Prince of Egypt is not just the GOAT movie from DreamWorks; it is a underrated masterpiece both in animation and storytelling. The songs and music are the best things from this movie, thanks to the great music composer, Hans Zimmer. This movie captures the hearts of both religious and nonreligious people. And it is definitely one of the best DreamWorks movies ever.

@jordanfelt5978

2 ай бұрын

Now I do mostly agree with you, I really really love the prince of egypt. But dude it's really hard to argue against with shrek. And in particular Shrek 2.....Because my God it's so fucking good, I would argue the Shrek 2 is one of the greatest movies ever made, has really fucking good tracks the story is phenomenal, the animation is interesting and fun. It's crazy hard to compete with that in my opinion. The one quality that The Prince of Egypt really has is it's just...beautiful. Which is a really good way to put it.

@RaccoonGamer9613

2 ай бұрын

@@jordanfelt5978 I know what your are saying and I agree with you. That's why I said The Prince of Egypt is ONE of the best DreamWorks movies ever. Not the only best DreamWorks movie.

@jordanfelt5978

2 ай бұрын

@@RaccoonGamer9613 you literally did though, in your first sentence lol. And I quote "Prince of Egypt is not just the GOAT movie from dreamworks; it is an underrated masterpiece". I don't really care that much, but I'm just letting you know that that's exactly what you said lol. I assume you know what GOAT means.

@TalmoTheSell

2 ай бұрын

@@jordanfelt5978 So hot take. Crucify me. I really don't see the hype of Shrek. It's just ok to me

@Seth_Shelton16

2 ай бұрын

You know what's even better than this? The Bible Story that this was adapted from.

A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."

Come to think of it, The Prince of Egypt is probably one of the most beautiful and unique animated films I’ve ever seen. I especially love the opening song. Unlike every single opening song in any animated film, which are often cheery, upbeat and whimsical, "Deliver us" is the most intense, darkest and mature opening songs I’ve ever heard.

@MrGamelover23

Ай бұрын

You know what? That's a really good point I hadn't considered. It's probably the only animated film with a dreary opening number. I mean, it's literally broken slaves crying out to their god for deliverance.

Prince of Egypt and Spirit Stallion of The Cimarron were honestly the best movies of 1998 and 2002!

@meighanwalcott1921

2 ай бұрын

I agree

@5SMR2018

2 ай бұрын

That and sinbad

Growing up in a Christian home I watched Joseph: King of Dreams, many times. It’s severely underrated and its headlining song “You Know Better Than I” is one of the best Contemporary Gospel songs ever! I really miss this era of Animation 😢😢😢

Perfect timing considering it’s Passover!

The music in this movie is elite

i sometime forget spirit is a dreamworks movie and is a childhood favorite movies and got me into horses

A common pitfall that most other religious movies (including other adaptations of Exodus) fall into is they're so insistent on sticking to and preaching the words of the text that they fail to actually get us to care or connect with the people within the story itself. Which is pretty inevitable when even the original scriptures themselves just treat them more like vague archetypes to tell the story/message through. _The Prince Of Egypt_ boasts a grand, epic scope, great visuals, beautiful music, and reflects the mythic feel of its source material, just as most of the other films do. But its biggest strength is how it gently puts aside the religious preaching, and instead grounds the story through its intimate focus on the characters and their feelings and arcs. Much like Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of _Dune_ , it focuses less on prioritising the spectacle (while still maintaining it) and tells the story more through the lens of what actual, real people would do and feel like when experiencing these events. So even people who aren't religious or familiar with the source at all can connect to Moses and the journey that he goes on.

@theukulelegirl8064

2 ай бұрын

I agree! Although I wish they gave my boy Aaron a bit more credit… he was a major person in the Torah 😅

@jenniferhiemstra5228

2 ай бұрын

PRECISELY. Even those who create those crpa movies will admit "we're not artists, we're here to preach the gospel" and I"m just like...kill me now. They fail to reach anyone outside their religious circle for this reason, they're merely preaching devices, not something to challenge the status quo and make an audience care about the human condition.

