Movie Review: Gods of Egypt

What better way to start a month of contests to celebrate one year than with a battle of the Gods. The Gods of Egypt to be exact. This weeks movie has the Gods of Egypt fighting for control over the empire.

The movie starts with a dialog of how Egypt became what it is and how the gods came to be. Ra (played by Geoffery Rush) had two sons, Osiris (played by Brian Brown) who was the king over all of Egypt, and Set (played by Gerard Butler) who ruled over the desert. As the day came for Osiris to crown a new king, who is his son, Horus (played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), we go on to see what some people are doing for this special occasion.

We then find ourselves following Bek (played by Brenton Thwaites) as he makes his way through a crowed market yard. Everyone seems excited and he spies a dress shop where the owner is busy with a customer. He begins to steal one of the dresses, but soon finds himself running for his life with the dress. We find out he has stolen the dress for his wife Zaya (played by Courtney Eaton) after he narrowly escaped. She is excited about going to the coronation of the new king, but didn't have anything nice to wear until he presented the dress. They have a mini discussion over the importance of this day and then head off with the rest of Egypt.

Horus, however, hasn't even gotten up at this point. Some maidservants help to get him up, and he goes into some water to bathe. He is soon greeted by Hathor (played by Elodie Yung), also getting ready for the coronation.

The acting was not up to the level I have previously seen these actors do in other similar roles. They really needed to take on more of an Egyptian feel to their work. I mean come on, a Scottish Egyptian god? They could have at least tried to sound more like Egyptian gods. Though it wasn't bad, it wasn't great either.

The story plot made complete sense in the way it was played out. I couldn't predict what was going to happen, but I don't think it would be too hard though. I'm not saying it's predictable, I'm just saying it makes sense.

Overall, the movie wasn't all bad, but the excessive use of CGI was a little bit in the way of it. Even though about two thirds of the movie was CGI, and the actors didn't quite have their A-game, I would rate this movie 7.1/10.

This weeks trivia question is: What item is Thoth (played by Chadwick Boseman) inspecting when Horus and Bek go to see him? Comment below and don't worry if you can't see your comment. Comments will not be shown until this weeks contest is over to keep it fair for everyone. I can still tell who commented what, so do not think there is something wrong. The winner will be announced next week, and all comments will be posted at that time.

This weeks prize is a great one to go with this movie. How about a little competition with a friend or family member of yours? This one doesn't involve death, however I make no promises. This week I am giving away 2 rounds of 18 hole golf at Aspen Grove courtesy of Dave Mothus from Mothus Dawes Insurance and Investment

Do not forget to drop off a food donation at the Prince George Famous Players 6 Theater, or donate $5+ to my Mom on the HYPG Dream Team for the Relay for Life for more entries into this weeks draw. All entries will be included into the Grand Prize draw.

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