Originally shared by Yonatan ZungerRidley Scott is, apparently, making a movie out of Exodus. The part of God is being played by 11-year-old Isaac Andrews, and his performance is apparently "stern-eyed, impatient, at times vaguely angelic and at times 'Children of the Corn' terrifying." Christian Bale plays Moses, here shown charging into battle on his horse, something which Moses was obviously famous for doing.
Those of you who have ever read the book of Exodus, or heard about it, or maybe seen the old Cecil B. DeMille movie about it, are probably saying "wait, what?" right around now.
A better model to understand what you're seeing here is probably
Starship Troopers, where a horrifying collision of Hollywood budgets, urges for "more action," powerful narcotics, and a complete lack of sense of the underlying text turned "let's write a book about the challenges of the infantry" into "our military training videos include a cow flying into a blender!"
I am totally waiting for the part where the Bug Soldiers show up and attack the Egyptians as they try to cross the Red Sea. Or maybe the Zombie Beavers.
‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ Portrays the Deity as a Boy - NYTimes.com
As for Starship Troopers, it was a really good book. The film had very little of that greatness, I sometimes try to just pretend the film never happened.
But you do have a point. Sorry.
Why not Fantasy? Sword-and-Sorcery, or Heroic Fantasy, is a subgenre where "more action and a complete lack of sense" is a rule.
no probs, thank you for complying :)