@DHirsch

2 ай бұрын

​@@theukulelegirl8064 No. לא. At first I thought as you are, "It's a shame they took away from Aaron the role he had and gave it to Tzipora, even though she didn't do anything either, and instead they just let him fill the slot of the skeptic"; But then I noticed what he was holding in his hand: a stylus. The reference is clear - Exodus 32, the story of the golden calf, Aaron uses a chisel to create the calf. In the original story the act seemingly came out of nowhere, because before and after Aaron was a believer and faithful to G-d and Moses, but for Aaron in the movie version the story fits together very well - in the movie he learns to believe in miracles, but as soon as the faith is no longer fulfilled metaphysically he will return to his skepticism . This is also the reason why I really want DreamWorks to release a sequel that focuses on Aaron - from the golden calf, the building of the tabernacle, the death of Nadav and Abihu, the ongoing quarrel between G-d and the complaints of the Israelites, and finally every story with Korah, Dathan and Aviram... How does Aaron feel about all of this? Moses - he was not really part of the people (again, according to the movie), G-d sent him to take the people out of Egypt and bring them to Mount Sinai and then to the land of Canaan; In every quarrel between G-d and the people, he stands on G-d's side. But Aaron? He was with them in the slavery of Egypt, he also knows to what extent the harsh reality causes a person to lose faith - and in addition to that, he is not the one who prophesies directly all the time. But G-d chooses him to be a high priest, to stand above the rest of the people and sanctify himself, and in the end he has to confront because of this in front of people in the same position he was in at the beginning. Moses also has quite a bit of drama here - after all, he destroyed his brotherhood with Ramses in order to renew his brotherhood with Aaron, and now he has to mediate between G-d Almighty and the people he was sent to and his biological brother. In addition, Jethro returns, there is the story with Miriam and Tsipora, and it is true that no scene can compare to the tearing of the sea, but the climax of Korah and his team being swallowed by the earth can still be spectacular.

My first movie theater memory was going to see Prince of Egypt with all the kids from my church! That, El Dorado and Spirit were TOP TIER movie theater experiences for little me! and THE SOUNDTRACK!? TOP TIER!

The only person I know who dislikes The Road To El Dorado is a Colombian friend who dislikes the misrepresentation of his indigenous cultures, which is totally valid and understandable. But like from a story perspective it is just SO much fun.

SPIRIT MENTION!!! Even though this is a review of prince of egypt, im so so happy to see spirit get a mention too cause honestly, both are super goated movies. spirit is one of my childhood favorites, still is

Nothing will ever top the Prince of Egypt. The Prince of Egypt is TOP TIER! This movie straight up has the presence of God all over it. I get goosebumps every time. Religious or not this movie is an absolute Masterpiece!! Nothing could have been done better. The Prince of Egypt is a masterpiece of a movie. The animation is breathtaking. Every aspect of this retelling of Moses's story is flawless. I couldn't find anything wrong with this film, and I'm surprised at the low rating. The animation is stunning, particularly in The Plagues section, which remains one of the most haunting and evocative scenes in an animated film for me, and the one with the Red Sea parting. The crew went all out in producing a large epic scale that properly portrays Egypt's amazing monuments, from their rise to their death, for the studio's first ever hand-drawn animated film. The parting of the Red Sea is a legendary event in animation, stretching the boundaries of what computer animation and effects could accomplish back then. The exact definition of an epic fantasy told through Biblical roots. This is the perfect Bible movie. The narration of Moses' story is strong, and the art is amazing. The soundtrack, on the other hand, is what puts this beauty together. The songs and musical scores are catchy, brilliantly written, and completely astounding. The Prince of Egypt" is one of the best animated films I ever seen. The Prince of Egypt is an incredibly powerful film. The visuals, score, story, music, characters, and everything else are all great. The cast is so talented, the animation is smooth, expressive and unique, and the songs are absolutely captivating. Hans Zimmer, never fails to disappoint me with his amazing soundtracks.

Spirit is one of my favorite films of all time. The movie is so emotional and they did amazing with the facial expressions for Spirit himself. The music does a lot for this film and it makes me cry everytime!

