mardi 13 janvier 2015

Exodus: Gods and Kings — An incredible vision even for atheists — 8*/10

  • Story: Ridley Scott made it all seem so real, simple and relatable that even an complete atheist like me could appreciate it and be captivated.
  • Characters: All the main ones were solidly built. God is just perfect.
  • Dialogs: Very interesting.
  • Scenario: Great pacing with some nice slow scenes and more active ones. Didn't like the last scene with the cart. Weird. It needed another scene to close, but that wasn't good.
  • Actors: Christian Bale's best performance since American Psycho and part of it is not in his usual range. Joel Edgerton delivered a great performance as Ramses. John Turturro is perfect as Seti. Sigourney Weaver has a small role but did it well. Ben Kingsley didn't have much either and did better elsewhere.
  • Photography: Astoundingly beautiful.
  • Special effects: Perfect. Love the calamities.
  • Synopsis & informationhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528100/
  • Who is it for? Those looking for gritty realistic view of Moses, some action or semi-fantasy flick.

Nagging detail: I can't believe Scott included fighting cavalry units. It's a common mistake, but I expected better of him. There were no efficient saddle at the time to make fighting from horseback anything but a waste. Horsemen were only used as long range scout or for some non-combatant officiers.