Prince of Egypt Review: Raining Down Discontent Old Testament Style

[@kingbash6466]

It's still insane that Dreamworks of all companies would not only tackle the story of the Ten Commandments, but turn it into one of the greatest animated films of all time.

[@dean_l33]

Dream works is trully a glass cannon company. I feel like they almost never make a product of a consistant quality as it could be a master piece in one and complete ass the next

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

No kidding, back in the day DreamWorks didn't worry about making or referencing religion in their films, prince of Egypt was one example, I was surprised in road to el Dorado where the captain talked about his men describing them as, "hand picked by me, like the disciples of christ!" It's only one reference, but it's pretty deep from the character, referring to how Jesus picked his disciples personally, choosing the ones he thought were the best of the best!

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

After I watched the Behind the Scenes, I am fully in the belief that God had a direct influence on the team.

[@Skiazo]

The 10 commandments? Don’t you mean The Exodus?

[@SockieTheSockPuppet]

@Skiazo_chu _Prince of Egypt_ took some inspiration from _The Ten Commandments,_ which was a huge Hollywood production that starred Charlton Heston.

[@hotgrapescomics]

It's canon that Moses parted the Red Sea with a Beyblade

[@StuartLamothe]

Sea of Reeds

[@Higesgirl]

I remember being 4 and my dad taking me to the theaters to see it when it came out. I loved the animation so much that I was quiet the entire time.

[@ericchung3177]

This film is legitimately a masterpiece. Every frame is a painting, the songs are bangers and the emotional highs it reaches are insane. The visual quality in this movie really makes me weep at how cgi-infested animation has become. Imagine this animation studio adapting something like Berserk back in the late 90s/ early 00s.

[@redman9493]

There's CGI in this movie, but they blend it well so it's not off-putting.

[@spectron5012]

its about money, this movie had alot of money put in it while even today alot of animes barely get any, thats why "bad" cgi gets used

[@nobody4741]

@@spectron5012 while I do think money can one of the problems for CG in anime, I do think it is manly the lack of "know how" the use of CG is somewhat new for Japan, I do believe if they have a better grasp of CG it may not look breath taking but I do think it would have looked way better with the same amount of budget. One example that is more of an outlier is Ex-arm, unlike what people thought, the anime had a descent budget, they just invested it poorly.

[@Slavolko]

@@nobody4741 We've had good CG in anime recently (e.g. Land of the Lustrous), so it really does come down to whether the studio has the time, money, and desire to utilize it correctly.

[@Shatterstar]

Loli: *goes into extreme detail about a religious movie, showing love and appreciation for what he's covering. Also Loli: FUCK YOU BUY MY SHIRT!

[@Xaxp]

This is probably the best religion-oriented film ever made precisely because it doesn't cram religion down your throat, but instead portrays the story as best as it can. Moses' talk with God through the burning bush was one of the best portrayals of divine power I've seen in anything, and aside from the plagues, it was the most memorable scene in the film.

[@Tyler_W]

Others worth checking out are The Ten Commandments (anything with Charleton Heston is a classic), Ben Hur, Hacksaw Ridge, Silence, Jesus Revolution, The Passion of the Christ (gets kinda gory for my liking, but its a great film nonetheless), Amazing Grace (the one about William Wilberforce who headed the effort to end Britain's role in the slave trade), Luther, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Soul Surfer (where a girl got her arm eaten by a great white), Kingdom of Heaven (the extended cut of Ridley Scott's film is better), the Chronicles of Narnia films (the first two are good anyway), The Last Temptation of Christ, Andrei Rublev, The Devil All the Time (not explicitly Christian, but very clearly containing relevant themes about how our misconceptions of God lead people to justify acts of evil in the name of righteousness), Unbroken (the main character's experiences in WW2 were nuts), The Seventh Seal, The Tree of Life, The Book of Eli (I don't care, I'm including this because you can't exactly ignore its inherent religious/spiritual themes, and it was pretty clearly producer Denzel Washington's intent to preserve that element of the story, plus it's just a badass, underrated film where Washington and Gary Oldman absolutely kill ut), The Lord of the Rings (same reason as The Book of Eli, it stands on its own two feet, but there is very deliberate Christian themes and symbolism throughout). There are actually quite a few great films with inherently religious themes (and I just mentioned some films relevant to Christianity). Sadly, too many so-called "Christian films" suck for more or less the same reason why many environmentalist and social justice films today suck. They care more about proselytizing and using the film as a sermon more than concerning itself with telling a good story first and foremost. Thankfully, there are still many quality examples. As far as shows go, Daredevil is one of my favorite shows, and it also has a ton of religious themes, as does Midnight Mass.

