Joseph - King of Dreams
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Movie Reviews of Joseph - King of Dreams
Movie Review: The Best Quality Direct-to-Video Feature!
Summary: 5 Stars
Barring some scriptural inaccuracies (a disclaimer admits to the dramatic license taken), Joseph is a wonderful, inspiring version of the Biblical tale. The songs are decent for a video production, and some of them actually stand out quite well. The majority of the story talks about Joseph's journey of faith and hope, and how he overcame hurdle after hurdle to properly share the gifts that God had given him.
A little light on the religious side, Joseph plays up the entertainment value of the story (as with most films). However, it never deviates from the fact that Joseph believes his ability to interpret dreams is a gift from God. Far too few films are willing to take this chance... Kudos to Dreamworks for a top notch production.
NOTE TO PARENTS: Though there is nothing outwardly objectionable, there is some serious subject matter that you may want to discuss with your children. :-)
Movie Review: 5 Stars
I was not expecting this movie to be as good as Prince of Egypt, but like the first review that I read, I think it is as good if not better than Prince of Egypt. The picture is vibrant and wonderful, the story is as close to the true story as possible, and the songs are absolutely WONDERFUL. My children loves this movie. It is a great story about forgiveness, love, and faith. I was suprised to find that Ben Affleck was the voice for Joseph. Although he is not my favorite actor he does a WONDERFUL job as the voice of Joseph. Much better than Matt Damon as the voice in Dreamworks movie "Spirit". Buy this movie, you will not be disappointed and your family will love I wish they had done more advertising for this movie and it had received more attention. It deserves it. I hope that Dreamworks does more films like this of the stories in the Bible!Movie Review: Joseph Van Gogh
Summary: 5 Stars
Presenting Joseph's ancient dreams in the style of moving Van Gogh paintings is highly original, and shows how carefully the DreamWorks team thought everything through. It's doubly appropriate here, since Van Gogh was at least partially or intermittently insane (see the video "Vincent and Theo" for substantiation of this), and Joseph's brothers also thought he was a nut. This is a lot more than a cartoon.If DreamWorks can keep up this quality of work, they will leave Disney in the dust (still probably mimicking all of the same old tired pantheism and nature-worship which has become a formula with them), by proving that you can tell big stories to little people, without mangling an historical text like Genesis.
If Joseph is the "miracle child" this qualifies as a miracle movie.
Movie Review: SO much more compelling than PoE...
Summary: 5 Stars
Other reviewers have suggested that the music of "Joseph" is not up to the standard of Prince of Egypt, but I beg to differ. John Bucchino's lyrics and score ensure that this isn't just a bible story, but a well-told story of faith and personal growth. I personally could only stand a single song in PoE, and that one only in the multiple-language version in the DVD extras... Joseph's story, on the other hand, has thoughtfully crafted music that moves the tale along, rather than just relaying the story.
The fact that this is a Bible story is almost irrelevant, which makes this a far more compelling film. With so many "preachy" offerings out there these days, it's refreshing to find something being presented as moral and spiritual, rather than simply religious.
Movie Review: err...folks, actually its a PREQUEL not a SEQUEL.
Summary: 5 Stars
Joseph King of Dreams is a PREQUEL to Prince of Egypt NOT a sequel. A quick little historical timeline: It would be from Adam/Eve to Noah/Ark...then much later to Abraham then to Isaac then to Jacob (who was later named Israel) then to his 12 kids -as in the 12 tribes of Israel, one of whom of course is Joseph our dreamer boy...then they all settled in Egypt, then around 300-400 yrs later you get Mr. Moses a.k.a. your "Prince of Egypt". Joseph here, is actually the same Joseph whose corpse they carried off with them when they all left Egypt for the Promised Land led by Moses. Maybe they can do Joshua next (now that would be a sequel). For more accurate information, refer to a bible under "Exodus". It's a nice video, all the same...