What can be said about The Ten Commandments that hasn't already been said? The story is enthralling; The acting/cast superb; The sets colossal and elaborate and the effects (while dated by today's standards) were mind-blowing at the time and stand up well enough even now so as to not be a detractor.
Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner are at their finest and both are simply amazing to watch. Other titans of film include Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price and John Caradine. While The Ten Commandments is a long movie (with intermission), the pacing and plot developments keep the viewer engaged and enthralled. Even if one is not a devout believer, the story is universal and timeless in its telling of an oppressed class of people subject to the whims of a tyrannical government and their struggle for freedom. It emphasizes the ideal that all men are created equal and no man should be born subject to another. It tells of the power of God's wrath (or Karma) in how those who do evil against their fellow man are repaid with death and destruction.
It is one of the greatest stories ever told. Even if one does not appreciate that it is a Biblical story, it still holds to many truths about the struggle of man against man that have endured throughout time. It is Shakespearean in its scale and scope, many complex characters and timeless message. The Ten Commandments is a classic that will endure, not simply because it is a 'Bible story', but because it speaks to the human heart in so many ways.
Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner are at their finest and both are simply amazing to watch. Other titans of film include Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price and John Caradine. While The Ten Commandments is a long movie (with intermission), the pacing and plot developments keep the viewer engaged and enthralled. Even if one is not a devout believer, the story is universal and timeless in its telling of an oppressed class of people subject to the whims of a tyrannical government and their struggle for freedom. It emphasizes the ideal that all men are created equal and no man should be born subject to another. It tells of the power of God's wrath (or Karma) in how those who do evil against their fellow man are repaid with death and destruction.
It is one of the greatest stories ever told. Even if one does not appreciate that it is a Biblical story, it still holds to many truths about the struggle of man against man that have endured throughout time. It is Shakespearean in its scale and scope, many complex characters and timeless message. The Ten Commandments is a classic that will endure, not simply because it is a 'Bible story', but because it speaks to the human heart in so many ways.