Sunday 28 December 2014

Walking in Memphis: A few things about Exodus: Gods and Kings


It. Goes. On. And. On. And. On. At one point in the film it seamlessly fast forwards ten years, IN REAL TIME. Coming out of the cinema I looked and felt like a weary, bearded Moses after one of his long walks. BECAUSE HE LOVES A GOOD OL’ LONG WALK.



Speaking of beards, a beardy Christian Bale wandering into the mountains only to return to the city years later to save the people of Gotham Memphis? IT’S A BIBLICAL BATMAN BEGINS!




Hang on, where’s Ben Kingsley? He’s always in these sorts of films.

Is that Yul Brynner? Oh no, it’s Joel Edgerton. I was hoping for a few musical numbers.




Because I was brought up to think that’s what Rameses and Moses did with their lives.



What’s Aaron Paul doing here?



There he is!




CROCODILES!


FROGS!



Has it finished yet? I need a wee.

There is a child playing God. If I was a kid and played GOD it would have gone to my head. How does this kid not acquire anything less than a gigantic ego? Surely God can only be played by an experienced and humble actor such as Morgan Freeman, or Alanis Morissette.


It was alright though.