[@kaled8839]

happy to see saul goodman as a recurring character and i hope hes thrown in for any subject except law in the future

[@redman9493]

"I'll piss on your grave, you bald bastard."

[@shortbushero]

Jimmy is serving parole through loli, he’s trapped in his basement with boto-chan

[@CrashWeezerman]

This is gonna be a fun comment section. Hey, fun fact: when you bring up that Moses & the Pharaoh were more likely an uncle & nephew relationship rather than brothers, turns out the Egyptians were real big on keeping the family line "pure". So it's possible that the old Pharaoh's son & Moses' uncle was also Moses' adopted brother.

[@Rahnonymous]

Summed up every royal bloodline. So focused on keeping the family strong that they cornered themselves into inbreeding

[@greas1233]

I think the Egyptian royalty only practiced incest with the Ptolemy's.

[@farsaltygamerx8946]

Fun fact I am the kid who had nightmares after watching this film when I was 5 or6

[@mychem20]

@@farsaltygamerx8946same lol

[@D-Havoc]

True, but revisionists will skin you alive if you bring that up.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

If you want more good religious stories that aren’t pureflix. Tarkovsky was devout orthodox. His movies are considered masterpieces even among secular audiences, and he was traditional. For fiction in general, we have Dostoevsky. Brilliant writer. And also orthodox. One of my favorite short story authors is Flannery O Connor, she was conservative Catholic. But her stories were grim(ie. Very interesting.) you aren’t gonna see pureflix make movies in her stories anytime soon. But there is gonna be a new anthology film called “five by Flannery.” There are plenty of great catholic authors. And even orthodox as well. A few Protestants. Early Hollywood had devoutly religious people as acclaimed directors. Cecil B Demille. Who made Ten Commandments, an acclaimed classic, was protestant. Frank Capra was catholic. He made it’s a wonderful life, among other classics. I think Howard Hawkes May have been a little religious. There are other catholic directors too. It’s a shame how Christian artistic standards have lowered. I know we can do better.

[@abrahemsamander3967]

Also. “Man of God” and “The Island” are highly rated orthodox movies

[@MarkMightBeBetter]

Thanks for covering this, prince of egypt is an absolute masterpiece. I wish there were more retellings (that isnt the last days of Christ) of christianity in media. Bless you loli, and may God be with you. Happy easter.

[@Guciom]

The fact that to this day with had no good take on the story of Samson is a crime!

[@oldmanjenkins3321]

@@Guciom i have been telling people for a while that the life of david could be an insane Game of Thrones level show with all the crazy political intrigue and war that happens during his time.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Prince of Egypt played on TV every year on the "holy week" and it's still one of the greatest animated films DreamWorks ever made for all religious and non-religious audience. The fact that the it takes 350 artists from 34 nations to craft the film is impressive.

[@Lazycandle]

So something interesting with the ten plagues is that each of them could have represented one of the Egyptian gods like the Nile turning into blood could have been for the god of the Nile hapi and all the subsequent frogs everywhere representing heket the fertility goddess with a frog head This could have been way to show that the Egyptian gods were powerless in the face of the true god

[@CrashWeezerman]

So you're saying God weaponized Kek?

[@marshalmarshall2109]

this movie is 25 years old, i feel old.

[@aredjayc2858]

Same

[@Snakedude4life]

“The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.“ 🎩 🐍 no step on Snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@razorflossrazor2937]

God this movie is a underated masterpiece.

[@Beef3D]

I personally am so sick of watching musicals, but "Thus saith the Lord" is an unmistakable rhythmic musical master piece. Both very contagious to sing along to and emotionally gripping as Moses watches in pain how the 7 plagues ravages innocent lives.

