Well in many televisions across the country they are airing the old Cecil B. Demille opus "The Ten Commandments" although new testament accounts of Jesus and the ressurecton might make more sense than the account laid down in Exodus during East time. Well as they say "ours is not the reason why". I have a few problems with the movie though. When after the plagues are vistied upon Egypt which includes the death of Pharoh's son, Pharoh is stil filled with recalcitrance even though it is made clear to him that the plagues will not go away until the jews are set free.- Yul Brynner finally relents and let's the Jews go - albeit Brynner is nursing resentment and clearly freeing his lawful subjects is something he will not abide for long..So assuming that Thebes was the capitol then (there is sill a fair amount of debate who was actually Pharoh during the exodus) and the Jews were going to the Red sea which was at least 400 to 500 miles from Thebes - we see Ramses (who just decided he can't take it anymore) launches his army of chariots in hot pursuit - going at.full gallop in pursuit of the Jews. The impression given by the movie is that is what? only 6-7 hours to catch up with the Jews? - Ramses covers 400 plus miles in 6 hours or so? His chariots still pulled by charging horses at full breakneck speed like they only galloped a hundred yards? - I don't think so. So you know Pharoh is temporarily delayed by a pillar of fire and Moses (with a little help from god) parts the Red Sea.- the Egyptian chariot army pursues and is of course destroyed by the red sea crashing upon it. This is observed by Yul Brynner with consternation and Pharoh goes back to Thebes where the queen is haughtily waiting next to a statue which has Pharoh's dead son in its arms The son in the furnace like desert heat looks like he died only minutes ago.In reality, the dead prince by that time would be very ripe indeed. Look who gives a shit about the laws of physics? The other part which is a favorite of mine is when Moses goes up into the mountains to meet God and receive the ten commandments burned in on two stone tablets. This episode pays a bit more attention to the likely passage of time between Moses's departure and return which takes a fair number of days. Meanwhile back at the encampment evil Edward G. Robinson persuades the rather dimwitted Jews that God has abandoned them. He convinces them to worship a new idol "the golden calf". A wild orgy ensues with much swilling of wine and fornication ( well we don't actually see people fornicating it is a Hollywood movie made in the 50s after all) and I must say the wine-fueled orgy does look like a lot of fun. The golden calf statue is not a bad looking piece of sculpture rendered in the postmodernist revisionist style. Naturally, Charlton Heston returns at the orgy's height and causes people swallowing earthquakes, mayhem, and destruction on an epic scale. I don't know about you, but as for me, I would opt for the orgy no matter what the results of God's wrath - I mean they were having such a good time!!