The Prince of Egypt is so GOOD! FIRST Time Watching and Movie Commentary! 

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As a Christian, it's incredible that such a big company actually took it seriously and did the story justice, but you don't have to be Christian to appreciate this masterpiece.

I wish DreamWorks would get back to making traditionally animated films like this because The Prince of Egypt is a banger

"How did the baby survive that?" "How did ramses survive that?" One word: God

THIS 👏 MOVIE👏 IS 👏 UNDERRATED. The songs especially the opening song is impeccable. Don't come at me.

When they were making this video, they approached leaders from Christianity, Judaism and Islam to ensure that they were telling the story correctly and non-offensively. I think that's part of what makes this movie so good. There was a level of care that many other movies don't show to the source material (including the numerous other live-action movies that tell this story). The team so clearly wanted to do this story well and respectfully, and that also means that atheists like myself can enjoy it without feeling like a religious narrative is being pushed.

Fun fact: It took 2 or 3 years to just animate the water parting scene. Normally it takes 2 to 3 years to complete a movie, but not in this case XD

When you pointed out that Pharaoh shouldn't have put incriminating evidence on the walls I agreed! And then I remembered that these are Egyptians and the royal family were basically viewed as gods... so...Pharaoh basically said, "Who gon' check me boo?!"

Fun Fact: In the burning bush scene, the voice of God is made up of the voices of all of the main characters whispering the lines simultaneously. But when it came time for Val Kilmer (voice of Moses) to record his part, they figured they needed a voice to be louder than the others, so they used Val as the “main” voice of God and to add the dynamic of God being like Moses’ “inner voice”. So Moses is basically talking to himself.

The voice of Ramses is Ralph Fiennes... yeah I was surprised as a kid to know that Voldemort was doing Ramses voice (and singing too!)

I’m glad to see the prince of Egypt is getting more attention! It’s such a stunning movie and I love it!

Yeah. The conflict between the brothers in this movie always breaks my heart every time. Like. They're family and they had to fight each other. It's just so sad. :'(

What makes Deliver Us even more awesome is that the woman who sang the song actually recorded it in several different languages, so that there was no need in many dubbed versions for the song to be sung by other than the original singer.

"you know it's a good story when you understand everyone's perspectives" THIS!!

That opening "Deliver Us" sequence is just chillingly good. On my list of best movie moments ever, personally. The "Through Heaven's Eyes" dance/montage is also just so amazing. Especially the end of it.

“How in the holy Christ did that child survive?” Well, funny you should mention that-

Fun Fact It took two years to animate the parting of the water scene alone, that's how long it takes to animate a single disney movie. Now that shows dedication and passion for this movie.

oh my god i literally just watched this for the first time like 2 days ago & was completely amazed & even though i’m not extremely religious this movie still hit different

I dare say that this is one of the greatest animated films ever made. The music, the art style, the voice acting, the writing, the animation itself, it's all beautifully crafted. I used to love this movie as a kid, but having seen it again more recently as an adult, I almost forgot how crazy good it is.

Hans Zimmer is incredible, added so much to the already fantastic film.

I saw this in the movie theatre and it was instantly my favourite animated movie of all time. I have always been frustrated that it never seemed to get the recognition it deserves. I LOVE that reaction channels are watching this and loving it! Hopefully it means more peope will watch

I’m not sure how much of other RU-vidrs you have checked out but watching Cinema Therapy touch on this move is one of my favourites 👌☺️

“That escalated quickly” is one way to put it… Not quickly at all. The film seems to condense things A LOT, because in the Bible, Moses spends 40 years in Midian.

If you really enjoy dreamworks animation you should watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. It’s my absolute favorite and the soundtrack involving Bryan Adams is absolutely legendary

2:36 One child per family rule? Isn't that current day China's thing? If I remember correctly, The Pharaoh had the male babies killed to prevent a threatening uprising, because the Hebrews were becoming too numerous. I might be wrong so in that case, please somebody correct me :D

17:28 While I don't know if this happened in the Bible, this part when Moses finally breaks down and cries by himself after the death of Rameses's son (who is in a way Moses's nephew), when he’s finally broken after trying to be so strong while fulfilling his work for God and after seeing so much destruction and death of a people he once loved. He's a man who was given a task, which he is clearly struggling to accomplish. Moses crying could almost be seen as him pleading with God, "Why are you making me do this? Why are you killing these children? They've done nothing. Why kill their children just as Seti killed yours?"