[@AdeptusMumbles]

Holy lord, the Saul Goodman bits are amazing.

[@termigamer1487]

I avoided watching this film as a child cause my brain combined the the hieroglyph scene with the "Cats VS Dogs" hieroglyph scene. So I had a 2-frame animation of crocodiles eating babies in my mind for years.

[@alexdilley987]

Didn't think we'd get a review of this. Not a religious guy, but this is one of my absolute favorite movies. Complex characters, stunning animation, and a killer soundtrack. Thanks for giving it a once-over...

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

It was so beautifully animated and I'm glad it's getting more love.

[@RogueFox2185]

It’s a shame that they never continued with the descendants of Moses on this art style, it probably could have done well a few years even post-90’s.

[@Guciom]

They did make a prequel The King of Dreams. Though it was straight to video.

[@DemonicRemption]

@@Guciom That was a prequel? I thought King of Dreams came out before this.

[@Tyler_W]

Imagine a movie about the life of David in this art style.

[@RepublicTrooper125]

@@Tyler_W David’s life in this art style would be an amazing story!

[@theholygamer969]

They thought we were the ones playing with the big boys. But we were acting on behalf of THE big boy.

[@houseoftoussaint9609]

As the agonistic in the room, I dunno what is true beyond that this film and it’s tragic story are fantastic. Beautiful art. Good job bringing awareness of this absolute gem.

[@ethanpopo5722]

The wendigoon clip was a great addition 😂

[@ravenseeker8267]

One of my favorite animated films of all time. Also i DID notice the Prince of persia: Sands of time soundtrack! Love that game.

[@SwaggyG_2102]

There was something amazing about DreamWorks' animated movies during its 2D animation phase. DreamWorks was basically made as a major "Fuck You" towards Disney during the late 90s to mid 2000s. Think DreamWorks as what the PS1 was to the SNES/N64, in a sense that they both were major contenders towards a company that was quite big at the time. Hell, this isn't the first time Disney was met with a rival that gave them a run for their money. During the mid-late 80s, Disney ended up getting beat out by Don Bluth Animations, a studio that was founded by Don Bluth, an ex-employee of Disney, which may or may not have a hand in leading to the Disney Renaissance. With all that out of the way, I just want to say that this movie is absolute animation KINO. A complete "must-see" for anyone interested in the animation genre.

[@hungedteddy7971]

If I remember correctly, one of the major co-founders of DreamWorks was an ex-Disney Employee who got passed up on promotion and was let go by Mike Eisner. Eventually he would form his own studio DreamWorks with Spielberg and that's why there are many jabs and insults to Disney and Eisner himself in Shrek.

[@Tyler_W]

Now it looks like we're in a period where DreamWorks and now Illumination are credibly challenging Disney's animation dominance.

[@MarkMightBeBetter]

Also, make Saul Goodman a reacurring character to explain your mistakes loli. I have a gun loli, do not test me.

[@LethargicGM]

You may have a gun, but Loli has Shota.

[@fwwaller]

Was that actually Bob Odenkirk? If not that’s the best impression of any character ive ever heard

[@dongbong7405]

@@fwwaller Loli trained an AI specifically to impersonate Saul Goodman. He posted about it on his twitter

[@hilotakenaka]

When I was young, I watched a musical based off Joseph and The Rainbow Coat, which was the very same story that the spin-off of this film was based on. The musical is pretty good; not the best lyric-wise, but it’s extremely catchy, and that’s probably what it set out to do. Plus it was made by the guys who did Jesus Christ Superstar, which is awesome.

[@insertsomememereferenceher8483]

Thanks for reviewing this one. My family has had this on DVD for ages but haven't watched it since I was a toddler. It's now my favorite animated film.

[@FerinHite]

Epic musicals like these truly needs to come back into fashion. I cannot think of a more complete way to sell how grand any one event might be than to a company it with a full orchestra and choir.

