Fromclassicbookstofilm Review of Os Dez Mandamentos

Os Dez Mandamentos (2015– )

One of the best remakes of the life of Moses but not 100% accurate

[8/10 · 15 September 2016]

I really enjoyed this Brazilian soap opera which was translated into Spanish for Spanish countries and the United States.I enjoyed the fleshed out characters of both the Hebrews and the Egyptians.I thought the costuming for the Egyptian Females could have been a little better especially the headdresses.This version covers pretty much all the main characters from the Books of Exodus,Leviticus,Numbers and Deuteronomy plus flashbacks from the Genesis period of Jacob and Joseph.Of course quite a bit of fiction added in especially with the Egyptian court.All the Hebrew characters are here in this remake and well represented.I appreciate that this version also shows an accurate portrayal of the Hebrews worship of God and the Egyptians worship of many Gods.This version is way better than some of the versions of Bible Based films that Hollywood and ABC TV have put out and which flopped Exodus:Gods and Kings (2014)Christian Bale did not like playing Moses and considered Moses a schizophrenic great casting job by Hollywood standards,Noah (2014) Russell Crowe played Noah as some kind of nut and the Nephilim who were bad guys in the Bible portrayed as good and the ABC series Of Kings and Prophets (2016)about King David was canceled after the third episode and we can Thank God and people of faith everywhere for that.The person who put out Kings and Prophets wanted to turn it into a Game of Thrones type series and you can't do that with the Bible.This Brazilian production I appreciate its reverence and kudos once again to Brazilian Television who in the past brought equally reverent TV series that did justice to the Bible like Joseph,Samson and Delilah,King David and the Story of Esther have once again put out a production worth watching!