Gods of Egypt Review - The Mythology Guy
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What should I review in the future?
The Percy Jackson tv show pilot when it comes
What about the ragnarok netflix series?
One of those really trashy _Thor_ movies, those cheap ones not the Marvel ones.
age of mythology
Clash of the Titans and Wrath of the Titans
Anubis: *”None can stop me from being who I really am.”*
The Director: “Good. We won’t change anything about our favorite Doggo.”
Anubis. The only God they spent time researching.
the Anubis fans are so silly
@@HomellAlcautor Probably the only Egyptian god they knew about prior to this movie.
@@abobakrhassan2731 Dude. We are crazy enought to love a dog-man so being called silly it's a compliment.
Director: “who’s a good boy?”
Anubis: “I am?” 🥹
>Gods of Egypt
>Everyone is British
Ah yes, British Museum Simulator 2016
"Fear not! We have come to educate you in our ways and take your cultural artifacts! Pleade fo not resist!😃" -Some British archeologist
Geoffrey Rush, despite his British accent, is actually Australian
And white
Dude, if they cant take care of their own Myths and make them into "blockbuster" movies. Then of course the British will have to do it for them.
@@darryljack6612 not sure if /s but it better be /s
Worst part of it is that the ORIGINAL SCRIPT had SOOOO MUCH MORE than what this movie had, so imma make a list:
-More gods where shown.
-Isis appeared and delivered.
-Hathor fought, albeit a little but still she fought and wasn't the queen of the west.
-The underworld always had its own system where riches would get you into the afterlife, with Osiris giving a lot and Seth giving nothing to those who didn't worship him.
But horus changed it by placing Thoth inside the underworld. He was actually the whole narrator too.
-Anat and Astarte fought a lot more, with Anat vs Hathor and Horus(+bek/Aladin) vs Astarte.
-Zaya didn't die in the end, INSTEAD all of Egypt had curses placed of them that didn't let them get out of Egypt, Bek/Aladin didn't have it (got lucky or smth?) But instead choose for Horus to help him deal with the curse or else she would be killed.
-AYO HORUS NEVER HAD HIS WINGS TORN OFF.
-NEPHTYS FOUGHT.
-The events started with a monologue yes as seen before, BUT the movie began when Horus was already deserted (his father killed at a young age) and was coming back to take revenge on Seth, but since he was only focused on that and his own anger he managed to be influenced by Seth.
-Horus also had a long time friend and teacher + some allies that where killed when trying to enter the piramid, having battled off the attackers and (spoilers) dying. So Bek was able to pass through the safes, WITH HIS OWN SKILLS omg he was actually smart why the heck did they take this out.
THEY EYE THEY EYE OH MY GOD THAT SCENE WAS SO MUCH BETTER because Horus always had his ability to fly with only one eye, but he was not as strong as before with the other. In the last fight Seth is attacked by both horus and Bek, and while he tries to kill Bek, Horus goes on to grab him, moment of friendship happens and then it is revealed that Bek had stolen the eye from Seth as we see Horus with both eyes on the next scene.
OHHH BOY THE PIRAMID SCENE TOO, The water I think it actually didn't work or something because Seth had been at that time and planned for Horus to come to his piramid the moment he was informed of Bek stealing the eyes of horus. What was eventually changed was that Bek had stolen a very important piece of the armor and was threatening Seth with it, but Seth promised to give him all the riches so that he could meet Zaya in the afterlife [because Zaya died in a stupid attempt of Bek stealing Hathor's bracelet which actually cured Hathor.] So they could be together. Bek was very suicidal after loosing zaya so he didn't care for anything else and after some angst that is when horus finally realized that this war didn't only affect him but others too.
UGHGG WHY IS THE ORIGINAL SOOOO MUCH BETTER GO READ IT PLEASE ITS FREE ON GOOGLE
Omg chill dude no one reading all that, maybe
That sounds like it would have been a way cooler movie, pair that with actual Northern African/ Mediterranean/Semitic/Arab actors and would have had the potential 😊 Guess, I'm gonna stick with the Papyrus cartoon, I loved that as a kid ❤❤❤
@@tvifjtb4880 I read it all, I don’t regret it, but now I wish that the producers had went along with that script. But you’re right, most people would not read that entire thing.
@@tvifjtb4880i read
How do I find this on Google? What should I type?
I forgot his name, but as far as I remember, the guy who played Tutanchamun in "Nights at the museum" (who is egyptian) offered to play a role in the movie, but he got declined by the studio.
Rami malek doesn’t play Tutankhamen he plays ahkmenrah
as a guy who loved Night of the Museum, I'd love if that were to happen
This seems like the kind of movie I would’ve loved as a kid. Then rewatching 20 years later and realizing how terrible it actually was
Happened With Cinemasins
lol fr 😂
I loved BvS as teen and hate it post puberty
This happened to me 💀
“Holy crap! An actual black guy! Quick, take a picture”
Better than any like in this movie by far
Dude personally I really liked this movie, but your amazing knowledge about history, and your skits make this video so entertaining
Thank you! And yeah, there’s nothing wrong with liking the movie. It’s enjoyable in its own way
Gross
@@TheMythologyGuy1you sound really uneducated & uncultured. You’re just as ignorant as the movie. We were never black and aren’t. Thinking Africa = black is the most smooth brained thing to ever think. So Indians and Syrians aren’t Asians for example? What kind of education system do you guys have? It’s absolutely disgusting that this blackwashing, history/mythology stealing and cultural appropriation continues to this day by Afrocentric African American Nazi-like simpletons and you never call them out just like you call out the whitewashing. Both are trash but you give one a pass. We have scientifically never been black, nor were our ancestors or mythologies.
