Gods of Egypt Review Gods of Egypt, a film directed by Alex Proyas, an Egyptian born Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for previous films The Crow, I Robot, and Knowing. While trying to figure out his main point of the film, one would take away that he feels Gods should treat and respect mortals as they themselves would ask to be respected and treated. In which he lethargically succeeded, partially. In sum, this review will include, a summary of overall work, an evaluation of work based on a list of criteria, acting, story line, stage setting, special effects, overall point of film, and lastly, the directing. Now, the movie takes place in Egypt during the time in which the Gods lived …show more content…
This movie sucks. A complete epic $140 million dollar fail. First, the movie takes place in Egypt, which is in Africa, before the Roman takeover. Where are the black Gods? Ok, there was one, Thoth (Chadwick Boseman), The God of knowledge and wisdom of all things, said to have physically bared witness to the creation of earth itself, but what the flashlights man. Majority of the Gods were white, which is highly inaccurate. Second, the action scenes would’ve been entertaining if they were believable. Giant fire breathing Cobras, Gods morphing into mythical creatures, and pure disrespect to the audience of the strength of Horus. There’s one scene where Horus attempts to lift Bek in the air by his throat, and barely lifts him off the ground. Not to mention, that the Gods were twice the size of the mortals, non-stop action to draw the audience away from the horrifying reality that it’s basically the story plot from the Lion King. Brother rules the land, tries to past the crown to his son, evil brother becomes jelouse kills the other brother, cast his nephew out of the kingdom. I’m not sure if your’re following but, sounds like the circle of life to my ears. And Bek, who in my eyes has the best roll. Journeying amongst the Gods, fighting and learnig from them, building relationships and friendships, that is awesome on so many levels. But Bek is a thieving, cunning, witty woman’s pet. The entire movie, all he does is whatever his girlfriend tells him to do. No mind of his own. No drive or will to be or do anything other than whatever she wants or tells him, pathetic. Clearly the best acting goes to Ra (Geoffrey Rush), and Set (Gerard Butler), the rest were mediocore, Horus in general. Set, by far, out-performed everyone except Ra, who only maybe two or three scenes. Overall, the movie sucks monkey juice, and I would not recommend anyone to waste their valuable movie time on this
During the New Kingdom of Egypt (from 1552 through 1069 B.C.), there came a sweeping change in the religious structure of the ancient Egyptian civilization. "The Hymn to the Aten" was created by Amenhotep IV, who ruled from 1369 to 1353 B.C., and began a move toward a monotheist culture instead of the polytheist religion which Egypt had experienced for the many hundreds of years prior to the introduction of this new idea. There was much that was different from the old views in "The Hymn to the Aten", and it offered a new outlook on the Egyptian ways of life by providing a complete break with the traditions which Egypt held to with great respect. Yet at the same time, there were many commonalties between these new ideas and the old views of the Egyptian world. Although through the duration of his reign, Amenhotep IV introduced a great many changes to the Egyptian religion along with "The Hymn", none of these reforms outlived their creator, mostly due to the massive forces placed on his successor, Tutankhamen, to renounce these new reforms. However, the significance of Amenhotep IV, or Akhenaten as he later changed his name to, is found in "The Hymn". "The Hymn" itself can be looked at as a contradiction of ideas; it must be looked at in relation to both the Old Kingdom's belief of steadfast and static values, as well as in regards to the changes of the Middle Kingdom, which saw unprecedented expansionistic and individualistic oriented reforms. In this paper I plan to discuss the evolvement of Egyptian Religious Beliefs throughout the Old,
Main Idea: Carter Kane, a fourteen year old boy, and his twelve year old sister, Sadie Kane, want to save their dad, and more importantly the world, from Set, the Egyptian god of Chaos. But Set sends many of his minions after them to stop them, and they also have go through many obstacles, like fighting other gods and monsters, and magicians. Also Set traps their dad in a magical coffin, which results in him being trapped with no way to get free, or getting saved by Carter or Sadie. So with the help of the Egyptian gods, Isis, Horus, and some others, they go to Phoenix, where the Red Pyramid is located, and use a spell to take control of Set and tell him to go away until he is called upon if his help is ever needed. Then they destroyed the pyramid with a powerful spell.
The eponymous building-The Yacoubian Building- is an art deco apartment block, and all Egyptians live - from the rich to the poor who live on its top floor. In the recent past, Egypt has been rogue by a series of demonstration and violation of human rights. Contemporary Egypt seems to have regress from its original state to the present torn down state. Egypt therefore, is marred by a myriad number of problems. The realism and the forthrightness of the film captures the frustrations and disappointments of the Egyptian people, illuminates the government injustices and corruption, as well as criticizes the Islamism program and false religious piety. The Yacoubian Building film, which is a metaphor for Egypt, gives us a little insight on what exactly happens—homosexuality, political Islam, terrorism, torture, social inequality, political corruption and religious hypocrisy.
