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Summary: John Huston's best.
Review: This is a great film and expertly directed, brilliant cast, great sets, wonderful music score. But these is one major flaw,,,,,the sound! I was a theatre projectionest when this film came out. It was filmed in Dimention 150 and 70mm and 6 track magnetic sound. Why oh why was is the DVD in only 2.0? Is Fox getting cheap with their transfers? Or did they not think that it would be a good seller so they just didn't bother. If you read some of my other reviews i do not hesitate to say that some people should be flogged. I'd like to meet up with the jerk that decided not to transfer this to 5.0. Other than that, it's visually a wonderful film and what better story line. It doesn't get any better than this..
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Summary: Face it...Movies tell something too!
Review: This movie comes up as # 2 right behind "The 10 Commandments" in my book. It is a good visual description of what it was like then. I don't care what some of you say, the movie only tends to help bring a story into a more positive light. It can be a great teaching aid if kids "aren't getting the picture".
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Summary: Hurray for the director!! Shame on FOX Video!!!
Review: This movie is excellent!! From the beginning to the end it is very rich in content. I have never seen a biblical film that spent so much time on the 'beginning' as this one did. The Noah story was REALLY great to see, being an animal lover and seeing Noah's love for the animals was really nice to see. The Soddom and Gamorrah scene was just as I had always pictured. Strange thing is, I think I may have seen this movie when I was a child...some imgages were very familiar to me.The shame on FOX thing was due to the actual DVD being POORLY made as far as sound and picture. The sound is beyond horrible in the first Adam/Eve story and mostly through out. I had to blast my speakers just to hear loud music but faint dialogue. The picture was very dark as well...FOX cheaply converting this to DVD is the reason im told. I had to keep the subtitles on just to understand and catch all the words. I would still say if you are interested in this picture, DO NOT pass it up just due to the sound issue, I am still very glad I have this DVD and would not consider selling it. I just wish FOX would have took the time they should have with it. Just puts a bad name on FOX video that ive experienced before as well with other classics, like The Robe.
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Summary: great biblical epic
Review: This one is not as popular as some of the more well known offerings but is well worth a look and a purchase. George C. Scott makes a good Abraham but my favourite charecter is Noah played with great charm by John Huston who also directed. Great dvd.
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Summary: Worth watching, but flawed
Review: This was indeed a monumental project, but not perfectly handled. Of course, John Huston was an atheist, and this needs to be taken into consideration. He did soften parts of this to portray more typically human reactions, especially with the scenes between Abraham and his son Isaac, than the Bible portrays. The portrayal of God seems accurate enough. But to portray the devoutness of the human characters would take a more devout director. The result is a lack of conviction in some scenes. This lack of conviction therefore will disturb many drawn to the movie who will see that this isn't truly filmed as a portrayal of actual history. It comes across more as a dramatization of myth, and the viewer's reaction therefore will depend on that viewer's perspective. As spectacle, it avoids the DeMille type excess. As acting, Huston himself does take the spotlight with his portrayal of Noah. Seen without great expectations, one will find it suitably reverant and still entertaining.
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Summary: How utterly tedious!
Review: Whilst The Ten Commandments ~Charlton Heston is awe-inspiring, stupendous and grandiose, this movie, i.e., The Bible...In the Beginning VHS ~ John Huston is dull, dank, depressing and (in my opinion and my opinion alone) is so slow that the former movie would seem a fresh breath of air; rather then this dank, dark and altogether gloomy production. The actors that portray the different characters do a fair job; but they lack the vigor, fortitude and charisma that is required for these larger then life characters, e.g., Noah, Abraham and Isaac. The special effects, costumes and music seem to have been done in a shed (since even at the time of the movie) they have the feel of a novice rather then an expert or a craftsman. I must say that I was very disappointed with this movie, i.e., The Bible...In the Beginning VHS ~ John Huston and I will not watch again (since once was painful enough)
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Summary: Wonderful unforgettable scenes
Review: Yes, this movie drags some, especially toward the end.
But it's more fun than church!
Seriously, the scenes stay in your mind for a long time and give much-needed perspective on the wonderful Bible.
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