That’s a fantastic timing for uploading a video about this movie, now it’s the first holiday of 2 of Passover. 10:36 Ofra Haza was fantastic as a singer in this movie.

I've held onto the VHS tape for most of my life and it still holds a major place in my heart. The Plagues still haunts me to this day.

@ThisisIzzy69

2 ай бұрын

dang, my vhs player broke but I got the dvd with behind the scenes which is pretty cool :)

To this day I still quote the movie. "Hey Moses *Throws a ball of mud* How does it feel to be struck to the ground"

I absolutely adore the Prince of Egypt, the animation is incredible and the story is amazing. The parting of the Red Sea and some of the shots of Egypt and the Desert were just incredible to look at. But what is great about it is that it can be watched by anyone. It isn’t preachy on religion but genuinely dives into the morals of the characters and how faith and duty drives them together and apart Moses and Ramses have one of my favorite sibling dynamics in film, although Ramses is the antagonist, you know that he does love Moses still throughout the entire movie. The talk they had the night of the 10th plague was one of my favorite moments between the two, the way they talk and the way Ramses was the one who tried to come to an understanding with Moses was amazing. I actually cried a little at the end of the movie seeing Moses hear Ramses cry out his name stranded, and Moses giving a final goodbye to his brother. (I also didn’t notice this till much recently, but I really like the way they set Moses apart from his adopted family subtly was that they were all voiced by British actors, as you can clearly hear the accent, while Moses was voiced by Val Kilmer, the only American voice actor among them) The soundtrack as well, oh my goodness. Every single song is amazing and fits the movie so well. Deliver Us as an opening song sequence is one of the best animated movie openings of all time you can argue with the wall. All I Ever Wanted had some of the most beautiful imagery of the palace and gives interesting insight on Moses, especially when he finds out about the murder of the Hebrew infants and who he really is Through Heaven’s Eyes is a great contrast of All I Ever Wanted and showed the passage of time well Playing with the Big Boys was very catchy and also had a very fun sequence to watch The Plagues is incredible in showing the rift between Moses and Ramses, and the animation of the plagues happening were just incredible, watching the burning ice, the frogs coming up the river and the darkness falling over the city was phenomenal And When You Believe just turns the movie around from one of its darkest moments to a beautiful beginning for the freed slaves that is so incredible to watch (even if you know they didn’t actually reach the promised land until 40 years later but still great) The Prince of Egypt is easily one of my favorite animated, even just one of my favorite movies of all time, an absolute underrated masterpiece

The Plagues is hands down one of my favorite songs from the movie and an underrated duo song in my opinion. I’ve always wanted to perform this song with someone else. The plagues progressively getting worse and worse as the beat and background chorus gets harder and louder pulls it together beautifully. I often tell people, Christian or not, religious or not, I highly recommend this movie for the sake of the visual masterpiece that it is. The songs and how heavy it weighs paired with the visuals onscreen, the moment when you want to root for Moses but the trying times when he ultimately fails, the moral and spiritual confusion he deals with for the first half of the movie and even still into the second half. It’s all so well done. I couldn’t hype this movie up enough.

Honestly I love prince of Egypt it was one of my favorite none-Disney 2D and hand drawn animated movie ever made it was one of best in 2D and hand drawn animation had ever produced in dreamworks I missed 2D and hand drawn animation in old days wished they brought back to original glory and prominence before overtaken and overshadowed by 3D and CGI animation as considered more profitable than traditionally hand drawn animation

When I a was in primary school our Religion teacher put us both The prince of Egypt and Joseph the king of dream. I remember these films with nostalgia

now this was MY MOVIE we had a whole term on ancient egypt in primary school and we got to watch this movie so many times

What a perfect timing you got to talk about this movie! 👌🏼🥂🍷

Fun fact: Stephen Schwartz, the songwriter, was originally tasked to write songs for Disneys Mulan, after writing songs for Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. When Disney got wind that he was writing songs for the Prince of Egypt, they told him he could only write songs for either Mulan or Prince of Egypt not both to the point of threatening to take his name off of his two previous Disney works. Once Schwartz refused, he was taken off of Mulan and was solely writing songs for The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt is a legit underrated masterpiece of animated film.

