Prince Of Egypt Reflection

The film is based on the Biblical book of Exodus, though based on Exodus the film has many flaws. Some of which are the Condition of the Nile, Giza and Rameses, also the burning bush. In the Film Prince of Egypt when a young, dashing Moses is placed into the reeds and water everything goes wrong. There are crocodiles, hippos & boats very nearly hitting him, this scene greatly differs to the Bible as shows that it was hectic. Though in the bible young Moses was put in the reeds and God carried him calmly across the water. Another setting change was the location of the Hebrew camps. In the story of Exodus the camps were in Rameses accordingly, unlike the animation where it was in Giza with the pyramids & the sphinx. The last setting change is the Burning bush; in the Moses narrative the burning bush is calm, quiet & soft. Whereas in the film the burning bush is set in a cold, hard, dark, scary cave with God's voice booming and quieting to creating

The Old testament hero that I identify with is Abraham . Abraham was called to a journey of faith. He had to leave everything that was comfortable and familiar . God made three promises to Abraham. He promised to bless him, make him a great nation and a blessing. Abraham answered the call of God and stepped out of faith. Abraham and his wife Sarah experienced a miracle , his son Isaac. God tests Abraham's faith. He told Abraham to take his son Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham knew that God will raise his son from the dead.

To begin, the characterization of Moses in relation with his brother Ben demonstrates how the protagonist is struggling to be a perfect father substitute, after both parents passing away. Moses makes Ben grow too fast by doing adult type activities, like showing him jazz music, making him watch old movies and making him read books about war. By getting his brother learn about other things instead of watching the TV like their neighbors, he feels proud about how “[…] he has weaned his brother, a former three-hours-a-nigh man, off that awful habit.” (2). After the death of their parents, Moses must take the responsibility of a father, but ends up controlling Ben too much by trying to educate him as an adult, while he is only twelve years old. By striving for perfection, Moses

Throughout the term I have begun experiencing movies in a different way. The class has taken ideas of cinematography, theory, and film history and practically applied it to physically watching movies. By breaking down scenes and movies as a whole, the way I look at films in general has developed. A reflection on two of the films from this term, Casablanca (Curtiz, 1942) and North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) will carry the bulk of the essay. Though, I will also be discussing how this class changed the way I saw a movie just a few weeks ago. Casablanca’s script and acting are of particular caliber, and North by Northwest unfortunately does not deliver with the dialogue and casting of lead actor Cary Grant. Though, overall, they both

The Film, ‘The Prince of Egypt’ is a not a very accurate copy when compared to the story of exodus from the Bible. The 1998 Dreamworks production ‘The Prince of Egypt’ was created to follow the remarkable story of Moses, Leading his people from slavery but was changed by the directors to give it some originality. The setting, the characters and the storylines are some of the things that have been changed in the animated story. Therefore the Dreamworks Pictures film is inaccurate and does not flow along the same page as the Biblical story of Exodus.

The directors have majorly changed the setting in the story of Moses. Firstly in the Prince of Egypt, the movie, the setting varies from the story of Moses in Exodus. The Nile has been changed, for instance, in the Bible when Moses was placed in the Nile it was calm and smooth, but in the movie Moses almost died, he almost got caught in fishing nets and eaten by crocodiles and hippos, this is because the directors wanted action for their profits. And where Moses meets God has been changed, the Bible says Moses met God on a mountain and in the movie it says Ahe met God in a cave in a village. This is probably just a technical mistake, but they should work harder to fix it. But on the other half, this could also be because in a cave the tension rises. Plus the whole first part of the movie was in Giza and the Pyramids, but in the Bible, it was in Rameses. This was changed by the directors because people can relate to the Pyramids and Giza much more than Rameses, because very many people know more about Rameses.

I believe that there is positivity in Ishmael’s story. He grew up in such a troubled country and fought through a war. Most kids cannot tell the same story that Ishmael recites today. Ishmael has grown as a braver and mentally stronger person after goigng through everything. Ishmael did not especially lose his childhood, he just has a different story than the rest.

So when Joseph came to them, they took off his beautiful robe and they threw him in an empty well. Then they sold him to people that were going to Egypt. The brothers took the robe and dipped it in animal’s blood and brought it to their father. They told Jacob that an animal killed him. Jacob was really upset. Joseph was now in Egypt working as a slave. He was Potiphar’s helper and made him mandated of everything he owned. Then the Pharaoh sent him to jail. After some time in jail a cupbearer and a baker’s Pharaoh had a dream that he was going to get out of jail soon. Joseph told them to tell the Pharaoh about him but the cupbearer forgot. Two years later the Pharaoh had a dream, but nobody could understand it. Then the cupbearer remembered what Joseph did for him, and Joseph was brought to Pharaoh. Joseph explained him and the Pharaoh believed all that he told him, and put him in charge of all the land of Egypt. People came from all over to buy grain from Joseph, including Joseph's brothers. When his brothers came, Joseph was able to recognize them, but they did not. Joseph told them that he was their brother and even thought they were afraid Joseph was not mad at them because he knew that God had a better plan for him. After it his entire family moved to Egypt

Moses helped the Hebrews a lot. With the many things he did, he got them out of Egypt. In my perspective, if I was a Hebrew slave, I would follow Moses out of Egypt. I would follow Moses out of Egypt because the Hebrews were slaves. Moses had the power of God, along with the Ten Commandments. I would want to avoid the plagues.

