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** Director Allusion - Ramses says to his sleeping son "You sleep so well, because you know you are loved", a line from Ridley Scott's ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''.Both times the line is delivered by the film's main antagonist.

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** Director Allusion - Ramses says to his sleeping son "You sleep so well, because you know you are loved", a line from Ridley Scott's ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. Both times the line is delivered by the film's main antagonist.
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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]]).
** Director Allusion - Ramses says to his sleeping son "You sleep so well, because you know you are loved", a line from Ridley Scott's ''{{Film/Gladiator}}''.

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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]]).
** Director Allusion - Ramses says to his sleeping son "You sleep so well, because you know you are loved", a line from Ridley Scott's ''{{Film/Gladiator}}''.''Film/{{Gladiator}}''.Both times the line is delivered by the film's main antagonist.
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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[Film/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]]).

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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[Film/ThePrinceOfEgypt [[WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]]).
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Bruce Wayne]] wants [[{{Film/ZeroDarkThirty}} Patrick]] to let his people go.
** [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] and [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] are the King and Queen of Egypt.
** Moses must be a supporter of the Lord of Light, as [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Selyse Baratheon]] is his sister, Miriam.
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Kazim]] is Moses' father-in-law.
** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua and his dad Nun is [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]] (Well, the fake one actually).
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga John Daggett's rivalry with Bruce Wayne]] started way earlier than we all thought.
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* ParvumOpus: It's the lowest rated of Ridley Scott's films with a 27% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The controversy about the MonochromeCasting is about the only thing the film is remembered for.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $140 million. Box office, $61,224,000 (domestic), $202,755,000 (worldwide).

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $140 million. Box office, $61,224,000 $65,014,513 (domestic), $202,755,000 $268,175,631 (worldwide).
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* RealitySubtext: The film is dedicated to Ridley Scott's brother, fellow director Creator/TonyScott, who died in 2012. Since the film is about two brothers, more than a few reviewers have tried to read meanings into this.

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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[Film/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]])

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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[Film/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]])Moses]]).
** Director Allusion - Ramses says to his sleeping son "You sleep so well, because you know you are loved", a line from Ridley Scott's ''{{Film/Gladiator}}''.
** It's very appropriate that Ben Kingsley gives Moses advice, since he was Moses himself in a 1995 film.



* DyeingForYourArt: Christian Bale almost didn't get the role of Moses because he had gained so much weight for ''Film/AmericanHustle''. He lost all the weight required and read the first five books of the Bible, as well as the Qur'an to prepare.



* ParvumOpus: It's the lowest rated of Ridley Scott's films with a 27% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The controversy about the MonochromeCasting is about the only thing the film is remembered for.



** Oscar Isaac and Javier Bardem were offered the role of Ramses but both turned it down.

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** Oscar Isaac and Javier Bardem were offered the role of Ramses but both turned it down.down.
** Ridley Scott claims that his final cut ran ''four hours''. The theatrical cut is two and a half.
* WritingAroundTrademarks: The 'Gods and Kings' subtitle was added after it was discovered MGM had the rights to the title 'Exodus', after a film they released in 1960.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: One of the reasons attributed to the box office returns or lack thereof was that people simply weren't interested in the story of Moses, a powerful and spiritual tale, turned into another Scott sword-and-sandals battle epic.
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* CreatorKiller: If this film didn't kill [[Creator/RidleyScott Ridley Scott's]] career, then it, along with his other flops, most likely severly injured it.

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* CreatorKiller: If this film didn't kill [[Creator/RidleyScott Ridley Scott's]] career, then it, along with his other flops, most likely severly injured it.DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: One of the reasons attributed to the box office returns or lack thereof was that people simply weren't interested in the story of Moses, a powerful and spiritual tale, turned into another Scott sword-and-sandals battle epic.
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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].

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** Likewise, Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]]. (Also, [[Creator/ValKilmer the second Batman]] to play [[Film/ThePrinceOfEgypt Moses]])
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* CreatorKiller: If this film didn't kill [[Creator/RidleyScott Ridley Scott's]] career, then it, along with his other flops, most likely severly injured it.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $140 million. Box office, $61,224,000 (domestic), $202,755,000 (worldwide).

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** Moses must have a bit of Dornish in him, as [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Ellaria Sand]] is his sister, Miriam.

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** Moses must have be a bit supporter of Dornish in him, the Lord of Light, as [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Ellaria Sand]] Selyse Baratheon]] is his sister, Miriam.


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** [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga John Daggett's rivalry with Bruce Wayne]] started way earlier than we all thought.
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* BannedInChina: Egypt banned the movie due to historical inaccuracies.
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** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua and his dad Nun is [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]].

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** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua and his dad Nun is [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]].Mandarin]] (Well, the fake one actually).
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** Who'd have thunk that Moses was kin to [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Ellaria Sand]]?

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** Who'd have thunk that Moses was kin to must have a bit of Dornish in him, as [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Ellaria Sand]]?Sand]] is his sister, Miriam.
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** [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] are the king and queen of Egypt.

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** [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] and [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] are the king King and queen Queen of Egypt.
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* [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] are the king and queen of Egypt.

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* ** [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] are the king and queen of Egypt.

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* [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[Film/TheBigLebowski Jesus Quintana]] are the king and queen of Egypt.



** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua.

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** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua.Joshua and his dad Nun is [[Film/IronMan3 The Mandarin]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga Bruce Wayne]] wants [[{{Film/ZeroDarkThirty}} Patrick]] to let his people go.
** Who'd have thunk that Moses was kin to [[{{Series/GameOfThrones}} Ellaria Sand]]?
** [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Kazim]] is Moses' father-in-law.
** Oh hell. [[Series/BreakingBad Jesse Pinkman]] is Joshua.
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** Likewise, Creator/ChrstianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].

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** Likewise, Creator/ChrstianBale Creator/ChristianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].
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** Likewise, Chrstian Bale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].

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** Likewise, Chrstian Bale Creator/ChrstianBale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JoelEdgerton co-leads [[Film/{{Warrior}} a movie about (or in this very film's case, would be) estranged brothers]].

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Creator/JoelEdgerton co-leads [[Film/{{Warrior}} a movie about (or in this very film's case, would be) estranged brothers]].brothers]].
** Likewise, Chrstian Bale plays [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga a person who comes from wealth who wishes to protect the innocent]].
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JoelEdgerton co-leads [[Film/{{Warrior}} a movie about (or in this very film's case, would be) estranged brothers]].

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Creator/WarnerBrothers, developed independently of this film which was always a Ridley Scott project. Since this has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.

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Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Creator/WarnerBrothers, developed independently of this film which was always a Ridley Scott project. Since this has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.averted.
** Oscar Isaac and Javier Bardem were offered the role of Ramses but both turned it down.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Creator/WarnerBrothers. Since this film by a different studio has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Creator/WarnerBrothers. Creator/WarnerBrothers, developed independently of this film which was always a Ridley Scott project. Since this film by a different studio has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Cretor/WarnerBrothers. Since this film by a different studio has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Cretor/WarnerBrothers.Creator/WarnerBrothers. Since this film by a different studio has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.
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* FakeNationality: Like [[Film/TheTenCommandments Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner]] before them, Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton aren't Middle Eastern.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/StevenSpielberg and later Creator/AngLee were reportedly attached to a Moses movie called ''Gods and Kings'' for Cretor/WarnerBrothers. Since this film by a different studio has claimed the ''Gods and Kings'' title, DuelingMovies seems to have been averted.

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