The Bible in Cinema

It has come to my attention over the past week or so that there are two new films, due for release in cinemas over the coming months which bring the stories of the bible to the big screen. So I thought I'd write this blog about the bible on the big screen as there have many visualisations of the iconic parts of the bible.

The exodus 
The first film that's due out is "Gods and Kings" this is the latest flick which focuses on the exodus, which can be found in the Old Testament. This isn't the first time this chapter of the bible has been bought to the big screen. It was most famously done in the 50s with the four hour epic that is "The ten commandments" starring Carlton Heston as Moses. It was then done by Dreamworks animation in the 90s with "The prince of Egypt" which to this day remains one of my all time favourite films. The trailers for all three versions are below:

The life of Jesus
The other film which is coming out is "The son of God". With its pretty self explanatory tittle this is the life and times of Jesus Christ as told by the Four Gospels (Matthew, Mark, John and Luke). I watched the trailer (again this is below) for the first time the other day and got the chills watching it. Previous cinematic adaptations have looked at specific part of his life such as his crucifixion and resurrection 3 days later (as visualised in the passion of christ).

The accuracy of films like this varies, for instance Ramses and Moses pranking the priests in "The Prince of Egypt" and having chariot races with one another doesn't exactly feature in the old testament. I can't really comment too much about the exodus story as I haven't studied it in depth yet. But the ones about Jesus really bring to life his extraordinary life.

Christianity isn't just found in films though, there's also a wide range of songs of Worships by Christian artists and I will be covering that in a future entry.