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The Ten Commandments 2020 - WuFlu Edition

"Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!"

It's on ABC right now!

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by Anonymousreply 15April 11, 2020 6:02 PM

So let it be written.

So let it be done.

by Anonymousreply 1April 5, 2020 3:59 AM

It's a camp classic.

Mohhhhhhhhhzes. Mohhhhhhhhhzes.

I watched this when I was little. I went to church so I knew the story and about encounters with God. When Moses went up the mountain and then came down with the Glory of God on him, all that had changed was that he had a new hairdo. I was disappointed that all you got from an encounter with God was rearranged hair and some cheap highlights.

by Anonymousreply 2April 5, 2020 4:03 AM

This movie is kind of a masterpiece.

DeMille did an amazing job of making a Bible story, palatable for a mass audience.

It was (somewhat) historical, yet very entertaining and dramatic.

And the visual and special effects were really great, considering when it was made.

DeMille really made the story of Moses come alive.

A lot of people consider this movie to be campy, but there's a reason it's so beloved and considered a classic. It's extremely watchable.

by Anonymousreply 3April 5, 2020 9:25 AM

I love this movie; it's the pre-Easter "must watch" movie, like "Its a Wonderful Life" is for Christmas. Yul Brenner & his skirt were definitely the highlights of this schlockfest

by Anonymousreply 4April 5, 2020 9:43 AM

I'm a proud atheist, but I never miss this movie at Easter time. I'm also constantly amazed at the quality of the print. The color and clarity is staggeringly good for a movie that old.

by Anonymousreply 5April 5, 2020 9:48 AM

Moses had quite a hike.

Mt. Sinai is nearly 8,000 feet high!

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by Anonymousreply 6April 5, 2020 10:01 AM

Why didn't he just call Uber?

by Anonymousreply 7April 5, 2020 12:34 PM

Anne Baxter was so much more beautiful in this movie, than she was in "All About Eve."

by Anonymousreply 8April 5, 2020 2:03 PM

In my Top 10 All-Time Favorites....every moment, every line of dialogue, is worthy of our closest attention. Not to mention John Derek.

by Anonymousreply 9April 5, 2020 2:22 PM

Some of the extras were pretty hot too, R9.

The muscle studs carrying the golden calf, for instance...

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by Anonymousreply 10April 5, 2020 2:25 PM

[quote]I'm a proud atheist, but I never miss this movie at Easter time.

Passover time.

by Anonymousreply 11April 5, 2020 2:26 PM

[quote] Moses had quite a hike. Mt. Sinai is nearly 8,000 feet high!

I'm sure he was well-prepared. He was spotted at the Cairo branch of REI a few days earlier.

by Anonymousreply 12April 5, 2020 2:33 PM

From IMDB "According to Hollywood lore, while filming the orgy sequence that precedes Moses' descent from Mount Horeb with the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments are engraved, producer and director Cecil B. DeMille was perched on top of a ladder delivering his customarily long-winded directions through a megaphone to the hundreds of extras involved in the scene. After droning on to the extras for several minutes, DeMille was distracted by one young woman who was talking to another woman standing next to her. DeMille stopped his speech and directed everyone's attention to the young woman. "Here", DeMille said, "we have a young woman whose conversation with her friend is apparently more important than listening to her instructions from her director while we are all engaged in making motion picture history. Perhaps the young woman would care to enlighten us all, and tell us what the devil is so important that it cannot wait until after we make this shot." After an embarrassed pause, the young woman spoke up and boldly confessed, "I was just saying to my friend here, 'I wonder when that bald-headed old fart is gonna call 'Lunch!'" Nonplussed, DeMille stared at the woman for a moment, paused, then lifted his megaphone and shouted, "Lunch!"

by Anonymousreply 13April 11, 2020 4:48 PM

90% of the camp comes from Anne Baxter. The rest play it straight.

Edward G. Robinson supplies the other 10%.

by Anonymousreply 14April 11, 2020 4:54 PM

I know, that is Ms. Anne Baxter in the Ten Commandments and those are the moves.

by Anonymousreply 15April 11, 2020 6:02 PM
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