Musings!

Brad Harris, as Simon, Djordje Nenadovic and Mara Lane in THE OLD TESTAMENT (1963)

If you call your movie OLD TESTAMENT, well, you're asking for it. It's impossible to cram everything from the Old Testament into a 90 minutes movies. So it basically invites criticism that the movie doesn't live up to the title. And it clearly doesn't. I like the movie. The production is excellent with some really glitzy sets (below). The cast is very good. There are some spectacular scenes in it but the story is all over the place (like FURY OF HERCULES, starring Brad Harris and made by the same team of people). It's like a Sunday School Production on steroids. They spent some considerable amount of money for this (huge crowds, big sets...) and the result is unsatisfying, if you expect the title. I don't so I'm ok with it, except for the story. A different title and people would see it differently and appreciate it.