@@TheMythologyGuy1you need to reply to this now. You’re literally aiding in the erasure of my people. This is a worldwide cancerous epidemic that nobody seems to know or care about and when they do they support racist black supremacist Afrocentrics to seem like they’re “tolerant allies” when in fact they’re doing it at our expense and by supporting the oppression, appropriation, erasure, silence and theft of my people’s history, identity and culture. If it was the other way around all hell would break loose and the world would be in uproar. Absolutely f*ckin disgusting, disgraceful & hypocritical
As a happy coincidence, the CGI was pretty good during Set's Voltron/ultimate form surgery. I love the idea of molten metal dripping and sloughing off of him in the process. That was a nice touch. I love the idea of the endless waters of creation being just beyond the sky -one of the few thing they got accurate to the myths, although admittedly, it would be difficult to depict a traditional "crystal dome" firmament.
Even if it is a bad movie,is one of those entertaining bad movies you watch to pass the time. I personally really dig the transformations
24:32 that’s the reaction of my brother when he sees that Walmart hasn’t restocked Blue Bunny Cherry Cheesecake ice cream
Ancient Egyptians weren't really black only although coming from Africa, Ancient Egyptians races were very diverse, We are talking about north africa and not southern to central, It was very diverse therefore choosing an accurate race for the egyptian gods is very hard, The accents are stupid though.
Agreed, Cleopatra is the most famous Egyptian but her family was Greek
@@TheGhostoftheCosmos there were Egyptians more ancient than Cleopatra's era. She's closer in time to us than she is to the true ancient Egypt, and all ancient artworks in older architecture including pyramids we're still finding as of recent that archeologists of her time studied held depictions of brown and darker skinned people. Ancient Egypt was primarily Brown and darker skinned.
@@j.woodard2452 I'm aware. But she is the most famous and people often try to argue she black because she was from "eygpt". I see the art from the time and know it was primarily dark skinned people but it it have a fair amount of diversity such as Europeans like the greeks.
@@TheGhostoftheCosmos she's mixed, at best between all the trade that happened between Southern Europe, the Middle East and Egypt as well as the rest of Eastern Africa...she's a few extra generations mixed.
@@TheGhostoftheCosmos and she's also the most famous only due to the fact that by that time period, they didn't continue with the main component of their burial practices under their gods rules and general ethical policy. Egyptians used to leave the women out longer to decompose before proceeding with the ritual mummification and burial practices to deter necrophilia. If we find her tomb, it will confirm a lot more than what "pictures" and written word could. Cleopatra is also well-known for boning almost everyone, including close family. All of which, we only know because records of her were kept in nearly as many languages as she was reported to speak as a polyglot.
"How much research did these guys do?"
Probably about as much as the Percy Jackson movie producers
PETER JOHNSON!
You know I really like this kind of content. You make it very entertaining. I know it take an awful lot of time to make, but I really want to see more :)
For my understanding of Set and Horus in the actual mythos is this. Set may of been a bit of a tyrant but he's not a lazy one- much. In the manga I'm writing back in ancient Egypt when his people were attacked by tribesmen even if there was so much as a small raid on a tiny village he always would be the first to the scene rather than his army(But it's mostly to pick up the messes of what was left of the raiders).He did this not as much to be selfless but out of boredom and the fact that someone does dare to attack those that can't defend themselves, which also adds to the relationship to his Nephew Horus because Horus is a skilled and strong fighter . Horus on the other hand after defeating Set was pretty bored a bit of being king, not that he didn't take some advantage of using his power or enjoy the luggery of being king. But he actually missed Set, he missed the challenges, the fights, even the rare times Horus did bond with Set as nephew and uncle almost to near brothers more like. I'd also like to think in the mythos that sometimes Set and Horus would of wished for an alternate timeline even if they were stripped of Godhood that they would be the best bond of family. That is something I love about Set and Horus, and what I despise is what some people think Set and Horus have a gross gay incest thing that almost litters the internet.
Wait, is the gay incest thing a pseudomythology?
Yeah. They do have some intimate moment that are canonical, but that was completely unconsensual by the other party. I'd love to hear more about what you have to suggest. Egyptian mythos is too often overlooked.
@@chaty9903I've done research on Hades and Persphone and amazing enough Persphone is not excatly the Goddess of Spring, Demeter brings spring when Persphone returns to her. There is even another Goddess Kore that is somewhat like Persphone. And the kicker is from whom I've learned this from she also meantions that there was a cult whom were devouted to a Prime Persphone whose name if spoken of outside of ritual or cult meeting you will know her wrath.
The fact you have that Horrible Histories book in the background makes me inordinately happy.
"Holy crap a actually blak guy "! Lol that got me 😂😂thinking 😂
Good video, BTW I'm digging the Kane Chronicles in the background!!!!
