Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Four Excellent Films in one box:

Although I wondered why just these four subjects were selected for a boxed set about the Bible, I found almost all four very well done, well-acted, well-produced and surprisingly more elaborate and lush than I expected. Genesis was somewhat slow and plodding with odd juxtapositions of Biblical times, modern near-Eastern life and even shots of Manhattan, the only one of the four I didn't care for as well as the others. It could have been presented with more passion and less avant garde camera techniques.... more info

It's ok:

I just recently purchased this movie from Amazon.com, and they flashed up a message that the NTSC format may not be playable in Australia. Well, it is playable! All modern VCR's sold in Australia can play (and some can record) NTSC tapes. I have found this very useful as 'Solomon' and the other movies in this series have never been released in Australia.
'Solomon' is a solid, well acted drama (what do you expect, with Ben Cross taking the leading part). I found the first part of the movie quite... more info

Fabulous Bible movies:

Now I have to say that 3 of these movies are absolutly great, but the genesis one is a stinker! Esther, Jeremiah and Soloman are all dramatisations of the Biblical stories with great actors who put in brilliant performances. Genesis is a bunch of weird looking guys just walking around with a boring narration. And the narration does not even match what is on screen half the time. If Ed Wood did a Biblical epic it would look like Genesis!

Ok, glad I got that off my chest. Buy the box set, use Genesis for a... more info

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