As a US 90s kid who grew up going to Sunday school, we watched Prince of Egypt and Joseph King of Dreams multiple times. Ive seen all of the DreamWorks 2D films you mentioned and enjoyed pretty much all of them, but Prince of Egypt and Road to El Dorado are my life long favs from them

Growing up Christian I watched Prince of Egypt, Joseph King of Dreams and Veggie Tales. And I loved every single one of those. With the Prince of Egypt being my favorite because it didn't sugar coat anything. And the scene with all the plauges being the best imo

Having Prince of Egypt getting more attention is always a plus for me. I also always feel the blues when the brothers are forced to fight each other. Plus both this film and Don Bluth's Secret Of Nimh and some of his other films I personally feel like are really good examples of 2D animated films that appeal to viewers of all ages and not only just kids. It's a shame there are some people that don't really respect animation. But that's just life I guess...Or they just haven't watched stuff like this before so I dunno.

Spirit stallion of the cimarron was my childhood. I still collect the merch today. I have a shef dedicated to it. I also saw Joseph kind of dreams and prince of Egypt. I had them all on VHS and would watch on repeat

You know what I hear no one bring up when talking about this movie? The pacing. The pacing in The Prince of Egypt is honestly top tier

Just want to say that I have DVDs of El Dorado, Joseph, Prince of Egypt, Spirit, and Sinbad (saved from my childhood when I watched them all the time). And I literally watched both Joseph and Sinbad this week! Sinbad might not have done well in the box office, but I’ve always enjoyed the plot and characters.

@thesplendor8654

2 ай бұрын

I agree. Also, the animation in Sinbad is amazingly fluid too!

“GET LOOOST FREAK” Another underrated animated gem 😂

Prince of Egypt is the movie that Disney kept trying to make during the Renaissance - with Pocahontas, Hunchback and Mulan you can sense the animators struggling to make a more serious animated movie that tackled serious issues, but they were held back by the requirement to be "Disney" and be family friendly; there had to be lots of comic relief and lighthearted numbers clashing with those serious moments, or they ended up being preachy and heavy-handed on their messaging. But Dreamworks had no such requirements, which is why their 2D output all feel more mature than Disney. El Dorado and Spirit also take it further than Disney - Disney would not make a movie like El Dorado where the heroes are basically schemers and con men, who are still that way by the end; and with 'Spirit' a lot of the history is hinted at instead of lectured/rewritten the way it is in Pocahontas. I really did think, when Prince of Egypt came out, that U.S. animation was going in a new direction. Then the Shrek franchise came along and ruined everything.

There are few movies I love as much as this one. To this day I keep tearing up with clips of the burning bush and the parting of the Red Sea, it doesn't matter that I've seen them 1000s of times. True masterpiece

Sadly, in this day and age movies like Prince of Egypt will never be made. Even though the Bible has somebody stories that can be adapted into that style. At least we have VeggieTales, passion of Christ, and the news series on this list, The chosen

@alexx5064

Ай бұрын

I think the fact that it wasn’t religious heavy and very loved by non-religious audiences helped this movie out a lot.

5:09, in the Bible, she explicitly says “surely, this is a Hebrew child” and she hires Yocheved as his wet nurse not knowing she’s his flesh and blood mother.

I love The Prince of Egypt, glad you decided to make a video about it! The whole story actually hapenned is real life! Oh, and a small correction, Moses is a *Jewish*, not only Hebrew, since it's a language after all. ( I'm a Jewish as well! ) Love, love your videos!

@faymelp826

2 ай бұрын

Fellow Jew here! I’d like to mention (if he didn’t already in the video) that it’s Passover right now which is technically when this movie takes place (as Passover celebrates the story of exodus, which is what the prince of Egypt is about!). I just really wanted to point that out since I love the timing of him putting out the video during Passover, whether he’s aware of it, or not.

@UnexpectancyTalent

2 ай бұрын

@@faymelp826 Oh, hello, fellow Jewish!! Me too!