Funny you say that cause I made a series that was inspired by them
I can't believe we lost the chance of seeing Chardwick Birdman
I always went with the Stargates pronunciation of Apophis, it just sounds better imo
I think the reason why they didn’t make Apopis into a giant snake is because they already have two giant snakes though they have give us a better monster look than just shadow monster LOL
I have a vague memory of having watched this... Can't remember anything storywise or anything, so thank you for reviewing this movie so that I don't have to watch it again!
The fact that has assassin's Creed origins in the background is awesome
In 1997 aired a little TV show called Stargate SG1, they had a pantheon of villainous characters called Goa'uld and they represented each one an Egyptian god. They managed 20 years before Gods of Egypt to depict accurate human representations of Egyptian gods With their animal likenesses.
Also, every Goa'uld at least looked like they were from Egypt.
I never laughed so hard watching a review in my life. Thank you!
“Stupid off screen guy, who isn’t really there” 😂
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I think the biggest disgrace of this whole movie is a lack of Sekhmet. She could have been a god that refused to take a side in the conflict until Ra was threatened. She’s the goddess of war, what in the hell people?!
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"in a thousand years of peace, what have you accomplished?"
"aah a thousand years of peace?"
For real tho
@@TheMythologyGuy1 You are absolutely right. That girl should have aimed for the ribs or heart.
Had she stabbed Set right there, the movie ends & all are happy. But noooooo!
She had to continue holding the knife aimlessly.
Set: “All women love me.” 😏
I think he wants a thousand years of war
"AND THEN ALONG CAME ZEUS"
“WHAT WILL YOU HAVE IN 1000 YEARS?!?!”
i like the idea that Toth is actually a terrible choise for facing the sphynx because he's the god of booksmarts and struggles at the abstract thinking of riddles
It’s a matter of creativity vs. trivia.
I like this idea. It’s most likely true, and as a booksmart/nerd person I definitely cant do riddles and face a sphinx.
It’s Spelled Thoth
Choice*
Sorry don't know why but it bothers me.
The difference between Inteligence and Wisdom
"You go stand in the corner with Sea of Monsters and think about what you've done" You're my fucking hero Mythology Guy
Truly, Andrew is the calmest man in the world!
This was the best part of the video!!
F-word aside, I kind of agree.
@@godzillakingofthemonsters54 Can’t handle a swear word?
@@Plumpus3545 That's beside the point
Yes.. the goddess of love betrayed her lover and the goddess of protection can't even protect herself and the god of wisdom can't even answer a riddle!
And now these people get paid...
It's like they didn't even care! 😅
Wow that is, like the movie banner, a bunch of oxymorons
@@godnyx117Directors: Now we play the waiting game.
@@godnyx117 The only people who should be getting paid is the people who actually act well in this film
wait so the protagonist goes on a journey to save his people, then meets a god that had something stolen from him, then they both hate eachother until they come to respect one another (also the god gets his powers back). I think Disney ripped off gods of egypt to make a better movie to make moana
Oh dear
@@TheMythologyGuy1 if anything it proves even a basic plot lives and dies on the quality behind it, right?
@@mobiusfrost Oh for sure. Execution can make all the difference.
@Raymond Kenney That's the point. They have the same general narrative structure, but Moana was done quite well.
Moana came out 8 months after Gods of Egypt. Pretty sure the whole plot for Moana would have already been decided before Gods of Egypt was released.
Petition to bring mythology guy on to movies either as a mythological expert, a screenwriter or a director because that would be awesome to see your visions for some of this stuff go through
His job would just be to follow the directors, producers and writers around with a stick. And whenever one of them would go: "Wouldn't it be cool if-", he hits them on the head.
I'm pretty sure they did something like this for shows like The Big Bang Theory, where they have a specialist within a certain topic come on set to make sure all that is said or done is accurate.
@@MuskyMan137 would it hurt the people behind mythology movies to do this?
@@yusheitslv100 Nope.
Idk why but your comment reminded me of Peter Griffin’s version of The Passion of the Christ😂😂
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Just going “No, no…stop it” when he’s being flailed, just like Mythology Guy feels seeing bad adaptations of myths😂😂😂
This movie always gave vibes that it was an attempt at an Egyptian Clash of the Titans
If they had actually given it some solid... acting and choreography, it might have at least been a bit more than Some Guys of Egypt.
Yeah that seems about right
@@FelisImpurrator For a second I thought you wrote "Amongus of Egypt"!😂
@@davidkoudelka10 They are all imposters...
Yea they even try to imitate the ‘epic climax with the big monster’ but it fails badly on that front
why didn't they add a line like
Bek "Hothor why don't you use your powers on set?"
Hothor "Because his heart belongs only to himself"
That is good
That’d make sense.
Such an easy fix too, honestly I'm shocked that ISN'T in the actual movie
@@PixelHeroViish I wonder what would have happened if they said his heart belonged to Horus or something.
@@sodiumvalproate3936 Now THAT would've been interesting 🥴
Bek is the definition of “I asked god for a bike, but I knew that’s not how god works, so I stole a bike and asked gods for forgiveness.”
