Serendipitous Discovery
Just saw The Ten Commandments Cecil B. DeMille 1956 version. I enjoyed it very much.
I can’t take Chuck Heston seriously no matter what he says or does, mostly because all I can hear is him telling Mister Burns, “You truly are the king of kings.” Luckily, this only enhances the entertainment value of the movie.
While probably maudlin and by modern comparisons possibly banal, I find Moses’ treatment of various individuals from his past touching and maybe even moving. Maybe even instructive.
The character of Nathan comes too close to succumbing to the Iron Giant Effect at times. But as the representation of a kind of self-preservation and what-have-you-done-for-me-lately logic, he seems rational enough and quite necessary to explore the higher ideas of the movie, ie. evidence and faith.
The movie has some very inspirational special effects. And some corny ones which I still enjoyed. This could simply be because the visual effects are hand made, or, if you like, artisanal. This should be a term: Artisanal FX. I only just noticed that you can’t have artisanal without anal.
Yul Brynner’s Pharaoh offers disprovable scientific conjectures to disregard The Plagues Of Egypt. To paraphrase: The river turns red via leaching of iron oxides in the mountains which causes the frogs to flee into the fields and into human populations. This tainted water fatally poisons cattle which triggers an explosion in the pest population and an increase in the spread of disease, etc… Later, Pharaoh pays hard for his Occams Razor type rationalization.
He also has a pretty convincing speech on the self-serving impetuses of various religions, including his own. Turns out, Pharaoh’s thesis is incorrect, at least when it comes to one of said religions in light of how poorly numerous supernatural events turn out for him.
I never would have sought to see the movie. I watched it almost by accident through the magic of basic cable. I saw a movie in a theatre about the Sagrada Familia today that I’ve had circled on my calendar. Did not enjoy it. I am thoroughly in the camp that believes that the un-curated TV experience carried over from our past allows for a valuable type of media consumption.
Also, during the movie, on a major US network, I saw an ad for Farm Heroes Saga on mobile. I didn’t know they did that.
Jae-Ho
Once again, expectations wreak havoc with our enjoyment. I can’t enjoy any religious movies, for reasons too boring to narrate but generally connected to my former experience with religion.
Re: advertising of mobile games. One reason for this is quite a number of these companies are seeking shareholders. And while the nouveau riche of the internet world understand the mobile games, the old money, which is still the most money, needs signposts to help them along. “Oh, I saw that ad on TV. That company is one I must notice.”
Lay people often theorize about a kind of “loss-leader” type advertising. In this case, paying top ad dollars when it’s unlikely to convert to commensurate number of sales. But also in this case, there is a very intentional outcome that the advertising parties are going for (capture the attention of target investors).
So with prime-time TV mobile ads, you are claiming it is a concrete example? And, that this practice absolutely happens the way I described it? If so, mind slightly blown.
If I am asking you to give away too many of the trade secrets, I understand.