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Free Dance (2016)
WOW! You have to watch it!
WOW! I am NO expert, BUT. WOW! The music is amazing, the dancing is amazing, and the story is great. As a piece of art, it's incredible. The story itself is slow-ish because there aren't any chase scenes or stunts. But MAN is it great to watch. The female lead is adorable, and the person who plays Zander is amazing. The character development and visuals are amazing too. I've already watched pieces of this movie (especially the last scene!!!!) multiple times since watching it for the first time just a couple of weeks ago. If you're debating whether or not to watch it - - - - WATCH it! You will be very glad you did.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Terrible, and I wanted to like it
I gave it a 3 only because the special effects were decent.
I have to say first that I was SO expecting to love this movie, but it was nothing like what I expected from the ads I've seen. Not that it HAS to be, but it was almost nothing like the real Biblical account of this story. (Just tell us that so we can decide if we want to go).
The part I REALLY don't get is that the real story is so much better than the contrived story in the movie. They make Moses look like he and God disagreed about everything, and they added characters (one throughout the entire movie) that were just bizarre and had no place in it.
The plagues look like nothing more than a string of natural events.
I hate to say it, but the movie, almost from start to finish, was set up to make God look like a bully. (I mean, poor, poor, nice Pharaoh who was just misunderstood in his torture and enslavement of millions of people).
Maybe Mr. Scott's next movie will be about the Holocaust, and will portray God and Jewish people in general as bullies trying to escape for no reason, and Hitler as a misunderstood victim. Don't laugh until you've seen EXODUS.