Now that's a good Motto
@@lorddarthkairos01Better to ask for forgiveness than be denied permission?
the worst part is that it could have been a actually fun personality trait if they had handled it correctly
I would like to say that Anubis being probably being one of the more popular/famous of the Egyptian gods is the most accurate
The only justice they did, is by making Anubis *doing his job*
@@muhamaddanial5376 yes
@@ernesielta i mean, atleast they got that right🤌
@BruceTheFuckinfGoose Yes
@BruceTheFuckinfGoose they did the undead judge puppy right
Give this man an award he suffered so we don't have to
The people who okayed this movie should be sentenced to fight apophis forever with RA, let them do all the work
@Vishal where did this comparison even come from
And his award is: to suffer even more reviewing even worse mythology movies.
And give this man more likes
He showed us scenes from the movie we still suffer
I think the reason they decided on the metal beast forms for the gods was because, ultimately, the gods of Egypt were idols of gold, silver, and stone.
Maybe that was the same logic for Thoth not immediately guessing the riddle correctly--as an idol, he's not living or breathing. (Also, I guessed the answer when I saw this in theaters almost immediately, like you, not to brag) I'm also annoyed the the one reason Thoth was there was the guess the riddle in the first place, and he didn't get it. He was the epitome of "YOU HAD ONE JOB!" Thoth deserved better treatment. Boseman deserved better treatment.
I feel like the riddle could have been used as a nod to the God's immortality and how the passage of time is something they never think about. Even Thoth, especially since hes always cooped up in his library, needs to take a couple moments to be like "oh, of course, how foolish of me. Obviously it's tomorrow."
They'd of course have to establish that was their intent of course. Maybe have Aladin tease him about struggling with the answer afterwards and Thoth explaining why it didn't instantly come to mind.
I really wish we had gotten a more obvious nod to how God's can't conceptualise time. To a God "tomorrow" isn't an accurate assessment of the passage of time, it's not measured in days or even years. But just having him be confused was lazy
You know what they should had done? Go to the Sphinx first, then after trying and escape out alive, they go to Thoth and he should say, "Have you tried tomorrow?" And make the characters think that he's saying "Try the Riddle tomorrow" But what he meant was to try that as the answer to the Riddle. Then Bek or Aladdin or whatever you spell it would feel comfortable and think that's a good idea amd reply "ok, we'll answer it tomorrow," than Thoth would say "No, have you tried tomorrow as your answer?" Then Bek would say, "oh,...tomorrow." and we either let Thoth or Bek go back to the Sphinx, repeat the Riddle and say "You are tomorrow" and the Sphinx would let them pass and do the whole plan. It might sound inaccurate for the Sphinx but hey, one inaccuracy wouldn' hurt.
Why the hell was I not part of the cast? That would make rhe movie even better!
But Bek did mention something along that line. That the riddle was meant for mortal, so Thoth should try thinking like mortal, in which Thoth at first responded with 'that will be the day I stopped thinking', owing to his own established characteristic in this movie.
It was only by the end of that section that Thoth took that advice and gave the right answer.
That said, the section of the movie was so busy and fast paced that the intent might not be as obvious.
@@spearsage my thoughts exactly
I broke down laughing 😂 when he said..."Oh my God an actual Black guy!"
But...most modern Egyptians aren't.
@@jeffreygao3956 I love how you wrote "modern Egyptians" without the slightest irony.
I swear some might think we black people would get offended at that joke because a white guy made it, but like thise people don't understand us at all, that shit made me bust out laughing. Especially since it's so true XD.
@@playfulpanthress I honestly think he meant the people currently living in Egypt. Only 17 percent of Egyptians are Arabs, while 68 percent of the indigenous population is from North Africa, four percent are from Jewish ancestry, three percent are of East African origins, another three percent from Asia Minor and three percent are South European. But, centuries ago they were more Black.
@@jeffreygao3956 Neither were ancient Egyptians, point being?
Theory on why Anubis and Thoth were done well. They might have been the writers favorite ones.
Ironic how someone who doesn't do their research's favorite god was Thoth
In defense of Gerard he actually is scottish so hes not even doing an accent. Though an Animal headed egyptian god movie with actual egyptians like Rami Malek would be amazing
We can't make a movie where Rami Malek plays every character
@@TupocalypseShakur why not? I’d watch the shit out of that!
@@TwoCatsInLondon I agree I wouldn’t mind seeing Rami Malek falling in love with Rami Malek Rami then dies and Rami gets revenge on Rami for killing Rami
@@TupocalypseShakur I bet making a movie where Rami plays every character would be super easy, barely an inconvenience!
@@TupocalypseShakur that's exactly my problem with the whitewashing claims , there arn't enough hollywood big name actors to cast , egyptian cinema is pretty decent but i doubt that casting egyptian actors would bring in enough people to the cinemas
“But Ra says there’s danger approaching so his changes to his true form” “A bigger person of himself, Lame” 😂
The reason Anubis has a proper jackal head is because he is the most well known of all the other Egyptian Gods and is more popular than Set or Osiris (To Western Audiences)
Stargate SG1 exists. It had better imagery for a show where it was just aliens depicting themselves as gods.
They could have at least executed Ra to the same level of perfection. Ra is pretty well-known, especially after Yu-Gi-Oh, with the Egyptian God Cards.
I feel like the real reason is because Anubis is the only god the director actually liked.
Depends on how big of a Stargate SG-1 fan you are, lol.
12:03 I would love to see that in a god of war game
You’re my hero. I’m autistic and super awkward and have loved mythology my whole life. Seeing you talk about it so passionately brings me actual joy. Thank you
I am autistic too!
