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Sorry, but this was awful

posted 18 years ago by morgana-31
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I'd have to say of all the Biblical movies I've ever seen this would be the most inaccurate. They didn't get anything right.
I'll only mention one point.
Wasn't the deal with God that if 10 good men could be found then the cities would not be destroyed?
The exodus from Sodom was almost as great as the one that followed Moses out of Egypt in The 10 Commandments - as opposed to the Biblical account where only Lot, his wife and two daughters left. Surely 10 good men could have been found amongst the departees?

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[–] eek-a-mouse 16 years ago

No, they didn't get anything right and if they were to go on with the Bible ending into the bargain they would have had to show Lot's nubile daughters becoming his wives.

[–] raysond 16 years ago

After this, "Sodom and Gomorrah" was basically the last of the big-budget widescreen Super Panavision 70 Bibical epics that came out during the late 1950's and early 1960's.

There wouldn't be another one like it until John Huston's The Bible which was released in 1966.

[–] beresfordjd 15 years ago

I recorded this yesterday and am watching it now-you are so right- 5 minutes in and I can tell it is going to be appalling. Miklos Rosza's score is made up of outtakes from Ben Hur I am sure.
It is one of those Italian /USA co-productions with badly dubbed italians and fading stars desperately trying to maintain their careers in bad movies.

[–] Marlburian 15 years ago

It's not worth doing a full review of this, as it's all been said already. I've given it my lowest score ever: 4. That Stewart Granger should have been reduced to this... The battle scene was OK, until the Hebrews' implausible wrecking of their dam and the consequent engulfing of the bad guys. And Granger's besting of Stanley Baker (and what were you doing agreeing to act in this, Stanley)in the duel was implausible.

The most impressive aspect was the large crowds of extras.

[–] DavidW1947 14 years ago

Miklos Rozsa composed a beautiful, original and spectacular score for Sodom and Gomorrah and there were absolutely no out-takes from Ben-Hur in it anywhere.

[–] Mithrandir-Olorin888 13 years ago

For the context of how it's set up in the scene, it had to be 10 actual native citizens of Sodom. Of whom none left (Just Hebrews and Slaves) since Lot's wife had become a Hebrew by marriage for all intents and purposes legally.

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[–] darthmetalhead1 10 years ago

I just bought the 2 cd set of the soundtrack that was re-released...Miklos composed a brand new spectacular score as he always does...in all honesty...Miklos stole more of his own music for Ben-Hur from Quo Vadis