The Prince of Egypt

The Prince of Egypt
"I will not be dictated to, I will not be threatened."
Genre: Epic Musical drama Dark fantasy Animated Directed by: Brenda Chapman Steve Hickner Simon Wells Produced by: Jeffrey Katzenberg Penney Finkelman Cox Sandra Rabins Written by: Philip LaZebnik Based on: Book of Exodus Starring: Val Kilmer Ralph Fiennes Michelle Pfeiffer Sandra Bullock Jeff Goldblum Danny Glover Patrick Stewart Helen Mirren Steve Martin Martin Short Music by: Hans Zimmer Production company: DreamWorks Pictures DreamWorks Animation Distributed by: DreamWorks Pictures Release date: December 16, 1998 (Royce Hall) December 18, 1998 (United States) Country: United States Language: English Budget: $60 million Box office: $218.6 million Sequel: Joseph: King of Dreams

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated epic musical drama film and the first traditional animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Why It Won't Be Threatened

1. For DreamWorks Animation's second feature film after Antz, they managed to make lightning strike twice, even with the use of traditionally hand-drawn.
2. Downright gorgeous soundtrack that's arguably Hans Zimmer's greatest melodic score next to The Lion King (1994) the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
3. The film's perfect pacing makes everything flow freely and naturally.
4. Beautiful animation with a blend of traditional animation and computer-generated imagery that's very much on par with the Disney Renaissance films (such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Beauty and the Beast, etc.), all created using software from Toon Boom Animation and Silicon Graphics.
5. An all-star cast, mainly consisting of actors with Jewish heritage.
6. Decent songs like "Deliver Us", "The Plagues", and "When You Believe".
7. It's a remake of the first half of The Ten Commandments done right with more sympathetic characters and some dark fantasy elements.
8. Great grasp on the source material (despite BQ#2).
9. The sense of scale is enormous and grand.
10. The Angel of Death scene is beautifully animated, has no music, and comes off as eerie and unforgiving.
11. The film doesn't push any religious agenda so it can be enjoyed by many people regardless of faith or lack thereof.

Bad Qualities

1. Like The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the film can go into some very dark themes, like genocide and infanticide. To be fair, it at least didn't sugarcoat them or sweep them under the rug like Pocahontas did.
   • Speaking of dark, the nightmare scene and the aforementioned Angel of Death scene can be terrifying for younger audiences.
   • However, the dark mood is ruined by Hotep and Huy when they appear as they're pretty distracting characters.
2. Minor Biblical Inaccuracy: Aaron isn’t the speaker for Moses like in the Bible.
3. False advertising: The trailers and commercials made the film feel like a generic cheery Bible film when the final product says otherwise.
   • Sickles aren't technically weapons like the film shows them.