Me too
@@wolfonthezoon Same as well, I've always had a soft spot for mythology my whole life, I've just not been able to express it well.
Hello me.
Me too I am Autistic.
The real god of Egypt was the friends we made along the way.
I'm a little surprised you didn't mention the wierd detail that Set's hunters are Astarte and Amet? For those who don't know, those are two phoencian goddesses who are cannocially marriad to Set, and are an example of early syncretism between cultures.
Huh the more you know
That sure explains the "have we ever not satisfied you?" line.
@@AzureRoxe ok that *quote* changed the meaning completely
The only reason I could see why Hathor's powers wouldn't work on Seth is because he is so self-absorbed that the only thing he would be capable of loving is himself. Of course, that's just fixing a stupid plothole but still, I like that idea.
Imagine how awesome it would have been to see Set turn into a dinosaur or giant extinct alligators and Osiris has to out smart him and pretty much fly away from a flying lizard
A deinosuchus with the head of a cobra and the wings of a bird?
That sounds like Lagriacrus from Monster Hunter, and... To be honest, I'd love to see that. That'd be awesome.
Honestly, the story of Isis coup against Ra down to the civil war among Horus and Set would make for some Game of thrones level series in the hands of a competent writer team
And a even good executive/producers team that understands the writers and provides the funds instead of wanting to making some quick buck.
How is one or two events supposed to make an epic story!? And there was no Civil war , there were stupid competitions between Horus and Set, such as boat racing and the struggle of hippos
@@abobakrhassan2731 so the Olympics but with magic
I've always been an Egyptian mythology lover, so I went to see this in the theater. Needless to say I was holding in my rage the entire time.
Yea
I’m a egyptian mythology lover too
cmon , the movie wasn't that bad, he's just like that lady in misery
It's one of the only movies that got complete silence during the ride home with my family.
@@unnamedvisitor1649 god of egypt is the worst movie ever
I broke down with the words "HOLY CRAP, AN ACTUAL BLACK GUY!" It was just...so out of place, and yet perfect.
Except we were never black. So he’s just as ignorant.
Most Egyptians aren't.
@@jeffreygao3956 It actually depends on which era you look at, but even when there weren't any white people, I'm pretty sure that they weren't black, more brown.
@@yosefzanerva806Um most black people are actually the color brown are you blind? even darkskin black people are actually brown. Look up Queen Tiye who is clearly black or akenaten who is also clearly black. There are black egyptians today. The nubians around abu simbel they are true indigenous egyptians. The southwen part of egypt is filled wifh black egyptians and southern egypt is where egyptian civilization actually started
If you were to make a chart about how to make a bad movie, Gods of Egypt would ace the entire chart with no sweat.
And to think I enjoyed this movie the first time I saw it
Tied with both Percy Jackson movies
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This is the reason I think remakes and reboots should be reserved mainly for bad movies. If you remake a good or even great movie the chance of failure is exponentially higher than if you’re remaking a bad movie. Because you make it BETTER. There is more of a reason to do a remake of Gods of Egypt instead of fucking beauty and the beast
So I agree though there is a reason I imagine you know. It’s because they are trying to remake that success and bring in money. If they remake failures higher likelihood no one will want to actually look at it.
I fully agree that remakes of bad movies need to happen more often. I remember thinking about a Second Chance Studios to specialize on fixing them, and I had a focus on botched book adaptations.
I don't ever wanna see another Dragon Ball revolution...
why the hell a remake of Gods of Egypt? that movie is relatively recent it wasn't that bad, and you 're just too negative guys. plus go watch videos with list of good remakes
@@daegnaxqelil2733 ...who'd seriously defend Gods of Egypt?
"A thousand years of peace, and what have you accomplished?" Uh, a thousand years of peace, I guess? That sounds like a pretty damn fine accomplishment
“How much research did these people do” my man….we all know the answer to that is none
About the as much to make the conclusion that Hades is Satan and Zeus is the best god ever.
@@lowkeyarki7091 when in reality it's somewhat reversed where Hades is the most reasonable God and Zeus is just a dick
@@lowkeyarki7091 Seriously making Zeus a good person is straight fucked up
Literally, Gods of Egypt shouldve had Iset, Thoth and Sekhmet (I hate that Hathor never turns into Sekhmet) jumping in to help Horus and beating the living hells out of Set. Like, imagine Iset and Thoth just blasting at Set with Egyptian Magic, Thoth clones trying to surround and overwhelm him, Sekhmet ferociously fighting him but also having little regard for who is ally and enemy. Couldve been so cool!
Also, Set using sunlight on Horus shouldve already been a stupid idea cuz Horus is a God of the Sun, that would be like using a taser on Zeus!
Also, Im pissed that they killed off Iset and off-screen with an undignified death. She shouldve been leading the rebellion with her sister Nephthys while also trying to get her son to get off his ass and get his throne back
Also, personal opinion but I dont mind Set having a Scottish accent, due to him being a God of Foreigners. However, I do imagine the guy looking mixed race (but you can still tell that the guy is African) when his head isnt that of a Set animal rather than straight up white
Technically Horus is the god of the sky. Ra (or Amun, he has many other names besides that) is the god of the sun. And I agree that it would’ve been awesome to see Hathor turn into Sekhmet!
