Played by Christian Bale as Moses, Joel Edgerton as Ramses, Maria Valverde as Zipporah, and Aaron Paul as Joshua. Directed by Ridley Scott, an adaption of Moses from the bible.
As we all know, Moses was taken from the river of Nile by the princess of Egypt when he was a baby. He was raised together with Ramses, the owner of the Egyptian crown. They were not very good buddies, and there's a competition in the relationship.
The Jews were the slaves at those times. They were beholding the premonition, that one day a man taken from the water will save them all. After struggling the reality that he was a Jew, and after Ramses found out, Moses was thrown to the dessert to die.
In a back of a hand, Moses life was switched from a prince to nothing. Stranded in the dessert, he finally found a place to live, where he become a cattleman.He fall in love with a beautiful woman, Zipporah. Yes, Zipporah is a beautiful lady, with beliefs to the God. They end up in a marriage and have children.
This are the moment when God finally show himself to Moses, since he was not a believer. He was seen as a kid, talking to Moses, tell him about his plans. Just like a natural human being, Moses deny it at first. I guess, if I'm also Moses, I will reject it also, seeing the hard work shown upon you. Finally Moses take his responsibility to become God's General and go to Egypt to release His people.
Human was build with stubborn head if I may say. There's nothing easy in changing a mind of a human being. Lots of people hanged, lots of chaos and disaster just to change a mind of the Egyptian, especially Ramses.
Ramses, just like any other king was flooded with lavishness. He always get what he wants. He wants to build statue of himself, a beautiful palace and everything was build by the Jewish slaves. You will see how slaves work 20 hours a day, without proper food and clothes. There are no such thing as a reward, if they died, they just toss them in the fire. It was a time of brutality.
Ramses finally let the Jewish go, after his son died. Watching all the disaster made by God, was just to have obedience from His people. Nothing more, and nothing less. This kind of struck me a little bit in my faith :)). Are we obedient enough in every situation that God has put us through? Will we still call his name, pray and be grateful in all the chaotic things that crossed our path?
One thing for sure, Moses also has doubts. This movie shows how human the prophets are. There's a scene where Moses talked with God, they argue, and the conclusion is we will not always agree on everything, but there are consequences in every action we have made.
The whole movie is about 150 minutes, all the scenes, the palace, was crafted beautifully. A very big budget indeed. The actors and actresses also played beautifully in their part. One thing that kinda troubles me is Zipporah is not aging :P. She looks the same after so many years married to Moses, where Moses grows old, but Zipporah stays the same.
This is maybe one of the best closing movie in 2014, next to the Hobbit and Mockingjay. Although Ridley Scott play safe in the story by not changing much of the story, but it was beautifully made. I give this movie 4/5 stars!
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