In Ancient Egypt there were over 29 Kings and Pharaohs and over 5 Queens. Some of the most famous kings and queens were: Ramses II, Ramses III, King Tut, Cleopatra, and Nefertiti.
How did people revere their gods differently among three civilizations? Did they worship with the same general intent? What were gods’ role(s) in people’s lives? A brief exploration into the religions of Egypt, Greece, and the Hebrew people may bring insight to these questions. Although the main idea of higher beings remains constant throughout societies’ religion, their form of presence in people’s lives varies. I will present the relationship between the leaders and the gods, as well as resemblance to monotheism and systems of government.
At first glance, it seems that the abhorrent destiny of the main character is at the mercy of mischievous and cruel gods.
The film The Prince of Egypt is in the most part very accurate with the exception of some minor details. The movie was released in 1998 produced and animated by Dreamworks which was about the story of Moses. The first topic that will be discussed is that the the plot was overall the worst section done. Another accuracy of the film that will be reviewed is the settings element is the best and most accurate part of the film. Finally, the diversity in the characters will be reviewed and are mostly accurate in the whole. Therefore, there are many similarities and differences between the Bible and the movie, ‘ The Prince of Egypt’.
Egyptians worshiped many gods and goddesses. Some of the gods they worshiped were Ra the sun god, Isis the god of nature and magic, Horus the god of war and Osiris the god of the dead. The act of worshiping many gods is called polytheism. The Egyptians had a god for almost everything.
Something I noticed after viewing several pieces of ancient Egyptian art is that a great deal of it is religious. It only takes a basic knowledge and understanding of the ancient Egyptians’ religion to know that they have numerous gods and goddesses. They are not exclusive in this way, as there are many other cultures and faiths which have multiple deities. However, the manner in which they portray their many gods through their art is very distinguishable and well-known. This could also be because of the style they use. The use of animals is one of the features that make a...
Although there are few religions that still consider the ways of the ancient Egyptian culture important, they are still out there. They are influenced every day by the history, which permeates their rituals, scriptures, and more. Furthermore, Egypt’s political influence may be outdated and not the clearest system, but it led the way for further development and refinement for future use. Without the influence of Egypt, we would not be the civilization that we are
In this modern fictional book, American Gods, Neil Gaiman writes an incredible story using what we know about classical mythology to create a more modern tale here in the present. The book begins with an ex-convict widower, named Shadow, that begins to work with a mysterious figure named Mr. Wednesday. Throughout the book we learn that all the gods known from the past are real ,and are being threatened by the new modern gods. Gaiman writes an incredible modernized tale, all the while keeping some values of the classic fantasy story we all know and love, and creates a work of art that embodies the best of both worlds. Gaiman starts his tale with an anti-hero, an ex-convict.
The Movie, Of Gods and Men, is a movie about Trappist monks, young and old, living in a monastery in Algeria. The government at the time was corrupt and people like terrorists were starting to rebel and take over, killing thousands of people and causing chaos. Throughout all this, the trappist monks continued to stay in their monastery, even after encountering the terrorists and being asked to leave by the government. One monk in particular, Brother Christophe, had lost sight of God had to overcome many obstacles to find his purpose at the monastery.
Thesis statement: In this research, I will investigate the basic concepts of the Egyptian mythology and its gods.
However, the most contentious question concerning ancient Egypt, the one that has inspired the most emotionally charged arguments, concerns their ethnic identity. Egypt lies on the African continent, specifically in its northeastern region, yet traditionally historians have classified it as part of the “Near Eastern” (alongside Sumer, Babylon, and Israel) or “Mediterranean” (alongside Greece and Rome) cultural blocs. Whenever anyone makes a movie or television show set in Egypt, white rather than black actors are chosen to play the Egyptians, for instance, Yul Brynner as the pharaoh Rameses in C.B. Demille’s The Ten Commandments, or Arnold Vosloo as Imhotep in The Mummy. The implication here is that despite being in Africa, ancient Egypt was really a white civilization of European or Asian origin rather than being truly African.
In conclusion, despite the many disparities and liberties taken by the film’s writers, producers and directors – it was a very enjoyable movie and was entertaining to watch. It also served to introduce and unlock potential interest of Greek mythology to numerous young viewers who have not been exposed to such a dramatic and lavish fairy tale style of ancient characters that once captivated the imagination of numerous audiences. Numerous elements in the film have been taken directly from Greek mythology, yet there were composed in a different manner to create a story of their own. Despite this, most of the characters were indeed real, yet combined like chess pieces to form a new story as seen through the eyes of all the individuals that created the film.