*SHE NEVER HEARD OF MOSES!!* my Vietnamese friend watches Prince of Egypt for the first time

[@pixy6007]

The voice of Jochebed (or Yocheved), Moses's mother, is Ofra Haza, and she sang the song in the English, French, Dutch, German, Greek, Swedish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, and Hebrew releases of the film.

[@robynmontgomery9826]

Rest in peace, lovely Ofra.

[@NetanelWorthy]

An Israeli icon

[@mischr13]

RIP Ofra Haza, we miss you

[@mistymane52]

That’s amazing!!! I didn’t know it was possible to be able to sing in so many languages!

[@mischr13]

@@mistymane52 many singers sing phonetically in languages they don't know, it's not that they speak that many languages...but singing phonetically is very impressive too. you may also recognize her voice from the movie Gladiator, I used to listen to that soundtrack on repeat

[@manon_0411]

When Moses goes to find Rameses after Pharaoh scolds him, he is humming/whistling the song that his mom sang to him when she put him in the basket. So he does remember at least the melody. That's why he's so shocked when his sister sings it to him. We need to fill in the blanks. He remembered the melody some time in his childhood, and probably asked his adoptive mother about it as a child or teenager, and she obviously didn't know it. Seeing that he whistles it at a relatively simple moment when he goes to his brother, it means that he probably sings t to himself or at least thinks about it semi-regularly. So basically, he has this melody that is very familiar to him but he doesn't know where it's from. So when his sister sings it, he doesn't really remember the moment he was put in a basket nor his mom, but he realizes that the girl is singing to him the song that apparently no one else in his surroundings knows. So he realizes that that must be where he knows it from and his brain puts the pieces together. You have to really pay attention to catch the fact that he's whistling it earlier in the movie to get the exact thing though.

[@TheImaginator972]

One of the greatest animated movie of all time and I always consider "The Prince Of Egypt" as my all time favorite movie of the entire decades.

[@nickreacts6394]

It's a great choice!

[@TheImaginator972]

@@nickreacts6394 Glad I was born in 1998, an awesome year full of great movies like Prince Of Egypt, Mulan, Bug's Life, Antz, Scooby Doo On Zombie Island, and among many others.

[@robertbretschneider765]

@@nickreacts6394 My family is christian, and we used to watch it (this movie) once every year at the jewish pessach, the thursday before eastern, including afterwards the traditional jewish meal, lamb, unsoured bread, bitter herbs and salty water, together with performing the jewish pessach table ritual spoken in hebrew language... thats something truly special, if its something all of u believe in and doing it after people have kept doing so for several thousands of years every year. Christians and jews are brothers in this belive... christians are the younger brothers, planted into the old jewish oil tree...

[@spitballshooter8585]

Moses smashed the ten commandments right after he got the down from the mountain.

[@scienceroom7651]

​@@nickreacts6394Allah is the God

[@babs3241]

I think the scene where Moses weeps for the Egyptians is brilliant dramatization of part of the Passover Haggadah (the interactive version of the story told during the seder) when you have to remove a drop of wine from your cup for every one of the plagues, because the suffering the foes diminishes the joy of victory.

[@gerstelb]

That scene is why I will always consider this adaptation superior to The Ten Commandments. In that, Charlton Heston-Moses just walks away from Pharaoh’s throne room praising God and his deliverance of his people; in this, Moses weeps over the cost of that deliverance. (Well, there are some other bits in the script that I object to simply because they’re too obviously Christian, especially when Charlton Heston comes back from the Burning Bush and quotes the beginning of the Book of John, but this one is the kicker,)

[@Jaasau]

Yes, yes, yes. It is brilliant.

[@TwilightLink77]

@@gerstelbEven in the song of The 7 Plagues Moses didn’t like that his home has to suffer for Ramses’ actions.

[@gillybeanbaby]

You should now have your friend pick a movie from her culture that you have no familiarity with! I think that would be so cool 😎

[@artsysabs]

Ooo a nice idea

[@gotpaladin9520]

most people dont realize that america makes the cinema culture for other places. I learned this from plenty of foreign exchange students. They arent in a financial situation nationally to make art but rather focus on survival and stabilizing their countries.

[@DamnQuilty]

That is an awesome idea

[@kellyadams79]

Christianity is not a culture this is a precursor to Jesus Christ who is Jehovah God's Son. Who died for all mankind, For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whoever will believe on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

[@gotpaladin9520]

@@kellyadams79 religions are part of a culture......they have different religions where she is from so Christianity is not part of her culture.

[@NetanelWorthy]

According to the Torah, during the death of the firstborn, it wasn’t just for the Hebrews. The Egyptians also heard about it, and any Egyptian that did the same thing, blood on the door posts, would’ve been spared. Just like any Hebrew that did not do blood on his door post, would have died. It wasn’t a matter of one side or the other. It was a matter of obeying. Either would be spared if they listened to the instructions.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

I think the Bible says the same thing though it’s a bit more subtle.

[@tfeya777]

According to the New Testament, that is the foreshadowing of the blood of Christ. In the same way, anyone under the blood of the Lamb (Jesus) has life, and anyone without, does not have life. No matter if Jew or gentile.

[@supernautacus]

It's very sad Akhenaten just would not listen!!! Once he came back from the Sea Of Reeds, without his household guard....needless to say, he didn't live very long. Tutankhamen (the surviving son) was a much better man. And leader as well. Of course he changed his name and dropped Aten worship,

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@supernautacus Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia, King Tut.

[@supernautacus]

@@Powerranger-le4up Now when he was a young man, He never thought he'd see People stand in line to see the boy king.

