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Easter Movies that You Can Enjoy...

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Well, it's the season where you want to be entertained but also be sentimental and emotional towards fables and epic stories. So, therefore, I have found some films regarding Biblical stories and epic fables, but it's most likely the same two stores...if you think about it. But, here they are so you watch them as a family or if you feel like it this week.

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Of course, this is a classic, which, in my opinion, I think it is a very good Biblical epic by Cecil B. DeMille with Charlton Heston as Moses and Yul Brynner as Ramses. It has an epic scope in a nearly-long 4-hour film but it never bores you. Although, at times, it did stretch with unnecessary narration in scenes and moments for character that we don't really know and it gets cheesy. However, it is a still good movie to watch during the Easter week.

Ben-Hur (1959)

Yep, another Charlton Heston film. It is a tale about redemption and also a movie about finding his way back home and to his family and adding a little bit of Christian subtext and also adding Jesus' storyline into the mix onto Judah Ben-Hur's story. It has a few great sequences: the rowing sequence, the battle sequence on the sea and of course, the chariot sequence. It is a well-done and excellent film for the ages.

Jesus of Nazareth (1978)

In my opinion, it is as close to a great movie about Jesus that there will ever be. Granted, The Greatest Story Ever Told is decent, but it had a slow pace and there were too many distractions as many celebrity cameos were interfering with the story. This movie is as almost a realistic depiction of his life in my opinion as it could get. I am cheating a little bit because it is a mini-series, so you have to take a break during the movie. But, you'll get something out of this film. It's well-done. The only quibble is that there are too many close-ups of characters looking at us or at somebody.

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

This movie is more for children but it is still a very good movie with flaws and all. It has a great look and some very good nifty computer effects for the parting of the Red Sea and the burning bush. I will definitely recommend this for older children so you can have a visual and animated look of Moses' story. Then, watch the Ten Commandments...

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Now, onto the more graphic and more mature transition onto Jesus' last hours of his life. This is a brutal depiction of Jesus' last hours as we witness the punishing and cruelty upon him with sad tears and apologetic grief. It is a very difficult movie to watch but Mel Gibson creates an honest film out of it. This is definitely NOT for children, whatsoever.

And a few more (honorable mentions)....

Heaven is for Real

Facing the Giants (I was mixed on it, but I'd watch it on cable or rent it.)

The Tree of Life

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