The epic means taking real life, and the true stories of people and nations, and wrestling it into a comprehensive narrative that rings true, doesn't distort too much, and is still entertaining.
All of this can be daunting to many filmmakers, not to mention expensive, which is why few directors will attempt historical epics and fewer studios will back them. Scott is consistently a director who prefers the big canvas and attempts to make the sort of epic, either science fiction or historical, that Hollywood once produced on a regular basis. Scott often makes movies about larger-than-life men, who are driven by obsession and ambition to acts of cruelty.
However, the decision to include someone as problematic as Christopher Columbus wasn't a good one. On top of that, the problems here are a dull script, muddled history, and a miscast leading man.
Scott whitewashes Columbus' near-genocide of the native population, largely blaming it on the other people along on the expedition. Another problem is Gerard Depardieu's performance as Columbus. Depardieu has a heavy French accent that not only doesn't work with an Italian character, but is difficult for the viewer to understand.
The story being told is never clear to the viewer and no real connection is made with the audience. One of Scott's worst films , this is thoroughly mediocre. The Biblical epic was a standard in Hollywood for decades, a genre nearly owned by director Cecil B. Scott tried to bring the genre back with Exodus: Gods And Kings, the film that retells the story, but this time without Charlton Heston.
For an epic to work, it has to inspire, but Exodus: Gods And Kings fails to do so. Show all 10 episodes. Show all 40 episodes. Show all 20 episodes. Show all 17 episodes. Show all 6 episodes. Show all 8 episodes.
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The director utilizes the space brilliantly, twisting and turning the ship and getting the most out of the increasing claustrophobia as the ship floods. Even the eternally inexpressive Orlando Bloom is effective enough once his story is restored, his crisis of faith more believable.
Its contrast between slow, methodical pacing and abrupt bits of violence is a model of how to make a perfect horror movie.
Scott builds to each bit of violence because he knows the fear of death is often greater than death itself, and that showcasing that fear will make it feel more concrete and inevitable.
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