[@taniahylian3799]

As someone who grew up in a non religious household, i also first heard about Moses from this movie. I remember when I was a few years older reading the bible for kids and thinking "hey, it's that Moses guy from The Prince of Egypt!" Lol

[@wwmandalore]

Something that's really cool is that each of the plagues was actually an attack on one of the gods of Egypt. They weren't random choices; each plague was chosen on purpose.

[@Kreepie11]

Something I didn't know! Neat, thank you! Though why "God" chose to hate on Hathor I'll never know - she already went through a character arc lol

[@rebeccamichael626]

Moses was trying to warn Rameses about the last plague. Not because it was going to smite every first born, but because Rameses (unknowingly) chose that plague. He was planning on killing the Hebrews again, so God made the last plague kill the Egyptians.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

@@Kreepie11 Basically, God was showing how powerful he was and how powerless Egypt’s gods were

[@Vintisha7]

@@Kreepie11 The movie made a lot of stuff up that is not actually in the Bible. Moses was not a young man when he led the Israelites out of Egypt he was literally 80 yrs old. I dont think I remember ever reading about someone named Hathor in Exodus...

[@Kreepie11]

@@Vintisha7 Yeah I just did a quick search online and found "Ten Egyptian Plagues for Ten Egyptian Gods and Goddesses," and in that list they included Hathor. I didn't look into the validity. But Hathor used to be Sekhmet before she got super drunk and decided to give up on killing mortals, so I thought it was a little funny - based on mythology alone - that she was one of the ones to be chosen. But really, if the Plagues were indeed chosen for the deities of Egypt, they would have just picked the ten most popular ones at the time of writing. I know, I get it; I was just trying to be lighthearted. :)

[@melissapeters6370]

26:00 actually it didn’t matter if you were Egyptian or Hebrew to escape the plague. Many Egyptians followed instructions from hebrews to put blood on their doors to escape the plague. The large majority that were affected were either people who most likely disregarded the warnings of Hebrew people/had no clue about it.

[@brigidtheirish]

Quite a few Egyptians followed the Hebrews into the desert, too.

[@kristinahuchison2511]

Yep! If you watch When You Believe, you’ll see a couple Egyptian soldiers dropping their weapons and they end up joining the Hebrews from Egypt, which was allowed as long as they worshipped Elohim, the God of the Hebrews. There were a few Egyptians that actually painted blood on their doorframes to protect their firstborn from the final plague.

[@JimmyXWolvie]

This movie is my #1 Dreamworks movie of all time. I've been watching "Prince of Egypt" since is was a kid and every time I re visit this world, I learn something new the older I get. Thanks for this reaction Thor! The 2D animation is breathtaking, I enjoy the classic exodus story, and I truly miss this kind of style in general. God Bless.✌

[@nickreacts6394]

It really is an impressive masterpiece, possibly my favorite Dreamworks film

[@TheImaginator972]

Certainly better than all the other hand-drawing movies even Prince Of Egypt is better then Disney.

[@paulasantos__]

I love Bible histories and agree with you, 2D animation is amazing, I also miss more movies with this animation style.

[@JimmyXWolvie]

@@paulasantos__ ☺👍

[@floppsymoppsy5969]

Honey, don't call yourself uncultured! You are full of culture, this is just new stuff to enjoy ☺️

[@maureenseel118]

I can 110% say I don't know much about Vietnamese culture. Inexperienced is a better word and aren't we all inexperienced/haven't been exposed to things?

[@madisonwaycaster9832]

I love the scene where Moses kills the slaver saying "LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE!" instead of "Leave that slave alone" now that he's been forced to face the origin of his birth he's also forced to face the humanity of the people who yesterday he did give a second glance at.

[@manon_0411]

Fun fact: for the visual when the hand of God comes down to kill all first-borned after the plagues, the animators actually were inspired by the hand of God in Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark! They thought the visual was pretty cool so they used something extremely similar. I find it pretty funny since you saw that just before this!

[@Powerranger-le4up]

If you watch closely, there is a bit of religious imagery. Generally, Christians like myself believe that God breathed life into us and created our soul. When we die, that breath of life is taken away and our soul leaves our physical body. Truthfully, when God was forced to go through that plague, the first borne’ deaths were quick and painless compared to what they did to the Hebrew babies.

[@Jaasau]

Biblically, it is the “Angel of death.”

[@Galistarwater]

I'm Vietnamese-American and I've seen this movie as a kid when it first came out. To this day, it's still one of my most favorite animated films.

[@shesalilsapphicokay]

11:30 > 11:34 love the whole movie but particularly can't get over these few moments. He tells himself and others things, but the horror in his eyes gives away how he really feels. It's so well animated.👏 Glad you guys reacted to this.

[@revangerang]

Good point. He was almost certainly groomed to believe that, the same way he did to Rameses.

[@menchi678]

I'm not even religious, but I LOVE this movie so much. I can watch it millions of times, the soundtrack it's soooo gooood🤚🏻🤧💗

[@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges]

May I know why aren't you religious? If it's for a logical reasons I can provide evidence if you want, however if it's for emotional reasons than I am not the right person to deal with.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

A mature, epic masterpiece that could easily be mistaken for one of the Disney films of the time. This is the definitive adaptation of this story.

[@almag4571]

To answer your questions, since it came out on VHS (yes, it was still these times) teachers in Israel - in all 12 years of school - have been using this movie to avoid having to make up a holiday activity come Passover. We watch it pretty early...

[@erinnadia0409]

As far as children watching this. I watched this for the first time when I was 6 or 7 and I never felt afraid, I grew up Catholic though so I was told stories of the Old Testament without sugar coating it, I always loved the Old Testament stories growing up. My parents would just explain the themes and I understood death well at a young age. I love the songs so much from this film.

