Prince of Egypt
It's the story of Exodus from the Bible about Moses, voiced by Val Kilmer, a Hebrew man raised by the Egyptian royal family after being saved by his real mother from being killed by the Pharoh's men who were told to kill all male Hebrew newborns to avoid conflict. After Moses kills a guard by accident (although in the Bible it was on purpose!) and finds out the truth by his birth brother Aron and his sister Miriam, he runs away in exile and marries Tzipporah, voiced by Michelle Pfeiffer and finds out his destiny from God to save the Hebrews from his adoptive brother Ramases, voiced by Ralph Fiennes.
The animation is amazing in this and is actually accurate with the designs of the characters from the symmetrical Egyptian look to the natural Hebrew look, with my highlight in the animation being the scene of the Ten Plagues. The voice acting is also good with it's all star cast, especially Ralph Fiennes and I find it interesting that it focuses on the relationship between Ramases and Moses as brothers who are forced to be enemies because of their destinies, as much as they want to be where they were before. The supporting characters are actually nice to watch including Tzipporah's father Jethro, voiced by Danny Glover and is like a father figure towards Moses. The Pharoh's advisors voiced by Martin Short and Steve Martin are actually funny together, but also quite dark to watch at the same time, especially during Playing With The Big Boys Now.
I LOVE the songs in this film which actually help further the story, especially Deliver Us, Heaven's Light and of course, the Oscar winning When You Believe, well the Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston version anyway. Considering the songs were composed by the guy who wrote the songs for Enchanted and Wicked, I'm not surprised they're excellent!
The only downside I have is the number of inaccuracies to the original Exodus text which were noticeable to me, like it was the Pharaoh's daughter who adopted Moses, not his wife, the one I mentioned above about Moses killing the guard and that Aron never doubted Moses and it was him who turned the water into blood with the staff, not Moses. I find it ironic as Dreamworks talked with biblical scholars to make it accurate Still, they'll fly over kid's heads who haven't read the original story and I guess it's to make it more kid friendly and the overall plot is still the same.
So overall, it's a great film, with it's stunning animation, memorable songs and great cast, it won't disappoint you. While it has inaccuracies to the Bible, the main story is still intact about one of the most well known parables and this film definitely has a charm to it.
My release date for the Enchanted Christmas will hopefully be December 25th or January 1st as I have a TON of college work at the moment! My next review will be The Princess and the Frog, which I also like!
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