PREACH!! Best casting, soundtrack, and animation for its time & still a classic to this day. I FOREVER WILL LOVE THIS MOVIE

Joseph King of Dreams is good; nowhere near Prince of Egypt, but still good. And I love Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron!!! But Prince of Egypt is the absolute best Dreamworks movie!!!!! The story, the animation, the music. Just perfection!!!!

love that we're now getting 3D animation with assistance from 2D now at the very least, I would have loved the timeline you described especially seeing as this is my favourite animated movie

People will say what they will about this movie, But I love "The Prince of Egypt!" It's one of my all time favorite retellings of Exodus! For me the songs are the best thing about this underrated masterpiece.

Give Joseph king of dreams a chance. Its quite good. I'm interested in your thoughts.

God I wish I still had the soundtrack Side note, I’ve seen Joseph king of dreams

Sinbad is a great movie and I will die on that hill!

Yeah this was such a beautiful movie - from fantastic music to visuals to storytelling its a masterpiece

I remember hearing part of the reason it wasn’t rated higher by critics is that that they thought it should’ve been more serious or less serious, since apparently you can only have a masterpiece of a movie if it’s just fun or just serious

The sound track absolutely pops off and the animation is good not just for it's time but it's better than some things today

My dude, this movie is arguably my favorite animated film ever. And I grew up in the 90's with the Disney Renaissance. I know this movie backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally, that how many times I've watched it. And even then, it's still a soul stirring epic that moves me to my core every.single.time. It had no right to be this good, but thank goodness it is and that we have it! That said...not only have I SEEN Joseph, King of Dreams, I OWN IT. Is it as masterful as Prince of Egypt? No, but it's perfectly watchable.

What I know when it comes from Passover is from this and the Rugrats episode they did

10:26 The Bells of Notre Dame: Am I a joke to you?

@peterrealar2.067

2 ай бұрын

To be FAIR, they're BOTH Stephen Schwartz bangers. That man does spiritual stories to a science.

Hm, fair and valid points and opinions, i hope it gets more of what it deserves. Although, was Sinbad really that bad? I didn’t feel like it was.

Fun fact the design for Moses mother that is based off of the singer who played her

I really want to see the Prince of Egypt musical. "For the Rest of My Life" is the song Moses needed in the film! 😭😭😭

@jenniferhiemstra5228

2 ай бұрын

As someone who saw it...don't. The stage musical is literal crap, everything that makes the movie a masterpiece is non existence on that stage. Just watch the movie.

THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD MOVIE!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Man I hope that someday we can get more biblical movies like this! Like Joshua: The Conquer of Canaan, David: The Shepherd King, And lastly Jesus Christ: The Son of God! Truly these would have been great sequels to the Prince of Egypt.

6:25 I had that movie as a kid. I liked it’s but as a first born I was super scared of the last plague. My parents would never put the blood of a lamb above our door lol.

This movie was my favorite as a kid! Still in my top 5 of all time

2:14 I felt like the relationship the main characters built with the citizens of El Dorado was too fake.

I'm always surprised that people never saw this film but then I remember the first time I saw it was with my church.

Watched it when I was little and so I didn't know much of what was going on, just that Moses was a slave adopted by a non-slave family. I knew that Rameses' son died, but wasn't sure what killed him. Looked like an illness symbolized by a gust of wind. Didn't know it was a plague from Moses. But even though I didn't understand the full context of the movie, it was still one of the best animated films for me. All of the suffering, and all the people coming together, and the "When You Believe" song... Those were very good memories I had of the movie that made up a part of my childhood.

I was so happy to enjoy your amazing video because I always loved 'The Prince Of Egypt' as one of the greatest animated masterpiece of all time and easily one of the greatest hand drawn films of all time by DreamWorks, I prefer the animated movies from the Disney Renaissance even better then The Lion King.

Prince of Egypt is, in my opinion, the greatest 2D animated movie ever made to date. #FightMe Brilliant animation ahead of its time not to mention that it takes a story from Old Testament canon and tells it in a way that is approachable for all backgrounds. While still being respectful of the source material.

Their heads are so weird, but even as someone who doesn’t like their heads, I can tell it’s a designed choice and not all a mistake, because the shapes stay consistent from every angle.

My church sunday school teachers played this for my class whenever we talked about the book with mosses. It's everything I know about god and egypt.

