Well, since you asked (I know, no one did so SPOILER ALERT!!... and peace to you all):
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First, Moses and the Israelites (in the previews) seem to be waging battle with the Egyptian army pursuing them.
Girrrrrrrrl... Moses was... wait for it... a GENERAL... WAIT for it...
in Pharaoh's army!! A FAMOUS general, at that! Wait, maybe not a general... no, he was a general (I think). Had to be, because he was one of Pharaoh's military "advisers." No, seriously...
So, while they didn't actually wage war with the Egyptians, they did have him waging war with the Hittites on BEHALF of Egypt. Wait... not only that (ummmm... the Hittites didn't even come into the picture until AFTER Moses, SFTER they crossed the Red Sea... which "crossing" was another travesty - did ya'll know that Moses got caught in the sea WITH Pharaoh??? AND, while didn't drown but washed up on the shore... PHARAOH DIDN'T DROWN, EITHER??! Although he was at the HEAD of his army... and those of his army who turned BACK drowned??? How did the men at the BACK of the column drown because of NOT making it back to shore... yet Pharaoh, who was FARTHEST out INTO the sea... made it back?? Not only made it back... but didn't even look waterlogged????)... but he actually SAVED Pharaoh from being KILLED by the Hittites. No, wait... he was among the LEAD Egyptians who attacked the HITTITES. Not the other way around. Moses... was a SOLDIER, ya'll!
And... he didn't know he was a Hebrew... until he was a grown man. AND... he didn't kill an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew: he killed one of TWO... for (mistakenly, in his eyes) calling him a "slave." He was ticked off that a couple of Egyptians MISTOOK him for a Hebrew slave... after he secretly met with some Hebrews, including Nun, the father of Joshua... who tried to tell him he WAS a Hebrew.
I digress... for now...
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What? Isn't the point that God led them out of Egypt and protected them from the army of Pharaoh? They did not have to fight that battle; they just had to do as God told them to do? He fought FOR them?
Well, see, now... "God"... was a... wait for it... little boy. The reviews said "11 year-old" little boy. Who SEEMED to be ticked off and handling that ticked-offed-ness LIKE a little boy. Although, most of what he said WAS pretty pie-yow-in-YOUR-face-Moses-ish.
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Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to stand still."
Ummmm, yeah... no. Not in this flick. Not even close. There were plagues, but none were miraculous. For example, the reason the Nile turned to blood was because the alligators (yes, alligators, NOT crocodiles... which is STUPID... because there are no alligators in the Nile, only CROCODILES... and they are NOT the same thing!)... were pretty big and there were a lot of them and so when they killed humans (on boats, "Jaws" style), all the blood caused them to turn on one another... "shark" style. So, the Nile became FILLED with blood (of men and alligators)... not TURNED INTO blood. Big difference.
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Then God told Moses to bring the Israelites through the sea.
Oh, THAT part (pun totally intended) was interesting. Because there WAS no parting (of the sea). No, in THIS "version", the current changed and the tide went out. Sort of seasonally. Funny thing... it came back... as a tidal wave (that almost killed Moses... and DIDN'T kill Pharaoh).
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And also the pillar of cloud came between the two armies, separating them so that neither could come near the other.
No pillars. No clouds. No staffs that turned into snakes/serpents. Wait. No staff. Not a one. Nope, THIS "Moses" threw his EGYPTIAN GENERAL SWORD into the Red Sea.
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Was Aaron in the movie?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL! Oh, yeah, he had a small part. I think his longest line was, to his son, "This is your famous uncle, Moses." But going before Pharaoh? Nope. Asking Pharaoh to let Israel go free... to worship JAH in the wilderness? Nope. Pharaoh saying he didn't know JAH/God? Uh-uh. In fact, Moses was the one with the conflict (between him and God). Moses didn't even believe in God - his Midianite wife, Zipporah, who believed in "Allah" did.
Oh, and his young son is the one who told him about God being up in/on Mt. Sinai... which Moses didn't believe... but for some reason decided to go up and "challenge" this "God" himself. To the point that the "mountain" tried to kill him (tossed him and some sheep back down), so that when "God" finally DID call his name ("God" being an 11-year-old boy standing in the VICINITY of a "burning" bush, but nothing and no one was IN the bush)... he was lying on his back, up to his chin in mud. No "Take off your shoes; this is holy ground." No hiding in the crag. No glory of JAH going back and forth...
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The 'Ten Commandments' left his role out (if I am remember that movie correctly).
So did this movie. Oh, yeah, and as dear Armand shared (peace, luv!)... Moses "wrote" the ten commandments. Carved them himself with a chisel and awl... while the little boy "God" watched over him. When he deigned to complai... ummm, question... it, "God" asked him if he would CHANGE any of the laws. Moses responded... by continuing to chisel.
THEN... when he was old (oh, he was about 30-40 when all of this took place - NOT 80+)... he transported the tablets... wait for it... in a plain old wooden box... on a cart pulled by oxen. No ark of the Covenant (i.e., gold covered, cherubs, poles...). No priests. No having the ark travel AT LEAST two miles ahead of the people... for THEIR safety...
No, ma'am. I felt like Camille Cosby: "This is a man I don't know." LOLOLOL!
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Anyway, rant over, lol.
Well, if that was your rant, luv... you might want to skip this movie - LOLOLOLOL! 'Cause we might hear you screamin' from here, if you see it - LOLOLOL!
Peace to you!
YSSFS of Christ,
Shel