
Great Epic Story
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"The Ten Commandments" is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular of the epic films by Cecil B. DeMille in not only its scope, but sheer drama. Unfortunately, most of it IS pure drama, for DeMille's creation is mostly fiction. Though he quotes from a very large Bible in a short commentary prior to the feature film, there are only a few scenes that are truly taken straight from Scripture. Many of the characters in the movie are also seen in Scripture, but the reality of their place in the Biblical account is far different from the tale told by DeMille on the big screen. This is a great story but it is just that, for it is not accurate or factual. As long as one views the film from that perspective, and does not hold it to a standard of "the truth and nothing but the truth," it is great entertainment. Too bad DeMille didn't undertake to tell the story like it truly happened. The reality was far more impressive than the fiction the script writers dreamed up. My first impression was that DeMille felt, in typical Hollywood fashion, that the account as recorded in the Bible needed improvement, and he was just the man to do it. He missed a golden opportunity at the pinnacle of his movie-making era in Hollywood to be of service to God and mankind, in making a great film and telling the story just as it really happened. Now, THAT would truly have been epic.
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