An unexpected masterpiece

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

In the theater when I was around 9 or 10, this was a grand visual and aural treat, complete with an intermission and about 10 minutes of credits at the start of the movie. Imagine that. Now, on a 65 inch flat-screen TV and with decent home sound system, it still holds up pretty well. (Just saw it again at Easter.) Sure, the acting is...well...it's very obvious acting. Over-the-top, a bit cartoonish in the poses and facial expressions. But that's how they made movies in the 1950's. They even got awards for these efforts. Oh, and some of the special effects are about as true as some of the computer-generated Junk today. Marvel and DC have gotten carried away, I think, and I can't help but see it all as a big cartoon (which these movies are.) But again, in the mid 50's, the sea parting, the river's waters turning to blood, the staffs becoming serpents: eye-opening stuff to a young family. Required viewing.

This is a contender for the title of 'Most Overrated Film Of All Time'. It is a blatant propaganda piece attempting to sell outdated morality to the masses. I could go into great detail about the lack of evidence for the existence of 'god' or the fact that he comes across as a mary-sue space fascist, but I won't. I will briefly state that this is why I hate 'historical' (used loosely here) epics, and that this gets all the attention for the year that gave us more enduring classics such as 'the she-creature', 'the mole people', 'the creature walks among us', 'it conquered the world', 'invasion of the body snatchers', 'earth vs the flying saucers', 'x the unknown' or my personal favourite: 'uchūjin tokyo ni arawaru'. 0/10. would not recommend; watch 'cecil. b. demented' instead

I'm surprised that this is more or less the only film by Cecil B. DeMille I've seen. You'd he'd have made more movies like Alfred Hitchcock or Frank Capra or Billy Wilder because I really enjoyed his remake of The Ten Commandments and I would've liked to have seen more of him. But anyway, I can't count how many times I've seen The Ten Commandments. What can I say about it? Except that it's a epic classic. It's also my favourite movie with Charlton Heston even though I enjoyed him in movies like Ben-Hur and Planet of the Apes. But I can't think of another actor who pull off playing Moses as better as he did. I also enjoy the other cast as well like Yul Brynner as Rameses, Anne Baxter as Nefretiri, John Derek as Joshua etc. The set designs and costume designs are beautiful to look at and the visual effects are a little dated compared to today's standards. But the parting of the Red Sea is impressive. It's a wonder why this film isn't talked about or appreciated more often even though I'm sure it was a hit when it first came out in 1956 and it won an Oscar (as well as being nominated for several other Oscar categories) and everyone knows the Biblical story. But I think The Ten Commandments is even better than Ben-Hur.

Here's the ritual every Easter Sunday at our house: "Well, TTC is on again. I bet I've seen it 15 times." "Not that old thing. Let's watch something else." "OK. (Other show) doesn't start yet so let's just watch a half hour." "OK." "Time for (other show)! "No! Don't change the channel!" (An hour later) "How about now?" "No!" (Two hours later) "How about now?" No!"And we watch again. And are completely swept into the magnificent, heartrending, hokey story every single time. Epic.