Customer Reviews
abit poor - By: SwordSwingin, 16 Dec 2007 
this had the makings of a giant but it never made itin my opinion it just seems stupid like how god talks to people like he's a guyin the neighbours backyard & the cast either over act or under act & it never seems to fold together into a good quality movie but its ok to watch on a recovering from sum beers ona sunday
Like space this film is packed full of stars - By: T. Jarvis, 28 Jun 2007 
John Hustons direction of The Bible.... In The Beggining is a very good biblical epic movie that one can expect coming out of the 1960's the decade of epic.
Some truly stunning scenes one that sticksin mind is all the animals goingin to the ark probabaly wouldnt see all them speciesin a movie like that.
Big Namesin this film make it intresting such as Stephen Boyd & Peter O'Toole (lawrence of arabia) & George C.Scott (Patton.
The only thingin this movie is its either realy bright or realy darkin color which some times is a bit annoying & this transfer could realy do with a restoration tidy up on this dvd just one extra an original theratical trailer of the movie.
Movie 5/5 Picture Quality 3.5/5 sound 5/5
No blockbuster, but pretty accurate! - By: Mr. N. Morgan, 26 Mar 2007 
As the other reviewer intimates, this is a fairly low-key Bible-based drama - unlike say Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments". But this film is probably the best Bible-based film I've seen to date for keeping to the Bible narrative. Sure, at times some artistic license is used, but it's difficult to see on some occasions how else the events recordedin Genesis could have been portrayed on film!
After watching the movie, I was very much left with the impression that the prime motivein making this film was to portray as closely as possible the events from Creation to when Abram sacrifices Isaac to how they are recordedin the book of Genesis - rather than making a great movie epic; &in this regard the film does well. This does mean things can get a little erm, well a bit bland at times, but stick with it & you'll be rewarded with probably an accurate as possible record as a film-based narrative can be, of the events recordedin the first 22 chapters of Genesis!
Definitely one for the children to watch or for Sunday School use.
Epic but somewhat dispassionate depiction of the book of Genesis - By: Mr. Stephen Kennedy, 03 Dec 2006 This is an immense production, as befits such a broad scope of story as the whole of Genesis. The stars come thick & fast as you expect from a 60's biblical epic - Richard Harris, John Huston (who filledin when Charlie Chaplin declined the part of Noah), Franco Nero, Ava Gardner, George C Scott, amongst others. However the film covers so much varying ground, from a very long opening sequence of the earth being made with dramatic Stravinsky like music playing over it, to the intimate story of Abram & his wife Sara longing for a child after the time has passed when she can bear, only to be asked to give Isaac up to God, that there is little emotional impact. It's the last story (Abraham) which plays best as a movie, with effective performances & genuine story arc. The rest feels shoehorned in, with a slot given to Noah, a very short slot with Stephen Boyd (from Ben-Hur) building the Tower of Babel, Cain & Abel - the Genesis highlights as it were.
As noble as it seems to make the movie of the Bible taking as few liberties as possible (though rest assured, liberties are taken), the fact is a movie has to have a narrative that involves the viewer on some basic level - & that is where this movie fails, or at least only intermittently succeeds.
It's a grand undertaking, worth watching as a curiosity, but too overblown & all-encompassing to be a classic.