[@Tyler_W]

A movie about the crazy stories of King David would be sick. He gets chosen by a prophet as a boy to supplant a corrupt king. He kills a giant (and later the giant's siblings) in single combat. He becomes a renowned warrior and goes on the run from the king because of the King's jealousy where he forms a mercenary band of outcasts (quite possibly some of the inspiration for Robin Hood and his band). He becomes king, expands the kingdom, is mostly a great ruler and considered a virtuous man after God's own heart in the way that he always tried to do the right thing and made amends when he made mistakes. While he was on the run, he's actually a real hit with the ladies and ends up marrying two or three different women who are all in love with him, but because of the messy family dynamic and the pressures of ruling both a kingdom and his complicated household, he was kind of an inadequate father, which leads to some ugly family drama down the line between his various kids (real Game of Thrones level messiness). He gets wrapped up in adultery and gets the woman's husband (and his friend) killed in battle to cover up the pregnancy. He gets called out on it by a prophet and does what he can to make things right again. One of his sons leads a coup that splits the kingdom in a short-lived civil war, and he kills the captain of his royal guard for taking it upon himself to kill David's insubordinate son against David's wishes. There are some wild stories, and I'm kinda shrouded that nobody has seriously tried to adapt them like so many have with Moses and Jesus.

[@FerinHite]

@@Tyler_W Dude, Uriah alone could be pushed into full blown Hellfire-from-Hunchback territory if done right.

[@JediHobbit89]

Personally, my favorite candidate for the pharaoh of the exodus is Tutmose III, especially since that might make pharaoh's daughter who adopted Moses Hatshepsut. She was an ambitious queen who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh in her own right for decades. This would have informed her son Tutmose, giving him a massive chip on his shoulder from taking the throne at a later age than normal, not wanting to look weak in dealing with his adopted brother Moses. It also would line up with earlier history in an interesting way since 400 years before, Egypt was ruled by a dynasty of the Hyksos, semitic people from the Levant. This would've put Joseph and the Israelites' arrival then. A fellow semite would've been much friendlier towards Jacob and his family. The book of Exodus states that the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites were a new dynasty who came to power. It would make sense the native dynasty would enslave people who were related to their former overlords. So yeah, that's why a history nerd like me would like this theory.

[@axelmilan4292]

The first film I ever saw in an IMAX theater, and a stunning reminder of just how good western animation used to be.

[@kaj7135]

Dude, Where’s My Car? introduced me to the beautiful world of giantess fetishism long before Monsters Vs. Aliens.

[@bvdemier1]

Taggart:I know how we can get rid of every inhabitant of rock ridge. Govenor aide:How? Taggart:We'll kill the first male born in every household. Governor aid thinks about it for two seconds. "Too jewish"

[@TheDolphinTuna]

21:42 Not Job, but rather Joseph (whose story is told in Genesis) I haven't watched Joseph King of Dreams since I was a kid. I had fond memories of it, but it was direct-to-video fare. Nothing that could hold a candle to Prince of Egypt.

[@ostaruempire]

Absolutely love and adore this movie, it's rare to see an animated religious film get this much love and attention

[@CallMeDean97]

I have GOT to know what video that Wendigoon Magic Spoon Elf advertisement is from, I was so not ready for that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@juanleon1138]

Good stuff I was thinking everyone on the internet would just laugh at religious based materials but you saw the merit in the work and made an entertaining presentation. Also great research

[@brucewright8604]

The bop about everyone having their place in life still lives in my head rent free

[@spouwnerring]

As a kid, I got super distracted when Mozes enters a room and sees a person tied up in bed and 2 wolfs next that person also being tied up.

[@thekittehman]

I went through a SUPER edgy athiest phase and still LOVED this movie. It just goes to show that you can release a biblical story that appeals to everyone.

[@don_hato]

i guess you discovered reddit during that time lol

[@thekittehman]

@@don_hato howd u know

[@COSMICraven117]

appreciate the age of mythology music playing in the background

[@TenebraeXVII]

Tom, I know you're reading this and I am compelled by law to say "Hello"

[@riddytheone5435]

hello

[@juanwick4848]

HOLY SHIT… He actually DID make a Prince of Egypt video. ABSOLUTELY BASED (I shall not speak the word of curse on this Easter Sunday… aside from the one I already said… Lol, lmao even) AMEN 🙏

[@AntiDecepticonCampaign]

I would love to see more films like this

[@cornenthusiast6406]

Perfect video for easter

[@cornenthusiast6406]

I felt called out, CAUSE I HAVE IT WITH ALL Y OTHER VHS TAPES

[@Konnor1224]

This definitely got watched in my house a hundred times. Haven't seen it in 18years but I remember all these scenes.