[@brigidtheirish]

Grew up Catholic, too! The Old Testament stories or *amazing.*

[@Thelaretus]

_Mementō morī!_ Children have to understand pain and death from an early age, indeed. Much love from a Catholic Christian in Brazil.

[@elkingoh4543]

Malaysian Catholic here, I am 100% agree

[@RachelKaplanMini]

Moses mom voice is Ofra Haza who is one of the most beloved Israeli and Jewish singers of all time. You should check out her song Jerusalem of Gold - her voice in that song may make you faint it’s that good!

[@gunnfredriksen]

Thank you, Thor, for sharing this reaction with us, and thank you, Jessie, for watching the movie with him. I definitely understand how watching a historical movie related to a different/foreign culture can be quite challenging, but it was great hearing your thoughts on it. I remember watching the movie with one of my classmates when it first came out in 1998. We were 14 years old at the time.

[@maia98]

In Hebrew the name moses means to draw out, the way he was drawn out of the river. Also the reason the Egyptians were killing the Jewish people was for two reasons. The first being that they were outgrowing the Egyptian population. The second reason is because a profit predicted that a deliverer will be born to save the Jewish people. This leads to a really interesting story about how after the princess saved moses from the river the King and his advisers tested him by putting two platers in front of him one with gold and the other with hot coals. If he was to touch the one with gold he would have been executed witch is almost what happened but and angel moved his hand to touch the coals. Because he burnt his hands on the coal he put them in his mouth causing him to burn his mouth and have a permanent stutter which lead to him feeling insecure about being a leader of the Jewish people because according to him he could hardly speak to them. Sorry for rambling but there are a lot of really cool storys that didn't get included that really help you better understand the movie. I'm not even religious just a dork when it comes to certain things 😅

[@nivlacsenoj6264]

USA is today’s Egypt.

[@rebeccamichael626]

The people are reffered to as Israelites, until their return from the Babylonian Exile in the late 6th century bce.

[@rfresa]

Prophet not profit. 😉

[@jlew13jl]

There is much debate among scholars on whether the name is Hebrew or Egyptian.

[@jlew13jl]

@@rebeccamichael626 the Egyptians called them the Shasu.

[@erinnadia0409]

I'm so ready for this! This film along with Spirited Away will always be my favourite animated film. The animation in this blows me away. I can't believe this is from the 90s

[@jonathancruz5932]

I remember this movie when I was a kid. My parents took me to the theater and there were hundreds of people in line by faith and Christians to watch this movie. It was amazing

[@thunder_wolf23]

Of all the depictions of angels in movies or shows, The Prince of Egypt's depiction of the Angel of Death is by far my favorite. No wings or haloes or swords, just a shapeless white mist that cannot be stopped, resisted, or reasoned with. A being with a mission given by God that no one could prevent it from completing. If you extensively read and think about the writing in the Bible, you'll remember that our usual image of angels is from Renaissance artworks. There's a reason that almost every time an angel appears in the Bible, the first thing they say is to not be afraid.

[@shainewhite2781]

The epic retelling of The Ten Commandments.

[@nickreacts6394]

Truly EPIC

[@eugeniapatroncosta920]

The Prince of Egypt is one of my favourite DreamWorks movies.

[@matheusmariani3108]

Not only the Plagues were pressuring the Pharaoh to free the Hebrews, but they also convinced Egyptians to turn sides and go with the Hebrews. For example: some Egyptians put the lamb blood on their doors, and some Egyptians are seen on the Red Sea crossing scene.

[@silversamurai0267]

So, about whether he remembered his siblings or not: Earlier, when he's comforting Rameses, you can actually hear him humming the song his mother sang when she sent him adrift in the basket. He may not have recognized it for what it was, but it was still a tune he knew. He probably thought that he made it up as a young child. So, when she sang the song, he had to face the fact that she was singing a song that he believed only he knew. That was all the proof he needed to completely shatter his world-view. He didn't remember them - he just realized that it was impossible for them to be lying at that point.

[@lelmdrWHO]

yeeees! please do Joseph: King of Dreams too!! same creators and style. It's less popular because cast is less well known and the music isn't quite as epic, but I would argue the story is much better and the animation improves even more. Also Spirit: Stallion of the Cimeron. Very different movie but equally gorgous and FANTASTIC music and I promise you've never encountered another story told the same way as it. I won't spoil it, but highly suggest y'all check it out

[@KindredKeepsake]

Joseph: King of Dreams was so fun!

[@quasi8180]

I do still really enjoy joseph king of dreams

[@kristinahuchison2511]

Yes! I grew up on all three of these, and I find both just as underrated as the Prince of Egypt. Spirit specifically was one of my favorites as a kid and made me cry everytime seeing Spirit get separated from his herd

[@TopsyTriceratops]

Heck, I would enjoy just a review of Nick gushing over this film. It deserves it, from the effort, the labor, the dedication, cost, and so much more. It doesn't get praised enough, even. Whilst it greatly pales in comparison to Prince of Egypt, I would LOVE to see Nick react to the prequel King of Dreams. The art style is the same along with the spirit and attempt at fun and accuracy, just with a much smaller scale and budget.

