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Cleita

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5. Cecil B. DeMille covered the same ground in the same way fifty+ years ago.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:08 AM

Apr 2013

The scripting was bad. The acting campy and the sets and costumes cheesy. Also, there are unintentional moments of humor from bad dialogue in the scripts. Really, they need to give it the HBO treatment. The stories and drama in the Bible are there in the right hands. I mean HBO did a great job with "Rome" and now "Game of Thrones". They could give us a great Bible series if they concentrate on the dramatic elements and don't try to whitewash the religious aspects of it.

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I Preferred the Book [View all] Meshuga Apr 2013 OP

Did you see any of this? cbayer Apr 2013 #1

Cecil B. DeMille covered the same ground in the same way fifty+ years ago. Cleita Apr 2013 #5

Great idea. HBO does have a record of doing historical drama well. cbayer Apr 2013 #6

It would be for mainstream cable and broadcast networks, but Cleita Apr 2013 #7

(DeMille aside) The desert scenes of his 'Ten Commandments' were filmed in the Oceano (CA) dunes. pinto Apr 2013 #8

On a clear day I can see the dunes from Cleita Apr 2013 #9

Ah yeah, forgot you live in the area. They're worth a look / walk. A coastal desert in many ways. pinto Apr 2013 #13

I made an attempt to watch and gave up very early in the series Meshuga Apr 2013 #10

I have also read some things about some of the people who had cbayer Apr 2013 #11

It did come off as propaganda. Simplistic and overwrought at the same time. pinto Apr 2013 #12

Every time I was somewhere that showed the channel, it seemed all they cbayer Apr 2013 #14

I also dislike the History Channel Meshuga Apr 2013 #16

I watched ten minutes, thought it badly acted and cheaply produced. kwassa Apr 2013 #15

That's a pretty fair critique. jeepnstein Apr 2013 #2

Agree completely that the missed opportunity here is the worst of it. cbayer Apr 2013 #3

It's crazy that no one in Hollywood has been able to do a good movie Cleita Apr 2013 #4