagues God performed were to shame/challenge the Egyptian gods. The Nile was the lifeblood of the nation, and as a result they worshipped many gods that guarded it, those being Khnum, Hapi, Sodpet and Satet. The hebrew God Yahweh, was showing both the Israelites & the Egyptians who the true God is.
I think both of your interpretations are right as I have come to realize as a Christian that one thing can symbolize, a multitude of things. đ
Klaus is definitely worth watching for Holiday seasons and Christmas. It's a great modern 2D Animation that were made by an independent animation studio.
Moses didn't know what the last plague was. He only knew what God told him. That it would be terrible and the worst of all the plagues, and Pharaoh would be the one to decide what it was. So when Pharaoh said his father had the right idea and said he would do the same. That then became the last plague
34:13 Something cool I read about this scene a while ago, is that the silhouette shown in the ocean is actually a shark, a megalodon. Whale tails move up and down, while shark tails move side to side. Even the largest type of shark alive today, the whale shark, isn't as big as megalodons were.
How did I never notice that before!
the head looks almost exactly like a whale shark, though. It's more likely this is just a really, really big whale shark
A note about the soundtrack- it's another one where all the incidental music was written by Hans Zimmer, who had previously worked on the Lion King. If I can say anything about him, it's that he knows how to hammer in that emotion that the story deserves.
Speaking of which, you're right in that most of the movie is how it's described in the book of Exodus, at least in the general sequence of events. They obviously took a few creative liberties in order to make it more fantastic, but like the statement said at the beginning, they consulted authorities from multiple religions and sects in order to get what they believe (and what a lot of viewers considered) to be the best representation of the story's tone and themes.
I'd like to thank you, from one man to another for fully displaying that men are capable of emotions and need to express them. I was EAGERLY awaiting how you were gonna react to Rameses and Moses in the temple after the final plague. Your reaction got me teary-eyed as well.
YES! This
33:23 That part still gives me chills. This is one of the best movies ever made! A certified classic indeed.
The parting of the sea was 2D computer animation, that took nearly 2 years to render and create. Took almost the same amount of time to create that scene then the rest of the movie.
Some other tidbits, this originally was supposed to be a Disney movie, but the creator of the movie left Disney and was one of the original owners of Dreamworks. Thatâs why this is the first Dreamworks movie to come.
Also the scene of Moses/Moshe with the burning bush is almost word for word from the Bible. One of the most captivating scenes ever created, showing that Yahweh is the almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and He had it under control was amazing.
Nest is âJoseph King of Dreams!â The music isnât quite as epic but honestly I love the story even more
Joseph came before Moses, as they were leaving Egypt, they remembered that Joseph asked then to take his bones back to his homeland.
@@kalahkirby5422I think the original comment meant that the Joseph movie came out after POE and itâs like a prequel
One of the greatest movie soundtracks EVER!!!!!
Lmao. I really enjoy your reaction videos and the way you said "Ok, chill" after Moses said he'd punish his sister was hilarious. Prince of Egypt is one of my all-time fav animated movies.
I am agnostic. I thought this movie was so amazing and beautiful, especially the soundtrack. The story, music, animation, everything is top notch and one of my favorite animated movies
The story of Joseph the Dreamer tells of how the Hebrews ended up in Egypt, on the Nile Delta because of a famine in their homeland. And then the Exodus story tells of how they were able to return to their homeland of Canaan, which is modern day Israel, Jordan and Syria. It's good the movie ends where it does because after the screen goes dark the Israelites become very forgetful and keep testing God. Things go downhill fast. But I think the Exodus story is about God never giving up on us and using the unlikely to do wondrous things. I love the human relationships in this telling of the story. It's such a good film.
Fun fact, those guards you noticed at the end actually left with the Hebrews, you can see them leaving during "When You Believe" and among the Hebrews in some background shots.
The parting of the Red Sea is the most beautiful moment in animation history.
I often see your cat just wandering in the background and they're just adorable. I just needed to say that.
This used to be one of my absolute favorite movies as a kid. I watched it all the time at my grandma's house
Can you believe that the company that made The Boss Baby made this!
I grew up with this movie, and I remember how real it was for a animated kids movie. But another classic that I would love to see you react to is Pebble and the Penguin. It's a beautiful cartoon musical, and the music is amazing!
I know it's not what happened in the bible but I really like Aaron's character development - he starts out broken, bitter and frightened even though we also see that the loves his sister and that he's a protective person (pulling Miriam back when she starts talking out of turn and later trying to pull Tzipporah back) and throughout the movie we see him learn to trust people again, we learn to see him hope for a better future again, we see him learn to love his brother and we him smile again.
