A good example for the former would be Quantum of Solace, the latter Pocahontas or The Last Jedi. But if I’m not invested in the characters or what happens to them, no amount of aesthetic beauty can compel me otherwise. There are films I don’t find visually appealing, but which have such great characters and/or story I don’t mind. However, I mean to say that all other criteria I consider to have greater weight in the film’s overall quality. Film and television are inherently visual media, so I realize how strange this may sound. So, for the sake of simplicity, I’m going to break this up into categories.įor me, visuals are the least important aspect of film. This is one of those rare movies I really could talk about all day. Instead, it does what any great story should: it introduces memorable characters and, through their interactions and conflicts, raises some hard questions and crafts a story so engaging you can’t look away. The Prince of Egypt doesn’t busy itself with convincing the audience of anything. Rather than asking you to believe in God or even believe these events indeed took place, the film merely requires you to suspend your disbelief during its brisk runtime. The Prince of Egypt grapples with challenging themes and morally compromised characters on both sides. However, Antz seeks to differentiate itself from Disney and Saturday morning fare with sex jokes and PG-13 language. Both strive to be mature and adult there’s clearly a concerted effort to rise above the stupid assumptions surrounding the animated medium in America. The Prince of Egypt came right off of Antz’s heels, and honestly, no two of DreamWorks’ movies are more different. Let’s dive in and see how great God’s wonders can be.Įvery aspect of this production is top-notch, from the stunning animation to the cutting dialogue to one of the most impressive casts I can think of in any modern film. They both take characters from familiar stories that we take for granted and create complex heroes and sympathetic villains. Both represent things that, at least on paper, I am not interested in and shouldn’t like. Although it may seem random to compare the two, I feel similarly about The Prince of Egypt as I do about Hamilton. For one, while it explores the good and bad in religion and deals with ethical and spiritual questions, Hunchbackisn’t an inherently religious movie. The closest any other film has come to this rare experience for me is Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and even that is different on several counts. It’s also one of the few religious movies I admire as a film, an adaptation, and an exploration of spiritual questions and themes. This is the type of movie I wish Disney was brave enough to make. This is actually the film that made me want to go back and review DreamWorks movies and is quite possibly my favorite of theirs. However, I’ve only ever heard of a nonreligious person having an ethical issue with The Prince of Egypt once. Even the most basic marketing materials for a movie like God’s Not Dead or Breakthrough elicit as many groans and laughs as cheers. In fairness, however, most of them are worse than this. I’m not in the “Christians are a persecuted minority” camp, but most religious films that come out are ridiculed. As an agnostic myself, I think anything associated with religion, especially the Abrahamic religions, tends to draw ire from many people. I think it was courageous for any Hollywood studio, but particularly a brand new animation house, to make a film like this. Really, I think these are the types of things that can make any film great. I also found much of the dialogue and character work dull as a child, and now that’s my favorite stuff. I found some parts frustrating, like Yocheved putting Moses in the basket and Rameses attacking the Hebrews after releasing them. However, I really didn’t care for it much until more recently. This is a film I had as a kid, and I’ve known it as long as I can remember. The Prince of Egypt brings to life the story of Moses and the Hebrews’ plight in Egyptian bondage. Simon Wells, Steve Hickner, and former Disney story artist Brenda Chapman would direct the film, with Val Kilmer leading an all-star cast. In 1998, a faith-based, $60 million epic was quite a gamble for the fledgling animation studio. The Prince of Egypt was DreamWorks SKG’s second film release and their first traditionally animated movie.
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