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Summary: TO BETRAY AND AVENGE
Review: The heartbreak of family divided and the power of family united. According to DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, much of the creative team that was involved in "THE PRINCE OF EGYPT" was gathered to work on "JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS." Although the resulting, richly colored animation, often bathed in desert light, is not quite the eye-popping caliber of the former, it is certainly satisfying. This is a vivid, thoughtful, sometimes insightful, retelling of the timeless, oft-told Biblical tale of a brother's betrayal and ironic revenge. The story begins with a naive 17 year-old Hebrew boy who ends up a powerful and wise 34 year old lord of Egypt. The sweeping tale takes us from Canaan to Egypt at the surge of its growth as an empire that ruled the world. Yet it's the personal, intimate aspects that bring about the story's power and universality. Ben Afflect creates an effective voice characterization that actually reflects the life-challenging experiences of Joseph. The ensemble cast featurs the voice talents of mark Hamill, Judith Light, Maureen McGovern and Dan Castellaneta among others. Nizo Yamamoto, who was art director on the stunning "PRINCESS MONONOKE" served as background supervisor. He created a special technique to generate the gentle softness of some of the dusky desert vistas. "I use an airbrush and spray water over the painting and then use a huge brush to soften the whole thing," he says. Over 500 artists from an international talent pool worked on this unusual project that was tweaked with break-through computer animation. In fact, not a single frame of film was exposed -- the entire movie was finished digitally. The score was composed and orchestrated by Dan Pelfrey. John Bucchino wrote the songs. In some ways, as in "THE PRINCE OF EGYPT," the songs slow down the story telling and in fact take us out of the compelling story as adapted from the Bible by Eugenia and Raymond Singer. The direction was shared by Rob LaDuca and Rob Ramirez. The DVD includes bonus features for the entiure family and all age groups from Sing-Along Songs to Storyboard Commentary to an Interactive Trivia Game and more.(DreamWorks, 74 minutes, Not Rated)
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Summary: compared to Prince of Egypt
Review: This movie is the sequel to the Prince of Egypt. So I wanted to give some comparisons as opposed to it. This movie doesn't quite have the charm of Prince of Egypt, but the plot is still quite good and shows something in there that I don't think I have ever seen before in a Joseph movie. (And it's deep enough that I have changed my opinion on something about him.) Next the music: It was just a tiny, tiny little bit behind that explosive first rate quality of Prince of Egypt. Wonderful music! But the graphics unfortunately did not keep step with it. They were good, but not stunning. Over all I think this is a good follow up. Not great, but good, and if you liked Prince of Egypt as a movie you should watch this. If you liked it for it's music you should definitely watch this. If you haven't seen Prince of Egypt see that then this if you like it.
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Summary: Fun to watch, and a suspense story
Review: I rated this movie 5 stars because I liked it very much. It was
a little bit better than "Prince of Egypt." This movie is about the story of Joseph in the Bible. His father and mother loves him and thinks that Joseph is more special than the other sons. His father and mother even gives him a beatiful coat. Joseph's brothers all become angry and one day, they throw him into a pit. They even sold him into slavery. What will happen later? Will he be forever a slave? Or will he be able to see his family? This is a movie you should watch!
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This movie is very accurate. I have notice that a lot of people are saying that the scene where Potiphar's wife makes a pass at Joseph is not suitable for children. This is a bibically based movie. You can not change God's Word. I would just suggest that these people do not let children watch this movie and pray that the Lord would give you wisdom in what to say to your children. He will guide you in the right direction. I have a 4 year old and a 6 year old. They both love the movie
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Summary: Good effort, worth renting
Review: While "Joseph - King of Dreams" is no "Prince of Egypt". It is a good, wholesome, biblically based movie about one of the most fascinating men in the Old Testament. The songs appeal to the Disney crowd and the animation is pretty good considering it wasn't shown in theatres. There are some parts of the movie that any Bible scholar could point out as inaccurate, but for the most part this movie could be enjoyed by any person regardless of age.
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Summary: Great animation, music, and message - inspiring!
Review: Top-notch animation and music. Stresses teamwork and individuality and encourages forgiveness among friends and family. Shows good diversity. Our kids wanted to know more about the story of Joseph and commented: "Joseph could tell what was going to happen by listening to his dreams. That's cool!" "I liked it when Joseph showed forgiveness to his brothers who sold him into slavery."
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Summary: If you are expecting the same as POE--pass.
Review: I was really and honestly looking forward to this film ever since it was in development. POE is one of my favorite all time movies and Joseph is my favorite biblical character. So you can imagine my delight when I heard that Dreamworks who had put out a masterpiece like POE was, developing the story of Joseph. But when I sat down to watch the movie I was horrified. It was a trite, sappy story and had none of the edge and solid characterizations of POE. The makers of this movie could have gone a long way to show the growing up and the development of Joseph and his relation to his brothers. The same way they showed the development of Moses and his relationship to his brother Ramses. Joseph was a spoilt, pampered and favorite Daddy's boy. Who practically provoked his brothers into selling him into slavery through his arrogance towards them and constant tattle telling. Insted in JKOD everything is one dimensional. Joseph is simply a saint who did nothing wrong and had no character flaws. Whereas his brothers were just plain bad. It really would have been nice if we could have seen Joseph change from an arrogant youth to humble and responsible man. I've listened to the POE soundtrack over and over again. But with JKOD I was forced to press the mute button on the remote because I found the songs so irritating. Two favorible things. The handling of the sexual harassment issue by Potiphars wife was tastefully done. I also liked the way that Asenath was slipped into the story. If you are looking for something on par with Prince of Egypt, believe me Joseph King of Dreams is not it. It would be far better to watch Princess Mononoke. I hope that one day someone will do a proper telling of this story
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Summary: Excellent Family Fare!
Review: I was a little cautious about "Joseph" at first, because "Prince of Egypt" had strayed so far from the Biblical story, but "Joseph" does not! It is a well-crafted story that is faithful to the Biblical account. The animation is as good as "Prince of Egypt" as well. The songs were fitting to the story though none were especially memorable. We are very satisfied with this purchase and feel very comfortable having this in our family "library" of movies. Enjoy!
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Summary: Joseph- King of Dreams
Review: What a lovely film! Both my children and I enjoy this movie. How many films can you say that about? It is a pretty acurate story about Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors too. That is nice. I didn't have to say, "Well, it happened sort of like that, but this is what really happened!". I wish that Hollywood would make more movies like this!
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Summary: Wonderful Video
Review: This is a wonderful video. A little artistic license with the bible story but the video makes clear that God, not Joseph, is in control. The song "Better Than I" by David Campbell is simply incredible. Many of the reviews compare it to Prince of Egypt and say that it falls short, but I have to disagree. While I loved Prince of Egypt, I believe that Joseph King of Dreams surpasses it in quality and music. Absolutely nothing objectionable in the movie. The attempted seduction scene is so muted that no one should find it offensive.
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