I went to Catholic school and Prince of Egypt was shown to me in RE class so I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't also shown in other schools! I also agree it's a bloody masterpiece, like seriously the music plus and animation like seriously looks at the eyes!!!

I was listening to some rnb yesterday and all of a sudden a song called "Humanity" comes on. It was from Prince of Egypt but they never included it. Why? I don't know, it's genuinely a brilliant song.

i'm not religious but the Prince of Egypt is one of my favorite movies, it's one of those movies i wish i would have seen it growing up but am glad i didn't see it till a few years ago as i got to appreciate it more, same goes with the Hunchback of Notre Dame

I’ve always imagined a day when Dreamworks would make a sequel based on the book of Joshua; 2D, epic musical, the whole shibang. I know it’ll never happen but one can dream

1:50 ✋ i actually used to watch that movie all the time. Memorized all the songs. Liked it more than its predecessor mainly because it wasn't as scary.

I watched prince of Egypt I think back in the fall and yeah it's amazing, its on par with spirit and httyd. Can you do spirit stallion of the Cimarron next?

Finally prince of Egypt getting the respect it deserves

I’ve been a huge fan of this movie since I was little, it’s one of my favorites.

aKSHUALLY I AM THE ONE HUMAN ALIVE WHO'S SEEN JOSEPH KING OF DREAMS!!!! Jokes aside I have seen it and its just as good as Prince of Egypt imho. I highly suggest giving it a watch!

To be fair, the Ruggrats movie came out at the exact same time, so most parents chose to take their kids to that.

I've seen Joseph King of dreams

I remember watch those movie at church for the kids

Prince of Egypt ohhhh boy wat can I say about it. It is a great movie along with the other Dreamworks animated films El Dorado, Sinbad and Spirit. This movie as a christian hit hard and was loved heck even when I went for CCD they showed this movie. And recently I watched this movie and as I am older now I can now understand and experience everything the movie is from animation, characters, story and songs I'm very happy to have grown up with this film.

I cannot tell if this was intentional (probably was?) but this was weirdly well timed for Passover! As a Jew the Prince of Egypt is a beloved film within my community and I’m happy that they made this film as something everyone can enjoy religious or not.

I am here for anything Prince of Exypt!

11:40, it’s a great movie

I actually used to watch as a little girl FOUR of the many Dreamworks movies that were 2D animated, 2 at least every Sunday (guess who): The Road to El Dorado, Joseph: King of Dreams, Sinbad, and of course, The Prince of Egypt! If only we could get more of 2D Dreamworks, some just hit different when seeing that kind animation compared to Disney.

first off Joseph King of Dreams is in my top 5 favorite movies. Prince of Egypt is too ❤❤❤ i think Prince of Egypt is an almost perfect movie.

The Prince of Egypt isn't my favorite Dreamworks movie, but it is very good. It had respect for its religious roots and was an incredibly well-made film. There are just five other Dreamworks movies that just connect with me way more. The opening with the song "Deliver Us" was chilling and really gave a strong impression.

Stephen Schwartz is the MAN when it comes to spiritual epics. This, Pocahontas, Hunchback, ALL him.

It's always beautiful to see movies from studios before they realize that they don't have to try that hard to make millions of dollars from every formulaic movie they make

in my mind dreamworks best era is between 2010 and 2020 outside how to train your dragon dreamworks with thier netflix tv series they made like spirit riding free tales of arcadia fast and furious spy racers race to the edge

7:25 That’s well said.

This is my favorite dreamworks movie of all time.

You should do a gabreil and nathile marcoilas realshionship video

This movie gives me goosebumps just thinking about the movie!