[@georgev3433]

So some fun Moses story facts they edit/leave out of the movie. 1. Moses was found by one of Pharos’s daughters, not the queen. His mom was actually conscripted as the Midwife to help raise him. 2. Moses actually has a kid with Zipporah. On the way back to Egypt and angel tries killing Moses, and only stops when Zipporah circumcises the kid and lays the foreskin at Moses’s feet. 3. Moses was a crappy speaker (often interpreted as having a speech impairment) so God got Aron (his brother in law) to help speak for Moses 4. The Egyptian priests we’re supposedly able to recreate the first couple plagues, giving credit to their power. 5. God actively hardens Pharos heart after each plague making him not willing to let the Hebrews go.

[@nickreacts6394]

Is this the best 2D animated film?? (it's up there for me...)

[@theofficalsilentraven]

Of course it's the best!

[@emilyrln]

Imho Princess Mononoke is up there alongside Prince of Egypt in terms of visuals, characters, and plot. Both are masterpieces. BUT Prince of Egypt has the extra level of being a musical, which puts it just a _little_ bit higher on my yardstick 😂

[@kristinahuchison2511]

@@emilyrlnPrincess Mononoke is underrated imo. One of my favorites from Studio Ghibli. Same with Pocahontas and the Lion King

[@mistingwolf]

Such an excellent animation! And the music~ *chef's kiss* edit-side note: There's a fascinating documentary on Curiosity Stream about the biblical plagues if you want a scientific view of how the plagues may have come about.

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

Even better is watching a video of how the walls of Jericho could collapse as it's written in the bible

[@erinnadia0409]

Oh what is it called? I love documentaries about the bible

[@toolatetothestory]

Music from this movie is still absolutely legendary. Still listen to the soundtrack sometimes, especially Deliver us and The Plagues. But also? Moses adoptive mother was genuinely nice. She did her best to raise him, no matter where he came from. Feel kinda bad for her. And I do also see how Ramses would be hurt, after all, his own brother never returned for him. And genuinely think God went a bit... overbaord with the Plagues. Mostly innocents suffered. Nearly only innocents. They didn't deserve that.

[@nickreacts6394]

It’s one of my most replayed movie soundtracks EVER

[@beefcupcakes5959]

People always seem to forget God is an angry God. Especially in the Old Testament. He wants to save people but won't hesitate to destroy them either (The flood, the plagues, Sodom and Gomorrah). He's not all sunshine and rainbows.

[@toolatetothestory]

@@beefcupcakes5959 Oh trust me, I don't forget that. Personally, I straight up think God is the bad guy. He does gaslight quite a bit, making people suffer "for their own good", and if you don't obey he punishes you for no other reason that you having a will on your own. Which is... kinda textbook abuser. His own book makes him look terrible if you don't fall for the gaslighting.

[@beefcupcakes5959]

@@toolatetothestory at the same time he still loves us and wants to save as many as he can. He created us, after all

[@toolatetothestory]

@@beefcupcakes5959 Save, or enslave Because "saving" in this context is to become his mindless drone, just existing to worship him for eternity Doesn't sound like saving to me. That's just slavery. Maybe he was mad at Egypt only because they took his slaves away from him. Considering how the travel goes, it wasn't exactly better than before

[@Jaasau]

One of the greatest films of all time. Not just animated films. It’s just stunning in almost every way.

[@katleona2101]

Totally unrelated but I was constantly distracted by Jessie's guitar on the back I kept trying to figure out what the hell was AHAMAY and then I figured out it says YAMAHA and I feel so dumb... as always very entertaining video and I really love this movie is one of my favorite animations, the art, the music, the character development and it doesn't necessarily feel that they're pushing religion.

[@nicolajvangsgaard6144]

This movie is an undoubtable masterpiece. Its such an overlooked gem and more people need to talk about it.

[@davidnobre5660]

watching this movie always makes me cry

[@gracesreadsalotayy182]

From what I faintly remember from reading the Exodus, Moses felt so much guilt/stress of the plagues so God went "okay fine, the next plague will come from Pharaohs mouth " which plays to Ramses declaring all the hebrew children will die

[@bidishah]

Definitely my comfort movie. I turn to it whenever I feel down or depressed and it gives me such a warm feeling.

[@gerstelb]

For several years I thought that Michelle Pfeiffer, who voices Tzipporah, was the only major cast member who did both the speaking and singing parts for her character, but recently someone corrected me and said that Ralph Fiennes, who voices Ramses, also sang. 16:20 Cecil B. deMille made movies called The Ten Commandments twice, once in the silent era, and then the famous one with Charlton Heston. There are other adaptations, (IMDB lists 8 movies or TV series called The Ten Commandments) but one notable one is a 1974 mini series “Moses the Lawgiver” that was also cut into a movie release, which stars Burt Lancaster as Moses (one of the few times a Jewish actor has played him.) 20:31 I suspect several ancient throne rooms were deliberately pre-rigged to allow the king or official court priests or magicians to awe visitors. I think I remember hearing about a throne (Byzantine?) that rose in the air.

[@brigidtheirish]

Rigging magic tricks like that was pretty common in temples, too. One features in the Book of Daniel in what might be the earliest detective mystery ever written.

[@laluhuizi29]

I love watching him gawk and absolutely love watching this movie appreciating everything about it 💛 it’s such a cool feeling to share

[@boodstain]

The Pyramids weren't actually built by slaves, no slave could produce such a work with the meticulous and precise cutting and placement needed, and the tools found in excavations were from professional use. They were built by paid professional laborers (we now know as they ate meat, found preserved in tombs, something no slave would've been provided) and after completing the main Pyramid they were given permission to have their own bodies placed in the smaller build pyramids around the main one once they died, one of the highest honors that one could have in Egypt being berried in what was essentially royal tombs. (not all of them were for them, as many were smaller tombs build by pharaohs years later) Slaves were apart of the process with supplying with food and water of course, but they were not apart of the building process itself. This theory of slaves was used before the evidence of the artisans was found as it was previously thought that no Empire at the time had the resources or provisions to pay, feed, and house the workers, however they did, it just shows the power and resources of an Empire so old and ancient that the Pyramid's being finished is closer in age to the first civilizations in history than Cleopatra was to it.