@@katnisskern828 actually hes god of the sky, sun and war (tho, he probably only added sun god to his itinerary once his eyes became the sun and moon).
Right? Dont get me wrong, Hathor being tied to the underworld and those scenes of her being dragged to the underworld are cool but it really wouldve been cooler if her charm was keeping her from turning into the bloodthirsty Sekhmet. Hell, imagine Set using Sekhmet as a weapon when Hathor became his hostage/wife, that wouldve been both awesome and tragic
It is a travesty that we didn't see Bast/Bastet come one cats were important to ancient Egypt. Also no Sobek :(
@@BlackLotus30 I would have loved to see Bast and Sobek in this movie! This movie didn't do a good job of how important these deities were. Even if they weren't necessarily important to the telling of the Osiris story, they could still have been put in. And they would've looked so cool if they made them anthropomorphic.
Petition to taser Zeus.
Well as far as I know there's a pretty good reason why Seth is so willing to kill his brother and nephew. (In the myth not in the movie)
In the myth Seth is born as the exact opposite of Osiris and for that disliked him.
Then Seth was the fighter of Ra, his right hand in the daily fight against Apophis, but then Isis came and tricked Ra. She made a snake from dust and Ras spittle so he can't destroy it. the snake bit Ra and only Isis could heal it. He gave her his true name which she used to make her husband Osiris king. But Seth expected to be the next king.
Another point is that even Seth's wife nepthys didn't really loved him and betrayed him with Osiris (and gave birth to Anubis after that)
So I think I the myth he has a pretty good reason to hate his brother
lol in what part of the video did he say he didn’t? He speaks about why and how Set did it in the actual myth. His problem was the presentation. We never see any of the hatred he has. The first scene we see him starts with him showing like he’s in good standing with his family and then immediately turns it around. That would be fine if we actually got to see that hate before that scene. Like no one is questioning why Set wanted to kill his brother like the video literally says he wanted to do it.
"In a thousand years of peace what did you accomplish?"
A thousand years of peace, you just answered your own question.
I nearly had an aneurysm when Set said this
Well, Set is a god of, among other things, war, so it kind of makes sense that he wouldn't see it as much of an accomplishment.
@@everlastingdragon4520 Didn't think of that. Interesting take on it.
Aladdin saying “ impressed” has the same energy as Hercules yelling “ disappointed!”
I actually dont mind the decision to portray the gods in their human form. The ancient egyptians DEPICTED their gods with animal heads sometimes, but they could appear in any form (including fully human)In one of Horus childhood stories, Set pulls out a strand of Horus hair (and a fucking chunck of his head)
And Shu was sneezed out of Ra's nostril. Also, the Book of the Heavenly Cow mentions that Ra has hair like lapis lazuli and golden skin. So even though he was almost always depicted with a falcon's head, the ancient Egyptians still didn't imagine Ra always that way
Edit: Hair. Not eye. Set pulled out a strand of Horus' hair. I mean, he also plucked his eyes out later on but not in the myth I was referring to.
Yeah, like all Gods, but it's not a question of can they do it, it's a question of how do we remember them.All greek gods can also transorm in animals, or take different forms, but we always represent them the same way, because that's how we remember them.
Ra without a falcon head is just a regular dude, we have no way to see it's Ra. And the movie knows it, as they decided to represent all gods as taller than humans with that ridiculous effect, to differenciate them ^^'
Also, I don't really understand your example, you can pulls a strand out of the eye of Horus and a chunnk of his head, even though he has a falcon head, falcons still have eyes ^^'
@@krankarvolund7771 There is a distinction between the representation of the gods in art and how the Egyptians really imagined the gods.
The egyptian gods can be shown in art as different animals, humans and objects. And as various hybrids between man, objects and animals.
In the art Ra is mostly represented with a falcon head, but that does not mean that the Egyptians believed Ra IS a god with falcon head. He has the falcon head to embody his position as a sky god. Min is depicted in art with an erected penis because he was a fertility god and not because the Egyptians believed that his member was permanently erect. The goddess Mesechenet is depicted in art as a brick with a head, but the Egyptians did not believe that Mesechenet was a actuall brick with a head.
In my example Horus is in a human form and wears the lock of youth (a human hair cut), which gets torn out by Set.
Gods were depicted anthropomorphically to embody their characteristics. But the pictorial representation of the gods has nothing to do with how the Egyptians imagined their gods World appear in myths and their real life.
If you look at the texts and hymns, the gods are never described with having actuall animal heads. They are described with human body parts and they perform human activities and are able to transform into different animals and objects.
And yes in the movie looks like crap, but the gods were described as beeing very tall.
@@kreolado5880 Yeah, but I didn't say that the human-heads was an actual representation of egyptian beliefs, I said that was what modern humans recognize and imagine when we talk about egyptian gods.
Mythology evolves all the time, it's normal to adapt it to a modern public, and to a modern public, it would be more interesting to see human-head gods, that's what we expect.
Ancient egyptians may believe what they want, it's been two millenias since thier religion is dead ^^
@@krankarvolund7771
But that's one of the main reasons why the movie sucks. You can tell that the film has zero interest in mythology and has not done any in-depth research. They just used stuff that people already know from main stream media without looking at actual source material. If you make a book/film/comic about Egyptian mythology, you should also do research on the mythology and treat it with respect.
