Masterpiece!!

After seeing The Prince Of Egypt as a child and hearing that it was a remake of The Ten Commandments, I realised that when watching it, it is no remake at all because both have the same story but the way the characters are with each other in each of the films are totally different. I had extremely high expectations for The Ten Commandments because of it being such a classic, all of the Oscar nominations it received and the cast within the film really caught my attention as well. One thing I was worried about were the visual effects but to be honest, they weren't half as cheesy as I was expecting. I mean, the visual effects were very cheesy in Fantastic Voyage but they were absolutely amazing in this one! The costumes, art direction and make-up was absolutely fantastic!


This film stars three legendary actors who really made names for themselves in the 1950s: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter. Charlton Heston's performance as Moses is in my opinion, the best performance of his career because it was the performance that was a breakthrough that expressed filmmakers interest to cast him in their films. For example, his role in Ben-Hur was 3 years after The Ten Commandments and he won the Oscar in that film so I think his performance as Moses was the start of a legendary career. It is also my favourite film starring Heston as well. 1956 was an amazing year for Yul Brynner because he starred in 3 of the 5 Best Picture nominees that year: The Ten Commandments, The King And I (which he won the Best Leading Actor Oscar for) and Anastasia. Yul's performance as Rameses was absolutely brilliant! To be honest, I thought he was as good in this one as Charlton Heston was because Yul really showed what kind of person Rameses really is like the evil and hatred towards Moses and towards the Hebrew slaves. He is probably more famous in The King And I but his performance as Rameses in this film is simply unforgettable. Anne Baxter made a name for herself starring alongside Bette Davis in All About Eve for which she received an Oscar nomination for that film. Her performance as Nefritiri was absolutely awesome as well. She is the love interest of both Moses and Rameses (until Moses marries Sephora in the desert and they have a child together).


Cecil D. DeMille remakes his own creation and in a huge way! The 1956 version that he directed is a lot more of a success than the 1923 version was. The reason for this was probably every single thing about it like the fact it had an amazing cast. The Ten Commandments was one of the earliest and still is one of the most famous epic films of all time. I really loved Cecil's introduction to the film on the DVD because he wanted to tell the audience who was watching it what to expect and how it is made. The script was absolutely fantastic! What I loved about the script of that film was that it had normal English and it had words from the Bible as well which is really good. I figured when watching it that it obviously showed its present reality but tried to prove that the story of Moses is history. The events in the Bible are neither history or myth; they are legend.


Overall, The Ten Commandments is an absolutely outstanding classic biblical film that I really enjoyed from start to finish. I absolutely adore and cherish it as a true classic and landmark of cinema. One of the best films of the 50s and of all time!