I really do think itâs so significant, Aaron being the first to go towards Moses after he opened the *entire goddamn ocean* in front of everyone. That trust in Moses after being so skeptical of what he could do is *fantastic~*
@@niyaodom1944 They do a great evaluation of the relationships in this movie in this video, they do a lot of good analysis's of movies on this channel (Cinema Therapy): czcams.com/video/hsNpP5uuiaU/video.html
@@agenttheater5 Oooooh character breakdowns my favorite! :D Iâll check this later on today! *Thanks for the link~*
Absolutely love this film. We watch it every Passover. The score is one of my favorites of any movie ever.
My family and I are Catholic. We watch The Passion of The Christ instead. However, Good Friday is close to Passover. We often refer to the Jews as our older siblings because Jesus was a Jew.
@@Powerranger-le4up My family heritage is Jewish but I'm an evangelical Baptist after finding my Messiah in college.
While I LOVED the Passion... I don't think I could watch it again. It was just gut-wrenching the first time around. And it's definitely too intense for my little kiddos.
I love being able to unite my Jewish heritage with the fulfillment of its promise in my Christian faith. It's like seeing Scripture in a whole new dimension. :)
Moses: turns the river into blood.
The magicians: ...Yeah? We can do that too! *makes Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid?! XD Yeah, that's basically what they did, and it was pathetic!
I am cackling! I always thought it was Kool-aid.
I love this movie. As an atheist I see this as a purely mythological story but it's sooooo well told that I shed tears both at the plagues dong and at the "miracles" song. Just a great movie.
The Egyptian custom of 'slavery' and ownership persisted FAR beyond what most western cultures deem appropriate. In 1996, I had a friend who was part of an international exchange program. He was exchanged with someone in a wealthy family. They 'gave' him three children, between the ages of 5 and 12, to 'attend his needs'. Needless to say, that situation made him uncomfortable. But, it was their custom at the time. I honestly do not know if that custom continues, as Egypt has had several upheavals in the past few decades.
To be fair Egypt hasn't really been this kind of Egyptian for over a thousand years. But yeah, there's still functional slavery going on in certain parts of the world unfortunately.
Slavery still exists in every part of the world. From women being sold as wives into china to the child sex slave rings found on literally every continent. It still exists and is everywhere, probably happening closer to you right now than you think.
@@BoxOKittens totally agree. Here I was specifically referring to instances where it's in the open and at least locally considered acceptable, which I imagine might be even more traumatic since you get to witness your society accepting your injustice
ancient Egypt was a very different place to modern Egypt. It wasn't a country in the modern sense, and the citizens of modern Egypt are mostly unrelated to the people who lived on the same land millennia ago - in fact it is people in countries such as Lebanon, Iran, and Syria who are more likely to be able to trace back their ancestry that way. This is usually why it is now difficult repatriating items from museums in western cities like London, Paris and New York - modern Egyptians have a legitimate claim to artefacts based on geography, though citizens elsewhere have legitimate claims based on heritage, and western authorities risk stoking conflicts if they prioritise any one set of people over another. The Egyptian dynasty eventually came to an end after many centuries of Greek and Roman interventions (amongst potentially other African dynasties, possibly based in what is now Sudan) that over time displaced a lot of people.
Interestingly, slavery wasn't typically quite as institutionally brutal as it is depicted in the Book of Exodus. Temples, pyramids and statues largely weren't typically constructed under forced labour conditions, or slavery of any kind. They were mostly constructed by contracted workers - those in cities such as Thebes, Memphis, and Alexandria (all spanning vast periods of time in terms of construction) were paid quite well for their work and the positions were highly sought after. Some believe labourers would travel in from around the Mediterranean in pursuit of such work. I recall reading the works of one historian who was interested in further study of people from as far away as what is now Scandinavia having ventured that far south.
Modern Egypt is a country with a lot of issues, with workers rights and human rights abuses being amongst them - in recent years some of the more prominent issues have been the neglect of those living in adverse poverty, the rise in urban crime rates, and the institutional homophobia that has led to LGBT people being abused, stalked, and tortured by security services within the country.
Also we dont have a basis for Hebrews even being in Egypt like this at this time. Also no basis of the pyramids being predominately slave labor but there were revolts due to shortages.
Please watch Joseph: King of Dreams as well. It is a direct to dvd prequel to this so not as good animation but I still love it. And since you don't know scripture all that well the story will be a real treat for you.
