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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 1:56 PM
in response to: CineMaven
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well, it's that time of year again..this movie was an Epic..you have to be old enough to remember seeing this movie on the BIG SCREEN...
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 3:19 PM
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I can remember watching this and The wizard of oz every year growing up. Ten Commandments gets an Epic vote from me.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 6:24 PM
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It's probably the most entertaining of all the biblical epics- DeMille knew how to put on a show and there is something for everyone here- sex, action, and the Voice of God. A lot more fun than "Ben Hur"
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Dec 26, 2011 9:34 PM
in response to: CineMaven
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I used to watch this every Easter with my family while growing up. It's a Sunday school story come to life! I think that it is an all-time great epic film. It had a cast of thousands. It's always colorful and entertaining to watch. It's has it's thrilling moments ( even now the parting of the Red Sea is exciting to watch). It's has high drama. There's some comedy thanks to Anne Baxter and Edward G. Robinson's sometimes campy performances. And with Yul, Charlton Heston, and John Derek ( all at the height of thier male hunkness) appearing bare-chested during much of the film. And the beautiful Debra Paget, it was even quite sexy. For a 50's Hollywood epic, what's not to love?
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MAD MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF 'ECCHS-ODUS'
Posted: Mar 28, 2010 1:55 AM
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because it's Cecil B. Demille, it can't get better!
Sure, it can; for better or worse, it just can't get more DeMillean.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 7:14 PM
in response to: CineMaven
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Even though it may be Hollywoodized, it fabulous, and because it's Cecil B. Demille, it can't get better!
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 23, 2010 4:24 AM
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I can't imagine watching the movie as a kid and what I'd feel when that sequence came up. Probably would have scared me half to death.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 6:56 PM
in response to: casablancalover
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I loved this movie as a kid too, but the Angel of Death killing all the first borns scared me to death, possibly because I am a first born and the daughter of two first borns...don't know if I could appreciate it as an adult, though.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 12:40 AM
in response to: CineMaven
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Epic. It has all the elements: Large cast, grand scenes and spectacular visuals and visual effects, great soundtrack, compelling characters in a historical backdrop and a fine story. It is something I always make an effort to watch every Easter. The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur.
It's Cecil B DeMille, for pete's sake. The man does epics!
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 12:01 AM
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Epic! Epic! Epic!...I still get chills down my back when Moses raises his staff and proclaims...behold his mighty hand and the Red Sea splits...
One of the greatest movies ever made...
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 8:42 PM
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I say Epic... as in Epic fun to watch. And here is why (for me): John Derek, Debra Paget, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, John Carradine, the perfection that is Yvonne DeCarlo, Eddie G., Heston, and Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter float between loving and mostly hating each other. A wild ride. I loved this movie as a child when i could never sit through most any movie.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 1:37 PM
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I say overblown. Did DeMille EVER show real intimacy between any of his characters? I'm trying to think of an instance, but nothing's coming to mind. It was all about events and environments with him, along with his penchant for "spectacle". Not that I don't love me some spectacle. Your comment about this ending Anne Baxter's career made me think of the drag queens in "To Wong Foo" helping the young girl prep for her date. They showed the video with the scene of Anne strewing flowers in front of Moses' procession from the balcony, making her repeat after them: "This is Miss Anne Baxter and these are the moves." An immortality of sorts, right? The thing I always look for in his movies is how he punches up dialogue from anonymous members of a crowd scene to get salient points across to the audience. Subtle. Don't get me wrong. I'm happy as a clam watching his movies, but to call them art is a stretch I'm not willing to make.
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Re: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 10:29 PM
in response to: CineMaven
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"Is."
Overblown? Yes, in parts. But can be great fun and, most of the time, great movie making. Heston is sometimes a little stilted but I guess that is to be authoritative. You must be that if you get to collect the Commandments.
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Re: AND THE LORD SAID "LAUGH, CHILDREN, LAUGH"
Posted: Mar 10, 2010 12:29 PM
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Wait is it: "IS all that?" OR "ARE all that?"
9 and 5 equals fourteen, wise guy.
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: Epic Or Overblown?
Posted: Mar 6, 2010 8:16 AM
in response to: scsu1975
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Yes, that is the question. But why $64,000?? And what do commandments go for these days... that is, if DeMille were to re-make the film.
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