It's almost impossible to not like this movie. This is really good.

Finally 👏🏼the 👏🏼appreciation 👏🏼this movie 👏🏼deserves!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

One thing that you never really think about is that first born doesn't mean a little baby. You could have been an adult and the Holy Spirit would have taken you.

You know what the ironic thing about Moses and Ramses' conflict is. Moses wasn't there to attack the egyptians, he was there to extend an olive branch. God was going to mess them up anyways, Moses was there way out, he was just the messenger but ended up bearing the blame for the plagues in the eyes of the egyptians and Ramses. That link "You were always getting me into trouble...but you were also always there to get me out of trouble" encompasses it perfectly. Moses was Ramses' way out of being the so called "weakest link"

This is how I wanted them to make Bible stories. The characters feel grounded.

I ALMOST SPAT OUT MY CEREAL AT "Moses don't you know that...life, finds a way?" I HAVENT LAUGHED OUT LOUD IN WEEKS Also my favorite childhood movie, you earned a sub sir

*OH. MY. GOD.* Literally a gift from heaven. Thank you!!! I don't even have words to describe how I love this movie...

As a person from a Christian family who is not sure about religion I normally hate movies like this but this is like my favorite movie ever.

Honestly, I've never been much for religion. This movie though, always managed to bring a tear to my eyes, even as a child... mostly because the depiction of the supportive brotherhood between them, and how it all unfolds later on, struck me as a real "personal/emotional" tragedy. Comparing the initial scenes between Moses and Ramses, vs The Plagues scene is just so heartbraking still, to me

Maybe the greatest animated movie of all time. Simply a masterpiece. Criminally underrated.

yessss, the wave of "prince of egypt" reactions seems to be happening. finally!

It's a common misconception that the Jews are claimed to have built the Egyptian pyramids, but this was never claimed by them nor is it present in the Bible. I guess people just associated one with the other given that the pyrmaids are definitely that country's most famous architecture. (Also, the people who *did* build the pyramids were actually treated relatively well.)

9:13 the moment where moses leans against the well and falls in used to always surprised me/catch me off guard no matter how many times i watched it as a kid because there was no different animation cell/layer to indicate that a piece of background animation was going to be moved/interacted with

When it came out, I remember learning that the parting of the Red Sea scene took literal years, and my little mind was 🤯

I watched this movie with my family the day before yesterday. My sister didn't want it at first, as she thought it would be a cheap, boring Biblical movie. By the end of the opening she was already crying her heart out at this masterpiece, along with all of us.

We need more movies like this, the animation, the story, the designs were all so breath taking

Hey thought I'd suggest Joseph King of Dreams if you liked this one. The Joseph one isn't perfect or as good as this one in my opinion but I liked it lol. I had both on VHS as a kid.

**clicks on video** *5 MINUTES LATER* Me: subbed, I’m not sure why but I love his guy already

I always love the scenes at the Red Sea because you can almost feel how cool the air is and the water misting on your face because of the sound design

Me: sees title and me like I KNOW RIGHT? also me: good and funny content man

The basket was made from tar and pitch so it was waterproof. Given how water flows, it was smooth rocking ig.

I really love the contrast between the scene where they race and the one where Moses kills the guard. In the first one they are racing by the slaves not paying any attention to them, totally bling to it. And in the other one its like Moses just put on glasses and can finally see the slaves probably and what is happening to them

Every time my family watched this movie, the scene where Moses talks to God, we fall silent so we can hear his voice. "Oh, Moses. I shall be with you when you go to the king of Egypt, but Pharaoh will not listen, so I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders. Take the staff in your hand, Moses. With it, you shall do my wonders. I shall be with you, Moses."

*I hope they keep this amazing cinematography up* *still hasn't seen the sea splitting* me: oh child lol

This movie is an underrated, forgotten MASTERPIECE! So, so, so very glad more RU-vid reactors are bringing it to light more and more.