[@isaacrogers4890]

Biblically, slaves were also seen differently. Slaves weren't always subhuman property, they were often artisans. Often, not always, a slave was just someone working off a debt which they could do with the skills they learned from their father in the family trade, sometimes they would have to train their own children in the same kind of skilled labor if the debt was too great for them to pay off in their own lifetime. These people even had their very own homes, not provided living spaces; sure they were subpar but that was because they were too busy paying off debts to make good money, and they were also payed just enough to keep them fed and strong, the idea that slaves did not receive meat doesn't make sense from a labor standpoint, they wouldn't be able to work being malnourished and no one benefits. Eventually the Egyptians did get power hungry and try to get more out of the slaves, slowly treating them worse and worse until the threat of an uprising became an actual concern. After killing Hebrew children to keep numbers down, they justified it by claiming that the debt the Hebrews owed to them meant they could do with them as they pleased. Yes slavery is always terrible but the point is, it wasn't always the same thing everywhere, and some slaves were most definitely skilled laborers, just because they weren't treated as cruel by their masters doesn't mean they weren't slaves.

[@thegreatmonacage3782]

From what I remember, in the book of Exodus in the bible, the slaves don't make the statues or pyramids. They just make the bricks.

[@tfeya777]

@@thegreatmonacage3782 it would take a whole lot more people to make brick than to direct the building process or do intricate details and so on, so makes sense that most would in fact be lowly type of slaves. But yeah not all slaves were lowly and many would have been very skilled professionals that would have started mastering their trade early in childhood even

[@Silvia_Arienti]

@@thegreatmonacage3782 According to the Bible they built the supply cities of Pithom and Pi-Ramesses. The pyramids were built long before Abraham.

[@ryantannar5301]

no serious Old Testament scholar claims they worked on the pyramids. It's commonly portrayed that way, but that's not something thought or taught by Christian and Jewish religious unless they are uniquely unqualified.

[@mogwiawolf4354]

grew up watching this love all of it especially when moses meets god, and when they sing with the plagues, and when moses parts the red sea and i'm an atheist

[@nickreacts6394]

Some truly memorable moments, the parting of the Sea is simply EPIC

[@echowall5967]

@@nickreacts6394 parting of the Red Sea animation took two years

[@mogwiawolf4354]

@@nickreacts6394 agreed

[@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges]

@@mogwiawolf4354 I can provide evidence to challenge your atheism if you're interested.

[@georgev3433]

Before Moses goes to comfort Ramses in the beginning, you can hear him humming his Mom’s prayer/song as he stitches the bag. Clearly the tune stick with him.

[@nobodys_hear]

People who didn’t do well on “Prince of Egypt “ were sent to work on skrek. It was referred as “getting shrek’ed”

[@Quirderph]

If I'm not mistaken they were expecting that film to be a complete failure.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

30:35 Archeologists have found remains of Egyptian chariots in the Red Sea.

[@Sabrecho]

About Moses getting freaked out by his sister singing their mother's song: That song was in Moses' head all through growing up. You can even hear him whistling the melody in the movie at 13m, 33s. It's just after Pharoah chews them out and then they go to "their childhood place."

[@rolay504]

The older i get and rewatching this movie it hits me harder everytime.

[@drekvolker3430]

GREAT COMMENTS THOR! I really enjoyed your apreciations being a t the same time a guide to your guest. You should talk more in your shared video reactions. Congrats

[@nickreacts6394]

Thanks so much!

[@paulasantos__]

I love the Bible histories and I love this movie! It's amazing! Agree with you, they made wonderful effects in this part. 17:45

[@Stephie_L]

Oh wow...you loved this one so much you reacted to it twice?? haha. I'll try and catch the highlights later but I suppose you'll be giving out more "sunday school" lessons for Jessie? It was pretty funny seeing you do that in Indiana Jones. To be honest you probably know more than me as I only know the broad strokes (I was never crazy about the old testament cause it read like a history book...so this will be educational for me too). PS: I just played a bit of the intro and Jessie's blank face when you started talking about the Bible is just hilarious. The good thing about this film is that it doesn't matter if you don't know anything about the Bible because the general themes of faith and the brotherhood is pretty universal...it's one of the many reasons I love this film so much. I'm really looking forward to hearing what you both have to say about this one :)

[@nickreacts6394]

Yeah, this movie is one of my favorites that I’ve ever reacted to, it’s so well-made it inspires me. I didn’t give too many Sunday School pointers to Jessie haha, but it was interesting since she knew nothing about the story, and I just helped explain a couple plot points. I hope you like the commentary from myself and then Jessie’s “tabula raza” perspective, I just wish KZbin let us play the music in the reaction!

[@Stephie_L]

@@nickreacts6394 Yeah, it will definitely be interesting to hear your opinion having seen it already and I'm actually enjoying Jessie's take...I was dying when she thought the sand in Indiana Jones was cocaine 😂- FYI I had to google "tabula rasa"...it's a philosophical term? (no surprises there Thor haha). Very interesting actually...I've been thinking about the psychology/ philosophy behind the "blank state" recently so that's cool :)

[@lc8155]

Great reaction!

[@brigidtheirish]

As I recall, the death of the firstborn wasn't limited to people. The first born of their livestock also died.