Egyptian mythology is what the ancient Egyptians believed in, not what foreign people found interesting a thousand years later.
@@krankarvolund7771 "who cares what ancient egyptians believed in." is not the mindset you should have, if you plan on making a movie about the beliefs of ancient egyptians
Secret Saturdays please, it has everything from sumarian to cherokee mythology!
Finally someone remembers this Iconic Cartoon network show
Secret Saturdays is one of my favorite shows of all time and CN couldn’t even be bothered to put it on HBO Max. I remember wanting a Secret Saturdays and Wild Thornberry cross over as a kid
Secret Saturdays is definitely an underrated show, and it was good globe trotting fun that had a lot of different local flavors of adventure.
@@nathangrey6236 who doesn't?
@@vullord666was there one?
I think it's a cool concept that Set tries to turn himself into a literal Set-beast (an unknown animal) using the body parts of the other gods.
I believe Set and his army are using mirroresque shields, and Since Horus’ eyes radiate such bright light that would mean that Horus is possibly getting blinded by his own light. It is still stupid, but slightly better explanation maybe?
i think the reason that gods in movies are normally presented with an english accent is because England is normally thought of as higher-class, which is why i love the fact that Zeus had an actual Italian accent in Thor: Love in Thunder
I read it was supposed to be a Greek accent which is even more perfect for Zeus. Regardless, it makes a lot more sense than a British accent lol.
Ah yes, white elitism
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah Who tHe fk cARes abouT aCTUAL VoIces Of the Gods WHEN YoU Can haVe AnoTher enGLish VoiCe about EgyPtian GODS EnGland IS FANcier AnyWay
@@aquabluerose7734 🤣
He what?
Would it be strange to say that Anubis was my favorite character in the entire movie while my least favorite was Apophis. Though I was pretty sad that I didn't see Bastet or Sekhmet in this film or if I did I could've never recognized them.
lol yea sekhmet going insane would be soo cool
Sekhmet, Goddess of War
Wait a minute, gods not looking right, European crowns, white people playing Egyptian characters, everyone having British accents. THIS WAS MADE BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Finally!! I’ve been waiting for so long for this. Now I get to see why this movie might be bad to Egyptian mythology.
There isn't really much about Egyptian mythology in this video. It's more just a scathing movie review.
@@Resimaster Well true in some part I still think this is a great review.
@@josephmaller592 yeah, but it's not really meant to be a movie review. People watch this guy to learn about accuracies with the source material, not just to see a critique of the film.
@@Resimaster either way I do really like this video.
Moon Knight gave Egyptian Gods animal heads that this film couldn't
8:00 A Scottish accent would also be considered an British accent considering that Scotland is also part of Great Britain/UK
Laughs in Scottish independence
Let’s pretend that’s not true so I don’t have to face the fact that it’s too late for me to correct that
No it's NOT
Honestly I do wish we got some random northern Irish accents just chucked in whike not british it is in the UK and can be quite unique in the crowd
@@TheMythologyGuy1 That was an error? I thought it was part of the joke! Hollywood casting not knowing anything about the rest of the world :D
I had an idea on how to make the god's designs a bit more acccurate.
Take Thoth, for example (Rest In Peace, Chadwick Boseman). In the mythos, his head is a bird. Why not have golden crowns with the respective animal as the focal point? So when they transform, the centerpiece of the crown becomes their head? They could be styled like Egyptian pharoah crowns, but more gilded.
That's a cool and creative idea
No wonder it wasn't in this movie
the webtoon ennead does a good example of this, their headpieces represent the animal they represent, like horus, seth, and anubis
According to the wiki (Yes, it has a wiki), one of the reasons why Set lost to Horus while he was basically Ultron was supposedly because he foolishly fought Horus in his domain, the sky. This, combined with his lack of flight experience (Making it "sluggish" and "clumsy", according to the wiki), and the wings not cooperating with him (somehow), he apparently stood little chance to Horus... Then again, why didn't he use the Brain of Thoth to at least utilize it better?
LMAO!!! And the director got angry cause they pointed out their BULLSHIT!!!
@@godnyx117 Wait, really?
@@Micah.Lau.navi. I mean, he did talked about it in the beginning of the video.
@@godnyx117 nice pfp
@@superk9letsplays419 Nice taste brother! ;)
Maybe the gods didn't help Horus fight because they knew they were in an action movie and that Set, being the main villain, is basically immortal until the end.
"HOLY CRAP ITS AN ACTUAL BLACK GUY" killed me 💀
Ive got to say that The Prince of Egypt IS The best mythology movie
No argument there
@@TheMythologyGuy1 honestly not a massive achievement
Personally, I don't consider stories from the Bible mythology. I'm one of those people who believes that they all actually happened, whereas a myth is something that we know did not happen.
@@legoking6165 Technically, mythology can also mean a collection of stories. And stories can be true. So, it isn't inherently calling Christian history false or anything like that. People definitely do use it that way at times though.
@@sirnetflix7162 so by that logic prince of egypt is the abest mythology movie
Edit: from my point of view
Have y'all noticed how the goddess or god of love in different mythologies are so powerful?
Because love is universal all being feel it at some point.? Just like Life and Death gods/goddesses are powerful.
@@BlackLotus30 It's a universal lie, lol!