This is my favorite Dreamworks movie. as someone who grew up in a religious household, and uncertainty in if I want to believe in anything, I adore this movie. I was in a film critique class about 2 years ago, we had watched Nosferatu, China Town, White Dog, Hannibal, Phantom of the Opera, etc. But this movie, everyone agreed was THE best movie we watched in there. It follows the story of Moses wonderfully (and while it puts a heavier emphasis on Moses when Aron was Moses's voice in the Bible it's still really good!), the artstyle is distinct and will last the sands of time, and it ADDS to the story! it focuses on the fact that Rameses and Moses were BROTHERS! raised in the same house, Moses KNEW the traditions the Egyptians had, their hundreds of gods, and knew that they wouldn't listen to him. Rameses has an inferiority complex regarding his place, he refuses to be the weak link that would destroy his legacy, his monuments are even bigger than that of his father's. and furthermore, think of this from Rameses perspective, his brother who he thought was lost or long dead returns. then he tells you that the singular god your slaves worship tell you, Pharaoh, "The evening and morning star, one who houses Ra or Horus within his own body, and thus makes HIMSELF divinity" That THEIR God orders you, to let his people go. If Rameses had let the Hebrews go, they would've lost a majority of their labor force and doubt would fester among the Egyptians. "Why would our Pharaoh, one who houses the ruler of all our gods, give into the demands of this Hebrew slave?", and while Egypt's enemies wouldn't fear Pharaoh as a god, they would see the contempt, the doubt, the uncertainty, and they would strike relentlessly, and the Egyptian empire would fall regardless.

The Hebrews feared Moses when he killed the Egyptian because they did not know that he was also a Hebrew. They must have thought that if he was capable of killing one of their own "for no reason", what would he not do with them. Miriam was amazed, but was not afraid of him.

Omg please react to Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas next. Another dream works movie of this animation era. Love your channel ❤️

This is in my top 3 favorite movies.. and theres only been a few people who've reacted to it. I cant wait im so excited!

The story, the imagery, the soundtrack.. TOP TIER!!! Like 10/10

19:05 he didn't actually survived. The part where he screams for Moses is how Moses chooses to think of ramses to not think that he's dead. Also fun fact: Moses wasn't actually the one doing the talking, Aaron was, Moses was a stutter. Also also, Aaron was actually pretty supportive and on board with Moses from the getgo. This is a FANTASTIC movie and your reaction made it even better.

Not sure if you've watched it already but you might wanna try The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's really good too.

I love all the attention to detail in the 10th plague part of the movie For example, Ramses says that there will be a great cry from all of Egypt, and at the end of the 10th plague you can hear all the people of egypt crying.

YESSSSSSSSS hands down one of the best animated movies ever

The 7 plagues song is by far the best song in the soundtrack

I love the celebrity cast that lent their iconic voices

I'm so happy this film is resurfacing, being reviewed and getting all the praise it deserves. My favorite parts of the movie have to be every scene with just Moses and Rameses, they knew how to be each other's support in every way that counted until certain beliefs and forces separated them. This will always be my favorite animated musical.

“Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmeron” same creators and artists. Vastly underrated and so good! Matt Damon actually does the narration, but the hand drawn animation is what does it for me everytime. Plus another great score, although very different from this movie

As an avid lover of Bible stories, I love them And the music here are really beautiful!

"History always repeats itself, but it never works out the way you think it will." Can I quote you on that?!? That legit made my heart skip a beat!

The scene with the burning bush was the scene that made me realize I was watching something genuinely special. When comparing it to older adaptations, where the bush is depicted as a hostile red fire, with a thundering, commanding voice the whole way through, instead we're presented with a gentle, white flame that will not harm you. A voice that soothes and comforts, but becomes firm when necessary, only to apologize through returning to that gentle tone and using the harmless flame to basically embrace Moses... it's my favorite version. Seeing that white 'flame' again when the final punishment comes for the first born, and seeing that essentially, Moses was touching and seeing the spirit of God, a gentle being who also means its word, was also incredible. I also like that the deaths of the children, unlike what the Egyptians did to the Hebrews, was gentle. The children did no wrong but be born to the families who supported the man enslaving His people, so there's no need for them to suffer. They never knew what hit them. It's all such great imagery and I practically burned out the VHS as a wee one.

It is *so* nice to see people discovering and appreciating this movie today! This and it's prequel "Joseph: King of Dreams" were faves for us as children. Got literal *chills* re-watching this with you 💛

This is one of my all time FAVOURITE movies ever. I am not even religious but that never mattered because it is SUCH a GOOD story. The music makes me cry. This is also my first time watching YOU sir, and I am really glad you love this movie too! Subscribed.

It also has an All-Star voice cast. Patrick Stewart,Val Kilmer etc.