I will say that a lot of reactors include excerpts of the music in their videos and they've all been viewable for years now.
Yes, most of them do. I guess it's less risky and easier to mute the music completely, though.
I've been raised in a christian family, despite that im an atheist, but even so this movie hits hard and gets me emotional every time i watch it
This story is really brutal...And, oh, how fantastically it's done here! Amazing work. Truly masterpiece.
I'm glad you finally watched it)
This movie is literally a masterpiece from the animation, the story telling, the music and score, like itâs a masterpiece
Wonder what he's going to think about Frollo. He said Scar was the evilest villain. Hehe, he's seen nothing yet! And I'm looking forward to it. Get ready! For it to get dark.
Also could be a good lesson on how sibling relationships can be destroyed by parental issues . Like Ramses having daddy issues
30:00 "This is what happened in the bible right?"
Yes, it is. And it's the basis for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Additionally, Jesus' crucifixion happened on Passover to show that this time God was sacrificing his first born to save all of humanity.
To add on, there hasn't been any evidence of it being a real event. Neither Egyptian nor Israliets have found any evidence of Jewish populations in Egypt or their supposed migration.
@@unknowndane4754 Oh there's real evidence. If you get the chance, try watching the 2014 documentary, Patterns of Evidence: Exodus. It not proves there was a Hebrew population in Egypt, but there is also archaeological evidence that Joseph and his 12 brothers lived in Egypt and developed an early form of the Hebrew Language dating back before the Epic of Gilgamesh was even made.
@@unknowndane4754 That's because they didn't consider themselves as what we today refer to as "Jewish"
@@unknowndane4754 looks up the expulsion of Hyksos, they were a levant semite group that was in control of most of Egypt around the traditional time of the Exodus.
The Passover applied only to the Israelites back then, but it foreshadowed Jesus Christ's sacrifice as a ransom to save all of those who repent of their mundane ways, Jews and non-Jews alike. When he died, he voided the need to celebrate the actual Passover. So now I, along with millions of others, conmemorate the Lord's Supper as a commandment given to us on his behalf.
Fun fact: the singer of the mother of Moses, Ofra Haza did the singing for this movie in 17 languages.
May she RIP
dude i rewatched this movie like an hour ago from the first scene it had me bawling and subsequently throughout the movie. It's done so well and hits all the right spots emotionally
You might really like watching "The Ten Commandments" with Charlton Heston. It's about Moses life. Really long but still an epic film. You can't imagine the scale of the production it took to make it.
That won many awards and is a film classic. Definitely should be mandatory viewing for any movie lover.
This movie is dedicated to "the ten commandments". The director interviewed that
Would love to see you check out Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron! It's also a 2D animated film by Dreamworks and it has lovely animation and music. It's beautifully done and has very little dialogue.
Iâm Catholic but Iâm not religious anymore #CatholicTrauma lol. But I still love this movie. This is one of my favorite works of Hans Zimmer. This, POTC, and Lion King are my top 3 Hans Zimmer scores.
This is such a masterpiece of a movie...
And I know others have asked for it but I shall continue ;)
Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron
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Yes to both of these
So much yes.
Hunchback of Notre Dame is my fav disney movie. I would say that one first
The way things escalated in the story is really amazing. The first wonder is a staff turning into a serpent. If Pharoah had let the Hebrews go at that point then literally nobody would have gotten hurt.
The plagues escalate from wonders to discomfort to threat to death. At any point pharaoh could have stopped things. It wasn't Gods first choice - but God also wasnt going to stop. Dont play chicken with God.
Two Franciscan priests did a reaction video on the movie and they pointed out the first plague was really God warning Pharaoh about the consequences of his refusal. The Nile was and still is the life source of Egypt. God was saying, âIf I can turn off your primary source of life, it is best to do what I command. Your refusal will bring more severe consequences.â
âLook at your people, Moses. They are free.â
Yeah, free to wander the desert for 40 years! Lmao
I just love how respectful you are towards the religion, even correcting yourself to Oh My Gosh when watching. Thank you.
I love this movie so much, it has one of the best soundtracksđ„
As a lifelong film nerd with really high standards for movies I would call truly great⊠I think this is quite possibly the best animated movie ever created, period. Everything about it is perfect.
Agreed. One of the best ever.
Moses is voiced by Val Kilmer who also played him on Broadway
Saw this at the west end last weekend. So good. The theatre show did an amazing job but you just can't beat this film
This movie was amazing and powerful and the soundtrack is top tier! This will never get old!
This movie is such an underrated classic and it's amazing to see someone react to it. It's one of my most favorite childhood movies.
