Ridley Scott has been getting a lot of stick
lately for his ethnically incorrect casting of Exodus:
Gods and Kings. But that’s not the movie’s real problem,
writes Kurt Loder.
The story is so familiar that cynics might wonder why a pressing
need was felt to retell it. It’s set in 1300 BC, in the Egyptian
capital of Memphis, and recounts the life of Moses (Christian
Bale), a Hebrew foundling unwittingly adopted as a baby by the
Pharaoh Seti (John Turturro), who raises him alongside his
biological son, Ramses (Joel Edgerton).
The actors are famously talented, and they engage with their
characters as best they can. But their performance styles are at
odds throughout, and the story’s overtones of Sunday-school
pageantry are hard to dispel (at some points, everyone seems to be
playing dress-up).
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