[@nowthatisawesome5431]

Her: “is this story real? Or is it in the Bible?” Answer: YES 🙂

[@echowall5967]

I was thinking that too

[@steampunckairship]

Like even from a Non-Religous stand point it's sort of like asking if historical fiction is real, so Yesn't.

[@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges]

@@steampunckairship Look, I am not a fundamentalist. Whenever we look at a Biblical text we first have to identify it's literary genra, recognize the literary devices it's utilizing, recognize the cultural context in which it was written, and the original language. So I for example have no problem saying that books like Job or Esther aren't historical. That's not the case with the book of Exodus however. I admit I have been neglecting the study of the historical Exodus as I just didn't consider it too important of a point to whether Christianity is true or not even after I became undoubtedly convinced of it. Now that I decided that I want to do some scholarship in the future and pursue a higher education than just self study, I started doing some research into this area also. Unfortunately I had to take a break with it due to getting my driving license, but I will tell you what I came across so far. I have not yet looked into the external evidence, but here is some internal evidence. The Exodus - wilderness narratives (Exodus - Numbers) contain 27 different individual Egyptian loanwords. Some are used more times so if we were to count even with how many times they were used it's 381 in total. 26 of those individual words are in the book of Exodus alone, again if we count even with how many tines they're used it's 333 in total. Outside the books of Exodus - Numbers, the rest of the Bible contains 51 individual words, 450 in total counting with how many times they're used. This is obviously way less than the books of Exodus - Numbers. To give you a comparison with how many Egyptian loanwords other northwest semitic texts contain: Ugaritic texts - 4 individual words, 21 total usage of them. Phoenician texts - 1 word, used 3 times. Old Aramaic texts - 2 individial words, 20 total usage of them. Imperial Aramaic - 44 individual words, 483 total usage of them. The reason for this is because the texts were mainly written in Egypt. Moabite texts - 0 Ammonite texts - 0 Edomite texts - 0 What we can conclude from this data is that the books from Exodus - Numbers contain a clear Egyptian influence which supports the claim of those books that the Israelites were a people who came out from Egypt. Now some names in the Exodus and wilderness generations are of Egyptian origin or some seem to be combined Egyptian and Hebrew. Here are some names: Phinehas, Putiel, Assir, Hophni, Ahira, Hur, Hori, Harnepher. We also have other signs of Egyptian influence, for example, the tabernacle seems to be modeled after the military encampment of Ramesses II as can be seen in the Kadesh inscriptions in Abu Simbel, Ramesseum, and the Luxor temple. It's better to see than to just hear me explain it so I would suggest you google a picture comparing them. They have the exact same layout. Outside the Tabernacle tent was the courtyard, than the Holy tent, and in the innermost separated section of the tent was the Holy of Holies housing the Ark of the Covenant where the presence of God would reside. On the Ark there were statues of 2 Cherubs with their wings spread out in a protective manner. Now in the military tent of Ramesses II once again the courtyard, a reception tent, and the innermost section were the Pharaoh's chambers. In the inscription in Abu Simbel we can see two falcon like beings with their wings in a protective manner around the Pharaoh's throne. Let me also remind you that the Pharaoh was literally considered to be the incarnation of the god Horus. Im afraid this is going to turn into another long essay but you should understand how the cultures of the ancient Near East understood "sacred space". Imagine it this way, if you somehow appeared in space right now, you would die. It's a hostile enviroment to you. But on some sort of space station, what we do, is that we created a buble of hospitable enviroment in an otherwise inhospitable one. So here we have sacred and profane space. What ancient people did, was for example when they were making a temple for some deity, they would perform rituals to purify a certain space from the profane world, place an idol there, invoke a certain deity to come live inside that idol for worship or to trap it inside(Which is exactly the practise that the Bible condemns). So for example when they were to sacrifice food to feed their gods so they don't starve, the food would first have to be purified through rituals. There were also statues in these sacred spaces which were to keep out any sort of impurity from the profane world. You can for example even see those on Tutankhamun's throne which was found in his tomb. The same thing is going on here with the falcons protecting Ramesses's throne from the profane and kind of with the Cherubs however the Bible completely turn some of these ideas upside down. One thing you can immediately tell is that there is nothing inbetween the Cherubs on the Ark of the covenant where usually there would be an idol containing a certain deity inside. But anyway, the point of this comment isn't to give you a Bible study. Another piece of internal evidence is once again related to Ramesses II. Exodus 13:17-15:19 has a quite similar structure to the Kadesh poem. Here are some similarities. 1. Protagonist group marches through a land, gets attacked by enemy group. 2. Protagonist group petition to their deity. 3. Deity promises salvation. 4. Deity(being the Pharaoh in the poem) attacks, the enemies drown. 5. Enemies recognize the power of the deity and try to flee. 6. Protagonist group surveys corpses, revere their deity(being the Pharaoh in the poem). 7. They sing praise. 8. Deity(being the Pharaoh in the poem) attacks at dawn with fire, enemies recognize the deity, try to flee. 9. They go home, build/reside in palace/temple. Furthermore, an expression that often appears in Egyptian propaganda texts around that period can be seen in Exodus 3:19, 6:6, 13:3, 13:14, 13:16, 14:31, 15:6, 15:12 32:11, and in Deuteronomy 3:14, 4:34, 5:15, 6:21, 7:19, 9:26, 9:29, 26:8. These are expressions like "strong/mighty hand","great hand","right/powerful hand","great arm". Nearly all of these expressions are found only when relating to the Exodus. There are a lot of Egyptian texts with language like this. Some Egyptian texts literally say "possesor of a mighty arm","mighty of arm". Now what seems to be the case here once we take all lf the facts I listed is that theological points are being made here. But anyway, the facts I listed demonstrate a clear Egyptian influence supporting the account in the Bible. Maybe in a few months I will be able to give more information.