Moses is an ordinary farmer, and is one of the leader in the revolutionary activities. He is a very opinionated man and likes to argue. He is proud of his Protestant heritage as a “people of the Book,” and he scolds his son Adam for superstitious behavior, telling him the Coopers have been proud of their literate and educated tradition. Moses helps a lot of people especially his neighbor Joseph Simmons. Moses helped Simmons draft the statement on the rights of man as a basis for negotiating with the British for independence. Moses is hard on his son Adam until he hears that Adam does not think that he loves him. “Hate him? My father exploded of all the crazy notions, of all idiotic ideas. There is a boy, my first born son-why would I hate him.” (Page 45) He tells him he is too young for the Committee but at the last minute allows his son to sign up for the muster on the Common because he sees in Adam’s eyes that he will lose his son if he does not recognize him as a man in front of the other men. In the book, Moses Cooper is portrayed as a very opinionated, religious, and an enraged man but behind all of this he is a very emotional person. This is proven as the book reaches “The Morning,” section of the book. In the beginning Moses had no sympathy towards Adam and always looked at him as if he was a boy, but

In the epic Genesis, Joseph is a character who endures countless hardships only to discover that his suffering was all part of God’s plan. This realization, along with many other crucial plot developments, is made possible by the actions of Judah. Judah begins the story in a place of envy and selfishness, but later he shows great moral development by committing the ultimate sacrifice in the name of his father.

Long ago, in the desert of Egypt, Hebrew slaves known as Israelites escaped from the tyranny of the pharaoh. This story has a common theme that an unlikely hero leads people out of a wasteland and into a place of new life. The Israelites heroes' name was Moses. There are several attributes that his quest shares with Joseph Campbell's theme of the journey of the spiritual hero, found in The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Departure, initiation, and return are all part of the journey. Moses' journey will take him away from his familiar surroundings, separating him from all that he knows, so that he can return to perform the tasks God commanded him to complete.

Moses was a humble man, but God sees that he is mightier than Moses sees himself. When God tells him that he must lead the Jews out of Egypt, he grows fearful and unworthy of such a task. Moses humility toward God is what makes him capable of such a tremendous mission. Although, he would have much rather not lead the Jews out of Egypt because he is afraid and does not have faith in himself, however, he is able to do it because God has told him to and God would not ask him to do so if it was impossible. Moses successfully leads the Hebrews out of Egypt. Moses was capable of freeing the Jews of slavery with a quality of humility (No Title, 1986).

The Giver is a morally driven and thought-provoking story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime, sadness, pain, death, music, color and love. The story follows Jonas as he receives the memories of the past, good and bad, from the current Receiver, who is called the Giver. The Giver transfers memories by placing his hands on Jonas 's forearms. The first memory he receives is of a thrilling sled ride, which he will remake in the end of the movie. Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community 's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, which he knew about from memories (Ways of Knowledge), Jonas realizes that he must release all the memories to the community to allow them to feel

In this movie we follow common thief named Aladdin who wants a better life for himself and ultimately falls in love with the princess. We learn about his backstory and how he was abandoned as a child and left for the streets. Since then he has made a life for himself along with his companion, a monkey named Abu. We also learn about the princess Jasmine and how she isn’t happy living in the palace so she goes to the streets and there she meets Aladdin. Shortly into the movie Aladdin is helping out Jafar and is taken down and eventually stranded in ‘The Cave of Wonders’ where he stumbles upon a lamp. However this is no ordinary lamp, there is a genie bound to it who appears when someone rubs his lamp they summon the “genie of the lamp”. Aladdin then begins his journey to the top of the food chain with the help of genie who turns him into a prince. Aladdin then competes for Jasmines heart but is turned away when she learns the truth. Jafar then tries to take over Acraba and begins to control the Sultan with magic. He then tries to have Aladdin killed but fails when genie saves his life. The Sultan then discovers, thanks to Aladdin, that Jafar was controlling him and the Sultan has him arrested. The climax of the movie, the battle between Jafar and Aladdin, happens and in the end Aladdin wins and earns Jasmines love.