[@ThePaintballer1994]

I watched this a little kid and I don't remember if I got nightmares from it or not but I also don't doubt it lol. I honestly wish Dreamworks still made movies like this. Not just because of my own desire to see more masterpiece works of animation about the Bible but because they're just legitimately good movies. I can't think of a single bad thing I'd say about this film. I also like that it feels like something I can show to a kid and it's not just brain candy because animation is a mixed bag and some people just slap shit together. Toss this in there with shows like The Last Airbender or something because it respects their intelligence and we need more of that. Good video, Loli. Happy Easter. Also, Christ is King.

[@spawnzillafinalwars]

This movie, and the iron giant are the two movies that essentially made up my early childhood. These kind of movies are truly timeless masterpieces. Here's hoping you make an Iron Giant review in the near future.

[@Trench1919A4]

That would be awesome if he does

[@MrLolguy93]

>Age of Mythology music in the background Nice

[@DeusExMau5]

11:40 of course, what a shocking revelation

[@aus741LX]

There's a prequel movie that does not get enough attention. Joseph: King of Dreams.

[@LYRADdl]

I 100% agree with this analysis. I was raised Catholic, but personally, I consider myself not at all religious. If I had to put a label I'm agnostic. So vaguely hearing about the Exodus story throughout my life or in media, I was somewhat familiar with it, and rewatching this movie when I was older, connected the dots. I feel for a person like myself who's not religious, a person can watch this movie without the religious context and just see the story as just that, A GOOD STORY. We can look at Biblical stories like we see myths of other cultures today, because at the end of the day, and I might rile feathers, that's what Abrahamic religions and their stories, are to those who "don't believe", they're just myths. Like Greek myth, Japanese myth, Celtic myth, etc. At one point in time in their respective regions, they were popular religions, like Abrahamic religions today, that people practiced before becoming myths. Sorry. I went on a tangent, but I enjoyed Prince of Egypt because it's beautifully animated, the songs are bangers (I don't like musicals either), and it's a good story for all the above reasons. So watch it even if you're not religious.

[@RocketJimmer]

This video was wonderfully timed, actually. This movie depicts the first Passover, and you uploaded this review of it on Passover.

[@rumpunched6277]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. God be with you

[@orboakin8074]

Loli dude, I don't know if you're religious or not but God bless you for this review and you did a great and balanced and funny/informative discourse. I love LOVE this movie🤩🤩 I first saw it on cable tv in 2002 when I was 8 years old in Nigeria. Yes, it being a bible movie was partly why I loved it what with being raised Catholic😂 (sill practicing the faith) but it was also such a different animated movie compared to teh usual fare I watched and teh mature story telling and multifaceted characterisation (seriously, i humanized Pharaoh😲) really hooked me. I still enjoy watching it to this day.

[@TheLordofAnime_]

Awesome video man! The Prince of Egypt is my favorite movie of all time and I love your analysis videos so this was awesome to wake up too!

[@CatsOverdrive]

Pleasant surprise to see you cover this. One of my top ten favorite animated movie. It's also in, what I call "personal duology". It's one of those movies where, if i watch this, I HAVE to watch the other one. Whenever I get in the mood to watch "Prince of Egypt", I have to then follow it up with "The Ten Commandments", or vice-versa(Yul Bryner as Rameses is just so fucking good). Same goes for "Hacksaw Ridge" and "Silence"(religious Andrew Garfield's "fun" adventures in Japan), or "Die Hard" and "Fat Man"(Go-to christmas movies).

[@Dimumouto]

Are you talking about Cecil B DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments'? I used to have my dads VHS copies of that film, but no VHS player to watch them on. Should probably look into getting the BD version one of these days.