[@steampunckairship]

@@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges Woah, ok this is a lot of text. I was not in any way inferring that Exodos didn't happen. That's the history part of historical fiction, the "Fiction" portion is simply referring to the dramatization, the dialog, supernatural elements, etc. It's like the difference between a documentary and a biographical film, I did not intend my previous comment to be inflammatory and apologize if it was in any way hurtful. I wish you well in your studies.

[@lausdeo4944]

My exact thought.

[@vinyleader4852]

Concerning the scene about Moses reacting to his sister singing; go back to after Moses talked pharaoh into giving Ramses a chance and it transitions to Moses sewing the wine pouch. Listen to the song he is whistling.

[@15blackshirt]

A live action version of the story of Moses is The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston. The animated companion to this is Joseph: King of Dreams

[@sawanna508]

Ridley Scott made another movie called "Exodus-Kings and Gods" but I don't know how good it is. The trailer looks quite epic though.

[@hannahrl47]

There actually is being found evidence for the historicity of the Exodus. I would recommend checking out the movie "Patterns of Evidence Exodus"

[@WoyBoy12]

The scene of the burning bush is nearly word for word from the biblical text, amazing how Dreamworks did this movie and the fact it was almost a Disney movie.

[@manon_0411]

Fun fact: the ten plagues of Egypt most likely actually happened, but over a much longer time. Even the water turning to blood: it wasn't actually blood but there was a red type of algae that might have thrived in the Nile due to specific levels of acidity etc, and it either sucked all the oxygen in the water or was too present in the water, which killed a lot of the fish population of the Nile. Then, waves of locusts are a thing. It's very likely that the locusts indeed decimated a good chunk of the harvest on one year. Lack of nutrition or nutrition problems could have well led to cattles and other livestock to die. Or they could simply have caught a disease, which might also have spreaded to humans. There is a logical explanantion for pretty much every plague, but it would have taken years, not a few days or weeks like they make it look. Also, it took them 40 years to cross the desert if I remember well.

[@pixy6007]

It was 40 years because of their lack of faith in God's promise to the Promised Land. Those people were pretty much weeded out.

[@manon_0411]

@@pixy6007 yes it makes sense. I remember there was this food, the manna? Don't remember how to spell it. They were supposed to trust God would give it to them every day and to show their trust they were supposed to not make stocks of it or putting some aside. Failed at that if I remember well.

[@elkingoh4543]

the Lake Nyos incident in Cameroon is one of my favorite theory about the Nile turn into blood and the dead of firstborn

[@sawanna508]

I heard that explanation for the rivers turning read before. -The 40 years of crossing the desert if why lent last for 40 days. -Although the 40 year don't necessarily mean it truley took them 40 years because a lot of number have symbolic meaning. Also 40 is often used in oriental tales. ( For example wedding celebrations lasting for 40 days and 40 nights).

[@mrshadow4007]

"I AM THAT I AM" Is always hilarious to me. He basically says my name is God.

[@sprayarm]

BEST animated movie EVER!

[@jennlinlaw3598]

I LOVE this movie, every part of it!!! So much love from Canada

[@nickreacts6394]

It’s just so good! And thank you!

[@Oliver-Vader-Emma]

Such a good movie. I am teaching Exodus to my youth group so this is perfectly timed.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

You going to show this movie to them?

[@artsysabs]

A great DreamWorks movie and movie overall. You know another great DreamWorks movie? Spirit stallion of the Cimarron 👀🐎

[@sodasaintcommentaries4054]

The scene right before the final plague (death of the firstborn) STILL haunts me. Rameses literally pronounces God's judgement on *his own people* by threatening to repeat the atrocities of his father. God was speaking through Moses in this moment trying to get him to see reason, but his heart was hardened and he would not listen. And so, for the atrocity that Egypt did unto Israel, God repaid in full unto any who did not heed His words on the matter. There was indeed a great cry throughout the land of Egypt... but not the cry Rameses was hoping for.

[@kalahkirby5422]

And actually Moses was actually Rameses's adopted cousin, Rameses the first had Seti, and his unnamed sister Rameses the seconds aunt adopted Moses, she couldn't nurse Moses, so Moses's birth sister Miriam bravely approached the princess and said she knew someone who could nurse Moses till he was weaned, and it was Moses's birth mom.

[@garyperkovac1002]

I love Nick working with Jessie in viewing, reacting and commenting on 'The Prince of Egypt" ... The fact Jessie is not familiar with the story of Moses gives the review a fresh perspective.

[@JimmyXWolvie]

One of best parts about this movie, the cast: Val Kilmer Rey Feines Michelle Pheiffer Sandra Bullock Jeff Golblum Patrick Stewart And of course, the comedy duo: Steve Martin and Martin Short

[@nickreacts6394]

YES. A seriously All-Star cast!!

[@sassylittleprophet]

Also, Helen Mirren

[@JimmyXWolvie]

@@sassylittleprophet Oh she's in this? Remind me who she was here?

[@sassylittleprophet]

@@JimmyXWolvie she voices the Queen, Moses' adoptive mother

[@JimmyXWolvie]

@@sassylittleprophet oh Ok. Now I see it! Thanks!👍

[@ruthalber4658]

Yes there was blood in the river. Plug-in Exodus, but never but it was definitely in there and he also find it in the movie The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston

[@bidishah]

Best soundtrack and voice talent ever 😍

[@c-puff]

A very interesting details is that God is voiced by the same actor who voices Moses.

