Ripley as an Egyptian Queen. Gandhi as Moses’ minister. And Ridley Scott directing it all.
Ridley Scott has much more source material to work from in his new Exodus: Gods and Kings, than Darren Aronofsky had with his take on the great flood in his Noah movie earlier this year. And it must be great fun to explore a plague of locusts and a parting sea for a veteran of films like Blade Runner and Alien.
The last time someone tried to take all this on with the scope the new Exodus film appears to explore was nearly 60 years ago with Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. That perennial Easter favorite made good use of its then-current technology to illustrate some great bible story scenes, but with all the CGI available today, Ridley Scott better pull out all the stops or his epic Bible film will fall flat like Aronofsky’s effort.
It’s unfortunate Exodus: Gods and Kings has one of those direct-to-video titles. Who signed off on such a poor title? Why not just Exodus?
