The Prince of Egypt - Nostalgia Critic

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DreamWorks: The only company who can make both a biblical epic and a film about an ogre who goes on a quest to reclaim his swamp but finds out the true swamp was inside him all along.

"Sacrifices must be made." "They were only slaves." This is the kind of cartoon villain dialog we need back.

The Prince of Egypt is one of life's great mysteries. Literally no one talks about it AND YET I have never met a single real life person who had anything but positive things to say about it. How can both those things be true at the same time????

The line “Oh Moses, they were only slaves” was the first movie line I remember in my life getting chills up my spine. Seeing him hold his son and expecting that sentence to be comforting? My blood still runs cold.

My favourite thing in this movie is that the Pharaoh clearly loves Moses as a son completely.

Genuinely hard to believe that Dreamworks had this as their second film, and now they're making Trolls and Boss Baby.

I also really like the small touch of two Egyptian guards who decide to go with the Hebrews when they leave, you see them among the crowds after that helping out

This movie is an impeccable masterpiece. - It has a developed and relatable villain. - It has a developed and relatable protagonist. - It has interesting storyline and good pacing - Interesting side characters. - It has awesome songs. - It has awesome animation.

Fun Fact: Ofra Haza, who made Moses' mom's voice, sang her part in almost all languages

This is one of those films where you don't have to remember it for us.

"Let my people go." "No." "Have a nice plague."

I’m not even kidding, I went in blind and cried during the first song. This movie is THAT powerful.

Fun fact: when the angel of death leaves to the heavens, the constellation Orion (I think at least) shines bright, a symbol of death in Egyptian mythos

“How does he remember that song” You ever seen a musical before? One person can make up a song on the fly and suddenly the entire country will be singing along in the same scene

Something that I haven’t heard people talk about is how the film has Hebrew prayers and actual songs that we ( Jewish people ) sing during Passover. This movie does a great job of telling the story of Passover, and it’s surprisingly faithful to our traditions and history. I’m incredibly biased because this was my favorite movie as a child, and I’m Jewish, but this movie is so good at telling a religious story without forcing the religion onto the audience. Aaaa I could rant on and on about every instance a Hebrew prayer is said and how it’s AMAZING. In the first 30 seconds of the movie the line “Elohim Adonai, do you hear your people cry?!” Is said. Elohim Adonai means “he who is above” or “god above.” They could have said it in English, they could have said anything else, but the fact that they put that in there is just so good. SO AMAZING.

The line "You shall do my wonders" gives me chills EVERY TIME

The part when Moses finally breaks down and cries by himself after the death of his nephew, when he’s finally broken after trying to be so strong while fulfilling his work for God and after seeing so much destruction and death of a people he once loved... I cry every time.

"Sacrifices must be made... Oh, my son. They were only slaves" God damn RAW line

Something I noticed on my latest rewatch: from Moses leaving Midian up until his meeting with pharaoh, the look on his face is one of determination. I’m guessing because he was expecting to confront his father. When he sees it’s Ramesees, he looks shocked and slightly fearful, until they hug and start laughing together.