The defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. The latest from director Ridley Scott ('Alien', 'Gladiator', 'Prometheus', etc.).
Religious-themed movies sure have made a comeback in 2014. Some have been good ('Heaven Is For Real'), some have been okay ('Noah'), some aren't so good at all ('God's Not Dead', 'Son of God'), and one is apparently one of the worst movies ever made ('Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas).
So where does Ridley Scott's venture into Biblical storytelling fall? Honestly, it's okay. Visually this movie is fantastic and it boasts an impressive cast, but it's way too long and has more than it's fair share of cringe-worthy dialogue.
Based on Jane Wilde Hawking's memoir "Traveling To Infinity: My Life With Stephen", this movie chronicles her (Felicity Jones) relationship with her ex-husband Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne), including his diagnosis of motor neuron disease and success in physics.
This one is getting a lot of awards buzz, and that's honestly the main reason why I saw this movie. The first hour honestly was pretty good, but as it dragged on and on I became less and less invested to the point where I didn't really care about this story or any of the characters anymore. I do admire Eddie Redmayne's physical transformation over the course of the movie, so that's something at least.
Single mother Amelia (Essie Davis), plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son Samuel's (Noah Wiseman) fear of a monster lurking in the house after reading to him a disturbing pop-up book called "Mister Babadook". Soon she discovers a sinister presence all around her as well, driving her to the point of insanity.
This Australian horror movie has been getting a lot of buzz. Some awards chatter here and there, but the buzz mostly surrounds it being a critically acclaimed horror movie. Watching the trailer it did look very creepy. And indeed the movie does have a handful of creepy moments and features a great performance from child actor Noah Wiseman. But the story itself is very thin which results in the movie dragging, the creepy moments aren't very consistent and as it progressed I kept thinking of other horror movies that more or less did the same thing but to better effect. Quite disappointing.
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