I think I read somewhere that the Pharo didn't hurt moses because if he were raised to believe that he was a prince of Egypt and not a hebrew (sorry if I spelled that wrong) he wouldn't take over the throne
Some context for the Blood Nile scene. The blood was a symbol, it represented the lives of those children that pharoh killed before. And now it was visible for all to see. And at the end, when Moses came with the ten commandments, he saw that the Hebrews had melted down their gold to make a golden statue of a cow, a god they believed freed them. Moses was so furious he threw the commandments at the ground and they broke. He had to make new ones after that.
Omg this is the best animated movie ever made period. And im not even religious, but the message and animation is on point. Cant wait to see your reaction.
Definitely one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. Crazy to think it all actually happened.
The next Dreamwork's 2D animated film you need to watch with an amazing musical score is Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Truly my all time favorite music from a film ever.
I never get sick of this movie. You should also check out the prequel, Joseph king of dreams. It was such a story of forgiveness after what his brothers did to him, selling him into slavery. Joseph lived 400 years before Moses and he knew eventually the people would leave Egypt, and ask that they take his bones with them. And they did. The production budget wasn't as high as Prince of Egypt but it still brings tears to my eyes. I really identify with Joseph, God ended up using him to save all of Egypt because of his visions and dreams. You will see Joseph wearing that same blue ring, it's a nice tie in.
Fun Fact: The anatomy of the animal in the movie is that of a shark, not a whale. It seems to have been animated to look like a Megalodon, an ancient giant shark. Now extinct, it's thought to be a relative to the great white but more than 3 times longer than the longest in our records.
It was so fun seeing your first ever reaction to the story of Moses. I was a bit nervous to watch at first because some people tend to say outrageously rude things about God, the Bible, and this story. (especially the part of the burning bush.) I love that your reactions were true and you were genuinely wanted to learn and understand. I could tell you had fun watching which made it fun for me. I respect how tolerant and understanding you are. Though, this movie doesnât have everything from the Bible, itâs really a great movie and one of my favorite depictions. To help you understand why God send the spirt to kill all of the first borns of Egypt was because the pharaoh in the Bible said he was going to finish his fathers mission by killing the children again. Thatâs why God sent the spirt to basically flip the pharaohâs words on its head and to tell him that he canât touch the Hebrews. It was the final blow before the people were let go. (Then of course there was the parting of the sea and it collapsing.)
@29:50 Via WIKI: The Prince of Egypt was banned in the Maldives, Malaysia and Egypt, all state Islam countries, on the grounds that Islamic prophets (who include Moses) are not to be visually depicted. The film was also banned in Indonesia, but was later released in video CD format.
The beginning of The Book of Exodus in the Bible (The story of Moses) is definitely worth reading, even if you arenât a Christianâ€ïž
As a person who grew up in church, it's really cool to see someone watch this movie who doesn't know the bible story by heart before hand!
So happy you did this one! It's in my personal top 5, but in terms of movie openings, it's a three-way tie with Lion King, Hunchback, and Prince of Egypt
Edit: funny you mention the starting and ending songs of Lion King and how it's similar to Prince of Egypt because both these movies were composed by Hans Zimmer!
I dont know any stories of the bible, always been an atheist, but I loved this movie as a kid. It's a great movie :D
The Israelites lived in Goshen Egypt. They would have traveled through the Saini Peninsula to the beach on the North East end of the Red Sea; between Wasit and Nuweibaa Egypt. There they crossed to Midian and settled temporarily at the foot of the mountain, Jebel al Lawz. The coral encrusted remains of the Egyptian army still lie on the sea floor at this point on an underwater land bridge.
You should check out The 10 Commandments movie too. The dialog has more of a soap opera feel to it at times, but it goes into more detail through the whole story.
I just saw this movie for the first time at the age of 20. It's truly a beautiful story. The way that God spared the Pharaoh shows how merciful he can be.
The sea being parted was not done by computer CG. It was all done by hand. I believe I heard somewhere that the parted sea scene alone took a year to make. Or several years? Can't quite remember.
They've actually studied some of the chorals under the red sea, and a lot of them could resemble Egyptian artefacts, such as chariot wheels. Its hard to confirm the findings, but they've done studies on the distribution of these chorals, and noticed how oddly shaped some of them are. You can find diving videos of some of these
Actually Sir Patrick Stewart who is one of my heroes is the man who voiced Pharaoh Seti (Rameses and Moses's father). And it actually took me years to recognize his voice watching this movie.
Jean luc Picard was the character Patrick Stewart played on Star Trek