[@CatsOverdrive]

@@Dimumouto Yep. Also, I recently checked out the 1960's epic "The Bible-In the Beginning", just two weeks ago. It's pretty much them going "Hey, what if we simply put these stories into the big screen? No, we're not going to 'modernize' it or 're-interpret' it, no. We're simply going to retell these stories as closely as it was written, using film techniques and technologies at the time." The result is...pretty wild, and ambitious.

[@bernard12324]

Appreciate you're always respectful with these things loli, shows you really care about the subjects you cover

[@dinkshrinkem]

Funny the video mentions Monsters vs. Aliens, but the movie following The Prince of Egypt and Eldorado, the 2D Sinbad movie, had a very "direct impact" on viewers, even some girls, IYKYK

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

Hey all! Little story I got for you all about this movie. Bout 7 years ago I was a junior in highschool and my mom left town for 2 days. I brought a friend over and we took 5 tabs of lsd we got from dream market online. So fucked we couldn't choose a movie so we walked barefoot in my backyard for 2 hours then came inside and turned this movie on. One of the longest movies I've ever experienced and it left a profound impact on me. It's still a meme with my friend who stoll quotes it. Anyway cheers! Back to reading berzerk. Finished conviction arc and getting the deluxe editions of millinium falcon arc in the mail this week!

[@alexkogan9755]

Didn't expect Loli to review Prince of Egypt, but I'm happy he did. By the way Passover did start this week so the timing is still appropriate. I kinda wish DreamWorks kept at their biblical filmography and tapped it off with the story of Esther, rounding it up as a trilogy and also playing into the Disney Princess subculture of the time (only not being nearly as cheesy). Also PLEASE review Joseph: King of Dreams, Loli!

[@dedd1943]

A great Story about betrayel and salvation with beautiful animation. A true american classic.

[@LibrarianSankore]

14:55 Alot of people don't get their water directly from the river but from wells in its bed. Because the wells are cleaner, so yeah the Nile to blood plague is very survivable.

[@britt6184]

I've always loved how the instruments sound angry when Ramses sings his part of the Plagues song. This film is great all around. The visuals, soundtrack, story etc.

[@BuenButter6211]

I saw this as a kid and I thank everyday that my mom bought it and watched it with me, it's a precious memory and that the movie is a masterpiece definitely helps

[@catholicphoenix7969]

Age of mythology music be vibing. Wonderful video for sure.

[@1234redwing]

Nice choice of background music, Prince of Persia Sands of Time is still one of my favorite games

[@joedredd1168]

One of my favourite animated films of all time. The songs and music are powerful, scenes where they align and more is being said than what is spoken is breathtaking, the animation is mesmerising. Truly one of the greats.

[@theonlybilge]

4:57 Now, I'm not a Christian, but as I understand it: Jesus, as both God and the son of God, is by virtue of said traits omniscient and therefore must have experienced and known sin, and that's just his nature as 100% divine, because he's supposed to be both 100% human and 100% divine. So Jesus as 100% human, must have experienced sin through that as well. Wouldn't it be disrespectful to portray Jesus as _not_ having troubles?

[@graymads]

I grew up with this film and to this day it still holds up extremely well. Christ be with you Loli.

[@calvin_the_hee4554]

I was literally about to watch this in a couple of hours for Easter, good timing loli. Christ is king 👑

[@pigionno]

22:47 that joke made me laugh more than it should've

[@elawesomo1000]

Joseph and the coat of many colors is not about job. I honestly don't think you could make the same type of movie like the prince of Egypt but about job. However I watched both The prince of Egypt and Joseph and the coat of many colors and all I really have to say is I'm sad there didn't make this a type of series where they just made bible stories into these beautiful pieces of art. They were truly amazing for their time.

[@Silenthero66]

I fucking adore this kind of ancient history, the insane variety of versions and interpretations, any one of them could be the truth of what happened.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

I still look up the aftermath of the plague of death when Moses collapses in tears after witnessing the 1st born being killed, it’s a truly human moment about the horrible burden he has to carry. Edit: another point about the plague of death, as the plague recedes with all the souls the sky shows the constellation Orion, the hunter.

[@grimwaldsilverpipe4326]

Wow didnt know this was in the works, what a great surprise!

[@Martinmd12-zt7vu]

Didn’t expect you to review something like this. Well played.

