The Ten Commandments

I was surprised how emotional I got.I knew the Biblical story but this explained the characters more about how they helped Moses.

The Pharaoh was a cruel man. He saw the Hebrew population growing and ordered all of the babies killed. Moses was saved by his brother Aaron and sister Mariam and put in a basket by their mother and put in the water.

Aaron his older brother who Moses did not meet until he was and adult. God spoke to Moses but he felt inferior to represent God. God had Aaron help Moses.

The animation was different. It was different not bad. It seem there were a lot of oriental names in the creation of the movie. One of the credits says Sparky Animation Singapore. The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt their animated images made them look to healthy, some were fat and some with sexy clothes. Pharaoh had the slaves work extra hard so to me being fat is not result of working hard being strong maybe but not fat. I don't believe they were fed well in Egypt during that time.

The music was very emotional. As I watched how God loved the people and Moses tried to obey God I became very emotional. It reminds me of how bad the people where and always wanted something from God and never satisfied. It made me think about myself too. How God loves us and we disobey and don't give God the respect and love he deserves.

I thought the message of this movie was excellent. It showed how God saved his people the Hebrews, how he fed them, took them through hard times and allowed them into the land HE Promised them.It showed how God punished those who hurt his people and that he can be vengeful to their enemies.

It showed how when we have little to no faith in God he still loves us and keeps his promises.

Elliott Gould played the voice of God, I thought he was excellent. The drawn expression in the character with their facial expression and eyes showed the love of the characters for one another. It was very touching as well.

How can you ruin such a great story? Answer: A. Insipid direction.

B. World's worst imagery and animation.

The story flounders as it focuses on the relationship of Moses to the Pharoah ("Ramses".) Were they at one point buddies? Did something sour Ramses and turn him into a grumpalumpagus? Who knows or cares? But hold on, the worst is yet to come: the nutso physiques of the characters. The leading men (Moses, Ramses, Aaron) seem to all sport chest implants that would shame the late Anna Nicole Smith. OK, so Moses and Ramses were raised in wealth, how did Aaron manage to acquire such gargantuan pecs while some of his compadres appear as emaciated as a displaced person.

Legs and torsos seem to have only the most casual acquaintance with one another. Eyes are over-sized in the manner of the Keane kids of the 60s.

Larding out the cast (pardon the pun)are anonymous Hebrew supernumeraries who are impossibly wide and fat. While that might be very progressive in giving work to morbidly obese cartoon characters, it's very jarring to the viewer. Kids (baby Moses, young Miriam, the Pharoah's first-born) manage to be repugnant rather than endearing.

Oh, and the color palette. WAY over the top.

The only positives: Eliot Gould and Ben Kingsley.

I saw this shortly after it opened in town. It was playing only in an obscure theater located in a low-end mall. I'd say there were under 40 other customers.

What a dud.

Yes, the story has been told many times before, on film alone. It also reminds me of a well-known old book. I didn't expect major liberties to be taken with the familiar story, but, what is the point of a new version which offers nothing new? The movie seems aimed at children, and adults with child-like sensibilities who have never heard this story before. The presentation is cornier than my Grannie's hominy stew! A serious and earnest mood seems appropriate, but the dialogue and mannerisms of the characters are so simplistic as to make them seem laughable. There are occasional attempts at humor, which are truly pathetic. These attempts are not only not funny, they pale compared to the attempts at humor from the old Davey and Goliath series. Many of the actors chosen for the voice work simply don't work. The choice of Christian Slater is found to be poor within ten minutes of his first utterance. There is a Kirk Douglas-like man among the complaining Hebrews, his voice rising, falling, and cracking much like the similar voice from Ren and Stimpy. There is a short, fat, crude, whining Hebrew who seems to be a caricature of a modern citified heathen. He becomes obnoxious early on, and never stops. Lastly, the teeth. Baby Moses has at least thirty teeth.....a miracle, perhaps? The teeth of the adults tend to glow, and seem like a set of dentures a bit too large for their mouths. All in all, a great disappointment.

WOW!! how did they get people to voice-over this movie? I had to sit through the "Music video" that they played at a Jeremy Camp concert to advertise for this movie. It looked like they were playing a crappy video game on the screen. I have seen other reviews for this movie, that say how great the animation is... I have seen better graphics on the original Xbox. Just because you are a Christian doesn't mean you have to stand for every pice of crap that is labeled Christian. This movie makes me ashamed to bea Christian!! Go out and buy yourself a copy of the Prince of Egypt, and stay away from the box office on this one!!! Run Don't Walk!!

This is a terrible film on every front: ghastly animation borrowed from a video game, boring music, paired with wretched acting from Christian Slater as Moses, Alfred Molina as Ramses, Elliott Gould (hideously miscast) as the voice of God, and a lot of people you've never heard of -- and it's just as well.

Are you a Bible scholar? You'll love the way they throw in the 16th century misreading of YHWH (Yahweh) as "Jehovah." Are you a Biblical literalist? Then enjoy the way the filmmakers have Moses abandon his wife and kiddies, let Aaron off the hook, and rewrite the punishment of the Israelites for that unfortunate Golden Calf affair. Are you a fan of Saturday morning cartoons? Stick with those; they have better acting and more wit.

The movie is also misnamed; the Big 10 occupy only a small part of it. It would have been better call it "Moses." Actually, it would have been best to leave it alone.