I genuinely loved Spirit! I think that might actually be my favorite Dreamworks film, but the Prince of Egypt was a close second. It was also the first animated film that Dreamworks did, if I'm not mistaken. I actually remember seeing the poster when I went to the movie theater ages ago, and couldn't wait to see it. I thought it was a beautifully spectacular film and an incredible start to the company's success. It was an animated film for the whole family, not just for children. I can't get over how gorgeous the animation was (big 2D fan, here) and the soundtrack was AMAZING!!! This is the way that I wish religious cartoons would have all been like...looking at you, Veggie Tales. But, yeah, you could tell that this wasn't a movie that was made for millions, so much as it was a passion project for the directors. This is top tier filmmaking and I wish we could go back to this. PS: I did see Joseph: King of Dreams and really enjoyed it. I haven't seen it in years, but I did like it. It wasn't as great as its predecessor, but it was good. ...and that one song was just so inspirational.

My young brother was CRAZY about Spirit when we were little! I still don't know why!😂

I think people might know the soundtrack more than the movie like they see a video online listen to it and not know where it's from

Loved this and El Dorado.

The Queen says to Moses “when the gods send you a blessing you dont ask why it was sent”… as i watched this movie now in my 20s all i hear is a woman who was desperately trying to have a baby. Im not sure how ancient Egyptian succession works but she may not have even birthed Ramses and they were known for inbreeding between brother and sister so that couldve have an effect on childbearing. She didn’t hesitate for a moment when a newborn baby flowed right in to take him in. Pharaoh also could’ve thought one of his other wives had given birthed ams died and just accepted him. Its like Ramses was his fathers son but Moses was his moms’ son (queen and og mama) through and through.

I was raised Christian and watched this film and loved it. I'm now anti-theist (I don't like any religion or any belief system as a concept.) and I still love it. It's so amazingly well crafted and has excellent story telling. And for those who are religious, it absolutely respects the source material while bringing things that everyone can enjoy. It's an adventure with well written characters who change and grow. No one is black and white and it gives them depth even if ultimately they're awful, you're still interested in them. It's beautiful to look at the the style was so freaking cool. I've always loved Egyptian stuff. I know it's super romanticized and such, but I still love it. It's fascinating. So them going with the cultures art work come to life idea and studying the landscape for the backgrounds and scenes is just, AH! (insert the kid saying macaroni with the chicken strips here sound bite.) Love this film.

The movie is amazing, and was critically acclaimed, and is now nearly forgotten. It’s a shame, as the movie is a true masterpiece in every way.

I used to watch this movie with my sister all the time. As a Christian, this movie honestly really helped me to connect to god because of how emotional and yet fun the story was.

Still my favorite Dreamworks animated film if not for How To Train Your Dragon…

EDIT: The other thing I love about this film is the care and detail that went into making this film as culturally correct as possible. I don't think up until this point there was an animated movie that wasn't cultural appropriation in some way. The architecture, the clothes, the weapons (such as the khopesh which I had to google), the pets, the jewellery, the hair, the cloth, everything was well-researched and very respectful to the Egyptian and Northern African cultures. In terms of cultural appropriation, Prince of Egypt was well ahead of its time- and that's simply because the creators cared. 5:00 one small correction, the parents knew he was Hebrew. It's very heavily implied they knew but adopted him anyway, especially from Moses' conversation with his Mother in the place where she found him. The only person who doesn't know he's Hebrew at that point is Pharoses, which is why Moses is able to say "ask the man I once called 'father'" outside the city gates before he leaves So yes, the parents are hypocrites. OTHERWISE, I also love this film, which really is a tale of a tragedy between two brothers (and God) at its core. Watching this for the first time, was the moment I understood animation is not just for children, and instead an artistic medium that can truly enhance the power of storytelling. Such a dark story, such wonder and curiosity it incites, without being afraid to really dig deep into some of its darker themes. I wasn't expecting in an animated movie, for the river to turn to human blood. I wasn't expecting in an animated movie, to see children die on screen in a black, quiet night with a cold white light streaming through. I wasn't expecting in an animated movie to see genocide right in the beginning. I wasn't expecting to see in an animated movie, the protagonist kill someone. And all of these moments are dealt with very heavily. Their weight is acknowledged, and the animation incites the emotions of these things and also the amazement of the time. I couldn't help but shed a tear at the burning bush scene, because you can feel how raw that moment is with the animation and the score. Or the wonder and amazement at the parting of the sea scene. Animation really captured that beautifully here, and I wish more people could enjoy this movie in all of its beauty, wisdom, and incredible characters.