[@zacharyreichert5035]

The Saul Goodman cameo read bit is growing on me.

[@ravenRedwake]

4:30 you probably know this, but back in the days when there were strict codes of what could and could not be portrayed in films, Bible stories were one of the few sources where you could have gratuitous violence and sexual imagery and not be black listed. Seriously, the Old Testament is some straight up comic book/D&D stuff. The story of Samson is basically God of War and GTA against humans. Elisha didn’t take kindly to kids making fun of him being bald, so he summoned 30 she bears to eat them. That shit is fucking metal. Bronze Age type shit.

[@PLpatriot999]

happy easter

[@earleaccount]

I'm an Atheist and, your right, I love this movie. In spite of the fact that the Hebrews where never enslaved in Egypt and the Pyramids where not built by slaves. Other than that, yeah, I I like this movie and your video. :)

[@JaMeshuggah]

Thank you for being truthful

[@thejackal9834]

Last time I watched this movie I still had a VHS player...I need to rewatch it again actually for old times sake. The level of maturity in this film is far beyond many PG13 and adult movies being released today.

[@TheJonesChannel11]

The way you talk about biblical stuff tells me you know more than you're letting on. Which is not a negative. My parents really wanted me to watch this film and I did. The musicals and animation is what captivated me the most.

[@wojak-sensei6424]

It's Holy Week, I'm Catholic, and I'm probably on JC's naughty boy list already, but it has to be said. Moses' wife Zipporah in this movie... does things to me.

[@CarlMakesVideos]

I don't know if you were making a joke at 21:42, but Joseph King of Dreams doesn't cover the book of Job, but Genesis chapters 36-50 or so. The movie is less well-regarded for a couple reasons, but mostly because it lacks the budget of Prince of Egypt, was direct-to-VHS, and it SHOWS in comparison. I think, like the Dreamcoat stageplay, it also doesn't lean as heavily into the religious basis of the source material (Joseph can just interpret dreams, just because, and the prophetic aspect of this isn't mentioned, if I recall right).

[@feliciajackson679]

U don't understand how much I loved this movie when I was a kid brought back memories amazing video though 5 star

[@canibezeroun1988]

Hollywood could have just printed more money with movies like this, but had to subvert things. They could have easily did the life of King David. Might have needed a two parter, but you get wars, intrigue, love triangles, anything you needed. Shame it don't happen though.

[@oopus4]

It's a shame Dreamworks discontinued 2D animation after Simbad, but i guess 3D animation worked out on the long run for Dreamworks and cashed in with Shrek. I really liked Dreamworks 2D artstyle, it was different from what Disney made at the same time. Disney saw the success of Dreamworks and just stopped making 2D animation, at least feature-length movies.

[@theblackswordsman5039]

I never thought you’d review a Dreamworks animated film, but I’m glad you chose this one, it’s a masterpiece from a time when corporations didn’t go woke and decide to ruin animation.

[@Nword2000]

i assume you are joking or something ?

[@theblackswordsman5039]

@@Nword2000 I changed the comment

[@Nword2000]

@@theblackswordsman5039 oh got It hahaha

[@AbsalomIndustries]

When I watched it for the first time I remember thinking it was an animated version of the Charlton Heston movie, The Ten Commandments. And to be honest, it kind of plays out the same way with the same changes to the original Bible story (departures from the text, that is). Still a very good movie, though.

[@BaronR]

Big props for Prince of Persia soundtrack in the background. Based music choices as always

[@tribacioustee2846]

Gonna rewatch this movie for Easter. Looking forward to it

[@MANNY100123]

This is one of my all-time favorite films from my childhood! G'stuff, Man!

[@JanJansen985]

20:00 Its like in morrowind when you get a daedric quest your player character is the guy talking when the prince gives you a quest

[@blimp9741]

vaguely remembered watching this when I was an infant then my history teacher played this movie during class and it was amazing I was absolutely stunned with how it looked

[@jonerikson5925]

This and the Ten Commsndments, I try to watch at least once a year, both are classics.

[@saheliumd7182]

The music brings me to tears every time I hear it

[@aredjayc2858]

Unironically the GOAT film

[@theduxabides9274]

The Whale Shark scene is awesome