@@godnyx117 Calm down, edgelord. Just because someone recently broke your heart doesn't mean you have to bring down the mood for everyone.
That’s the Power of Love
@@KumaoftheForest Cringe
Percy Jackson has more respect for the Myths it’s based on than this movie.
I do hope that when the Percy Jackson Series is taking of it is not only successfull but ensures that the other Riordan books are being adapted.
He did in my opinion really well in combining myths and legends into good stories for children and adults.
I've only grown in respect for Riordan's mythological adaptions to the modern world as I've learned more of the stories he reworked.
The only way how I think Percy Jackson will come back is if they do a TV Series.
@@cameronfield7313 and that's what they do.
It amazes me that this was made in 2016 and not 2006
"what is this, twitter?" Promptly chokes on soda.
I actually really like this film. Its a guilty pleasure.
My favourite character is Anubis. He is good doggy.
It is forbidden for the souls of the dead to speak with the living
You and me both. I enjoyed the film 2.
he's the one god who was ACTUALLY doing his job.
Seth was actually described as being very pale so casting a white guy as Seth would be accurate
Maybe, but I wasn't expecting a Scottish accent.
@@rubynall80 oh absolutely not, but hey it adds some character
Pale African doesn't make white
@@applecrumble8424 He also had red hair
It's like Prince of Egypt came out and Hollywood decided they were never allowed to make a good movie about Egypt ever again.
The gods speak with a British accent.
They are white.
Egypt was a British colony.
The director was a genius and laughs about his own joke that no one understood to this day.
The good ending.
This was such a good video. Can’t wait for the next. But your right a true Egyptian god movie with a war of gods would be amazing.
To my knowledge in mythology Set's original motivation was jealousy, for Osiris was the ruler of the fertile lands and loved by his people while Set's were the deserts of Egypt, unbearably hot, barren and feared. Could have been a good angle in this movie too, maybe make Set's quest a futile self-defeating one as he turns the fertile lands into a desert just by his nature as the god of the deserts. Would have been better than simple common daddy-issues and pointless evil unleashing of undeveloped cloud-worm Apophys
I gotta say on a scale of 0 to Hatshepsut this movie rates a solid akhenaten and deserves to be eaten by ammit
Another thing, the gods being bigger than humans reminds me of how ancient egyptians scribes used hieratics where the more important things were bigger
Oh my gods of Egypt I love that comparison at the beginning!
Regarding Hathor holding the bracelet and being dragged to the underworld. She still owned the bracelet, it's just that magic item required an attunement slot.
I am personally loving the NOstalgia Critic and JonTron-esque review this time, the skits and commentary style are on point and make the review all that much better!
made me remember when twitter kicked up a fit because of rami malek being cast as the pharaoh in night at the museum
then they got ratiod upon finding out malek's parents were first-gen egyptian immigrants
so yeah, night at the museum got someone of the appropriate geographical lineage, so i wanna tell the director of GoE "how is your cast choice even remotely excusable"
Wasn’t Night at the Museum released a year before Twitter began?
Is no one else gonna explain why there’s Minotaurs in Ancient Egypt?!
You see, Set was smart enough to go to Greece and recruit mercenaries..
"It's not all bad" ... agreed, it's a weird mix. Watching it expecting it to be inaccurate was an enjoyable evening. Just rent worthy at most, the family dynamics they have in the movie is nice, particularly in the fact that the Egyptian gods are expecting to be replaced in time. An Egyptian mythology movie could be fantastic, if done right of course and I'd like to see one.
*The Tiniest Bit of Celtic mythology in the Halloween Franchise*
Mythology Guy: Works for me
So Seth was Ben10 before Ben10! 😂
Kinda
The editing is killing me, I absolutely loved the comedy! Thank you for making the review so amazing
Wow absolutely terrible accuracy in some places glad mythology guy did this for us.
Set: then satisfy me again
Me and Zeus: that's what she said
Also RIP Chadwick Bozeman wakanda forever
"Holy crap an actual black guy!"
*Sigh* It's beyond ridiculous that so many people need this explained but. Egyptians. Aren't. Black.
The skin tone of the average north Africans is closer to that of southern Europeans or middle-easterners, and yes: this was still true thousands of years ago. We're not really sure how common black people would have been throughout different eras of Egyptian history, and it's possible you would have seen a significant minority from places like Nubia or Ethiopia. But that would also apply to "white people" (southern Europeans) from across the Mediterranean (which was much easier to cross than the Sahara desert).
If you're going to complain about the races of actors in this movie not being representative of the culture (which I agree with) then do it consistently, please. African=/=black.
You are missing the point like a dumbass.
He didn't say that egyptians were black,
He said that black people were preety common in egypt,brcause back then they came to egypt to trade with them.
So yeah, spare us the twitter rants that misses the poikt and are just filler, and just take your L.
I love this guy’s content. But for someone that knows a lot about mythology and culture, this really surprised me. If you want to cast someone that’s authentic Egyptian, find some Coptic actors.
@@Gibbstronic No doubt he means well, but he probably fell for one of those bs controversies that erupts whenever someone sees a realistic depiction of Cleopatra and, being entirely ignorant of history, assumes a woman who was born in Egypt to an ethnically Greek dynasty and a class that avoided the sun as much as possible is supposed to look like a farmer’s daughter from Zambia.
Egyptians we're black.