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

Indeed, and there are many more voices which can be heard whispering at the same time, depicting God as the many and the One. One of my absolute favourite portrayals of God in media.

[@kristinahuchison2511]

All the actors voiced God, with Moses’ actor being the most prominent. Dreamworks was very worried about controversy about portraying God with an actual voice, so they made His voice an combination of different actors

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Two Catholic Franciscan priests did a reaction video and they pointed out something unique about the 1st Plague. The first plague was a warning towards Pharaoh and Egypt. The Nile was the primary source of life and economy in Egypt and God basically shut it off. He was basically saying, “If I can shut off your primary source of life, I can do much more. Let my people go or worse things will happen.”

[@nancyomalley6286]

YES! Thanks for asking how he could remember that song! I can't remember anything from before the age of 5!

[@bell-bottombelphie9834]

I Was First Introduced To This Movie In 6th Grade Social Studies, I Wasn't A Religious Person, I'm Still Not. This Movie Was So Interesting To Me, And If I Had It On DVD I Would Definitely Watch It Here And There Because Of The Visuals, Music, Complexity Of The Story Is Such A Delight To Watch! 💛

[@davidnobre5660]

music by Hans Zimmer

[@robbinsnest6163]

40:47 Exodus 2:21 Jethro also called Reuel gave Zippurah in marriage to Moses. And in Exodus 4 she and his sons go to Egypt with him. Obviously how Moses met her was dramatized but still, even with the creative liberties it's one of the best adaptations of the Exodus in my opinion.

[@SalvableRuin]

All the music is original. This song was made for the film and won an Oscar.

[@laurencole2937]

iirc in the og story, Moses had to hold his staff over his head the whole time during the Red Sea bit, and Aaron had to help him. Bc...like...holding your hands over your head for an hour or however long it takes to cross the Red Sea would be nigh impossible.

[@sawanna508]

I didn't see this movie as a child because it was not yet made. But I grew up in a very Catholic family so I must have heard the story of Moses at perschool age or younger. My parents used to read from an illustrade bible for children. And of course we learned the song "When Isreal was in Egypt Land" at some point. Me and my brother also saw part of The Ten Commandments as children. -Anyway as a child the story about The Noachian Flood scared me more because the bad people who were later killed by the flood were depitcted by killing other people.

[@cartatertot]

17:51 is such a Biblical representation of God and I love it!

[@jeremygiesbrecht]

Will you be watching / reacting to The Ten Commandments (1956) starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner? Not sure if you've ever seen it before, or if it's another one of those things you may have grown up with. You did mention the name earlier in this video, but I wasn't sure if you were referencing the film itself, or that part of the Biblical story. If you haven't seen it, you should definitely check it out. It's a long film, but so detailed, and for its time (nearly 70 years ago) the effects are amazing! Also, over 14,000 extras and over 15,000 animals were used in the film, and that too is quite incredible!

[@dcemerald70]

I grew up watching this movie and knowing the story since I was a kid, and I alway loved this. There indeed was a tell him adoption known as the 10 Commandments that was made years ago, I do highly recommend it although you may have to do two parts for it since it is very long, and it would normally be aired on during Easter weekend. Also another film that’s amazing to react to is Joseph: King of Dreams. It was made by Dream Works and is a prequel to this film. It also has a great story and a great music to it. 🧡💙

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

26:25 In fact, it's what Passover got its name from.

[@HoltKezed]

this movie is so beautiful

[@JesusSavesTheLostBrokenConfuse]

Im Vietnamese and God revealed to me. Con Yeu Chua

[@nickmanzo8459]

It’s interesting that she brought up Aquaman, as a lot of early comic books writers were Jewish. Not sure about Aquaman’s creator, I’ll have to look it up, but many of them were almost certainly inspired by Bible stories as well as Greek mythological epics, Norse myths, and so on.

[@jackskxllxngtxn]

I’ve never known anyone to not know about the Ten Commandments. This is so interesting to me

[@maureenseel118]

This story (the story of Moses and the Exodus) are also foundational stories of two major religions: Judaism and Christianity. The animation, music...all of it-incredible. I liked their take/adaptation on the relationship between the Pharaoh and Moses. In the Bible they weren't brothers/raised as brothers-or at least it's not explained if they were.

[@Kreepie11]

I remember that this movie a) scared the crap out of me when Moses accidentally killed the slave driver and I turned it off a lot at that point and b) got me really interested in Egyptian mythology. It's pretty twisted but not as bad as Greek/Roman and there's something comforting about polytheism in general. 🙂

[@jakegargiulo5101]

My favourite movie

[@brightfaith8403]

3:47 Me every time I watch this movie😂

[@mrshadow4007]

In the Beyblade universe Moses canonically parted the sea using a Beyblade.

[@MonsoonGeek]

One look from Mom is all it takes for a lot of us. 😂

[@lorettabes4553]

Her nailpolish is so pretty!

[@alexstrickland6911]

It's the song he remembers he always whistles that song the song Miriam song to him for him to remember the song that his mother sang for it he remembers that song

[@JarvisCosric885]

I love this movie. It’s one of the best movies ever made even if anyone hasn’t read the Bible before. Also, all the voice actors are soooo good and excellent. Anyways, nice job and keep up the good work

[@rickysmith8205]

I've mentioned this point to other reviewers after this video check the cast list for this movie plus this was the last hand drawn animation film by DreamWorks

[@StoryLover-7]

Thor you know the Joseph: King of dreams animation? And if you haven't seen it, you gonna do sometime a reaction video about this movie too?

[@nickreacts6394]

I put out a poll for that one on patreon a while back, but it lost… I’ll react to it eventually though!