Also can we recognise how amazing the casting of Steve Martin and Martin Short as the priests. Also, they hired a singer for Sandra Bullock (miriam) but Michelle Pfeiffer stood her ground and asked to sing her part (zipporah) herself and she killed it singing when you believe!

100% agreed, and I freaking love this movie, beautiful animation and that music!!! Hans Zimmer!!!

This movie set a high standard for DreamWorks, it was their 2nd major release but the 1st movie of theirs to go into production. Moses is voiced by Val Kilmer, Rameses is voiced by Ralph Fiennes, Seti (their father) is voiced by Patrick Stewart. Objectively it's their best film but I wanna know, since this was your first time seeing the movie, were u in any way surprised by the fact that this movie came from DreamWorks? I ask that because this movie is a far cry from what the studio eventually became, with Shrek, Shark Tale, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, Over the Hedge, How To Train Your Dragon and such. I love most of those films but I miss their hand-drawn films too

I have seen the stage musical on the west end and it is so good!!! I used to watch this film so much when I was a child. Love your reactions 💚

I'm not at all religious but this is one of my all time favorite cartoons, I love the river song. I remember my family buying several different cassette tapes trying to get one with the river lullaby for me 😂❤️

Yocheved, Moses's mom, was voiced by the phenomenal Israeli singer Ofra Haza RIP, and she did that part in like 20 languages. It was one of the last projects she did...

After watching other of your videos I want to say that your reactions are really entertaining and I love the quality you put into your videos. I’m happy RU-vid recommended me your channel.

Yes! Glad this movie is gaining attention. There’s a huge lack of reactions and I’m honestly disappointed that there aren’t more

Omg you are reacting to all my favorite movies. I’m glad I found you on RU-vid!

The artstyle of this film kinda reminds me of Treasure Planet & Road to El Dorado tbh lol, both of which I'd like to see reactions for on the channel

You should react to the other DreamWorks film about Joseph! It's animated like this one and it's really good.

I love this movie and how they show a different way of seeing the story and yet staying true to the orgians and how powerful it is as a story as well.

16:30 I just noticed where they placed the Pharao's son, right under the other babies who were killed. That's an amazing detail, I love it!

I saw this live in the West End and it was amazing! I even got my picture taken with the person who played Moses! One of my favourite musicals to see live along with Hairspray and Les Miserables xx

"Moses... Did you not see... That life... Found a way...?" BRO YOU HAD ME DEAD.

As an atheist I kinda appreciate that the story of exodus is true across the denominations. While each religion will claim this story, they fail to understand that they share it as well which I believe is wonderful

You are the only re-watching reactor I like. You are so funny and interesting that it doesn't matter if you saw the movie before or not. It's a treat anyway!

My household wasn't and isn't religious, but we always watched this movie and I still love it to this day. The "Through Heaven's Eyes" song routinely gets stuck in my head.

This is the most serious reaction from you I've ever seen. Thanks for that!

Ramses' little "please" before Moses runs off into the desert breaks me every time.

Im not even religious but this movie is just incredible, the song, animation, the storyline. everything is just beyond beautiful

As an ex-Christian, i still appreciate this masterpiece

Love it 🤍 If they adapted anything else from the Bible, I think it could’ve been: (1) Making it clear how bad that blood stunk and that it destroyed their food and water supply for some time. (2) God/Moses’ snake eating up the high priest’s snake was stunning and intimidated to the palace court, but they didn’t emphasize it here.

Top 4 songs in this movie in my opinion. 1- when you believe 2- the plagues 3- through heavens eyes 4- deliver us + deliver us reprise This is the most underrated animated movie DreamWorks ever made. I wish that they would make movies like this again. And I mean any of the big animation studios.

One of my favorite movies. We watch it every Passover. :)

Ancient egypt was basically the bridge between prehistoric religious ritual and theater. They would put on these massive highly choreographed yearly religious festivals that would climax with a super high production reenactment of the legend attached to the honored god at their temples. There are surviving fragments of scripts with dialogue, blocking, prop lists with directions, and actor-character names

The prequel Joseph King of Dreams is also really good

Have you noticed that in any movie with the Sphinx in it, the nose always has to fall off🤣

“Can you imagine the shapes of all those people’s backs after having to carry mountains- that carry stone after stone after stone...” Unintended foreshadowing

2:20 In the Bible, Moses was not SENT DOWN the river, as popular theory has brought us to believe, he was just nestled in some reeds in the basket. Also, he was found by the Pharaoh's daughter, not the queen.