The Ten Commandments 4K UHD (1956)

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

So, I checked what they did with my copy: the order number quoted in my shipping notification does not exist in my Order History, however it matches the number quoted in the initial order creation notification, when I placed the order myself. How's that for nasty! Cancelled trace of my initial order. Which is bad, I won't be able to rely on my order history page anymore.

On the plus side, they charged me less for this copy that they eventually shipped me than how I was initially charged.
Was I refunded, rebated, anything, I don't know, I can't check now, my credit card bill is as long as the phone book sometimes, especially when DD makes promo codes!
But I'm happy I finally got it.

This happened to me. Wasn’t on my order history. But I called and they had the record of the order. I think it’s just a glitch, nothing malicious.

[zen007]

Originally Posted by Grey2Grey

Not just the acting, but also the writing. It becomes borderline poetic by the cadence it's delivered in by all of the great actors in this film.

The Ten Commandments is a true epic masterpiece in every way.

Yup, there is something poetic about the film. It feels unique.

[do.wayne.ClassicFilm]

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

But I'm happy I finally got it.

Glad to hear they finally got it to you.

Originally Posted by UnionJackMix

So, I checked what they did with my copy: the order number quoted in my shipping notification does not exist in my Order History, however it matches the number quoted in the initial order creation notification, when I placed the order myself. How's that for nasty! Cancelled trace of my initial order. Which is bad, I won't be able to rely on my order history page anymore.

I usually create a pdf image file of an online order just in case something goes wrong. I have had a few unusually long delays on split shipment orders with DeepDiscount in the past. A couple of online orders, I've sent DD a polite email requesting status of a pending item, asking if their email system will accept an email attachment, I retained a pdf file receipt of transaction off their website that I could forward to them if they needed additional information. They've replied that it was not necessary, that they had all the order information in their system, and I received my pending items within 4-5 days. I have had pretty good dealings with DeepDiscount over the years but it's always best to generate a digital copy of an online order in case something goes wrong, an overcharge, etc.

[UnionJackMix]

Originally Posted by Grey2Grey

Not just the acting, but also the writing. It becomes borderline poetic by the cadence it's delivered in by all of the great actors in this film.

The Ten Commandments is a true epic masterpiece in every way.

I think that back then movies were definitely less realistic than they have been in the last decades. One could say the say thing about today's too, but I would say they are unrealistic in a different way.
I can appreciate both!

[traths]

Watched my copy tonight and it looked absolutely stunning. It's probably one of the better 4K releases that I own. I didn't remember a lot of the scenes from the film since I haven't watched it in well over 20 years and it's the first time I've ever watched it on any type of physical media release. All the other times I've watched it was when it aired on TV during the Easter season. Yes, until tonight I've never watched it on VHS, DVD, or blu-ray.

[klauswhereareyou]

Got the last copy from my local Wal-Mart for 19.99 (or at least the last one on the shelf).

[MrPlatinum]

Truly a Godly addition to my collection. I've seen it both with family and in CCD over the years, but I've always hoped to one day see it in a theatrical showing.

[bradenklune]

Still searching for the expanded NRA edition where Heston's Moses approaches the burning bush and burns his feet . Many theologians believe this to be the first mention of, "Christ," in the Bible.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by bradenklune

Still searching for the expanded NRA edition where Heston's Moses approaches the burning bush and burns his feet . Many theologians believe this to be the first mention of, "Christ," in the Bible.

It's one of the many 'types and shadows' found in the Old Testament. Not the first mention though.

[HDTV1080P]

I have been busy with some indoor and outdoor projects this week and I have not watched any TV since April 14th. Hopefully starting in May I well find time to turn on the display again and watch some Blu-ray discs. Since the 1956 Ten Commandments movie is one of my favorite faith based movies I plan on watching it this summer on the 4K Blu-ray format, and maybe writing a brief user review. This Ten Commandments movie is loved by people that are into the Judaism, Christian, and Islamic faith. Since I have seen this movie several times it might be late summer before I write a user review. There are some other Blu-ray’s I plan on watching first. Many times I watch my favorite movies once every 10 years or once every 5 years. If one watches a movie too many times in their life, the movie sometimes no longer becomes something very special to watch. This movie I give 5 stars out of 5, but I have to watch the 4K Blu-ray to rate the video, audio, and bonus features. I think I may keep this movie on the shelf for late summer or early fall. I see someone has already wrote a professional review for the movie that I have not read yet, and someone wrote a brief user review. This well be the first faith based movie that was placed on a 100GB triple layer Blu-ray disc.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

I have been busy with some indoor and outdoor projects this week and I have not watched any TV since April 14th. Hopefully starting in May I well find time to turn on the display again and watch some Blu-ray discs. Since the 1956 Ten Commandments movie is one of my favorite faith based movies I plan on watching it this summer on the 4K Blu-ray format, and maybe writing a brief user review. This Ten Commandments movie is loved by people that are into the Judaism, Christian, and Muslim faith. Since I have seen this movie several times it might be late summer before I write a user review. There are some other Blu-ray’s I plan on watching first. Many times I watch my favorite movies once every 10 years or once every 5 years. If one watches a movie too many times in their life, the movie sometimes no longer becomes something very special to watch. This movie I give 5 stars out of 5, but I have to watch the 4K Blu-ray to rate the video, audio, and bonus features. I think I may keep this movie on the shelf for late summer or early fall. I see someone has already wrote a professional review for the movie that I have not read yet, and someone wrote a brief user review. This well be the first faith based movie that was placed on a 100GB triple layer Blu-ray disc.

You will be glad you watched this new and improved edition. My favorite part was actually CC De Mill opening intro, but truly the whole movie was a blessing

[ALPEG92002]

Someone who has the movie could tell me if the 4k version contains subtitles in Spanish

[TheBondFan]

Originally Posted by ALPEG92002

Someone who has the movie could tell me if the 4k version contains subtitles in Spanish

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-T...lu-ray/282780/

Click on "Back" and you'll see that there are Spanish subtitles.

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by TheBondFan

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-T...lu-ray/282780/

Click on "Back" and you'll see that there are Spanish subtitles.

That's under the Blu-ray version, not 4K.

[ALPEG92002]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

That's under the Blu-ray version, not 4K.

My question is because the movie My Fair Lady has the same details (in the back cover it indicates subtitles in Spanish only bluray) but in the reviews that I have read (Bill Hunt) he indicates that the 4k does have subtitles in Spanish, both movies are new from Paramount

[ALPEG92002]

Hi were you able to watch the movies?
Can you confirm they only include English and French Audio/Subs or they include more languages?

[HDTV1080P]

Originally Posted by ALPEG92002

Hi were you able to watch the movies?
Can you confirm they only include English and French Audio/Subs or they include more languages?

The audio and subtitle information is located in the database (click on the following link)

The Ten Commandments 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD)

[HDTV1080P]

The Ten Commandments (brief user review)

On March 30th 2021 Paramount Pictures for the very first time released the Ten Commandments on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format. The 1956 Ten Commandments movie is Rated G and had a budget of $13 million dollars with box office sells of over $122.7 million dollars during the movies first release back on November 8th 1956. Cecil B. DeMille made both faith-based movies and secular movies. Cecil B. DeMille when he walked the earth was both a Christian and a conservative Republican. Cecil B. DeMille had many friends including people with a different worldview. Cecil B. DeMille was greatly respected by the Islamic community for a prior film that accurately showed a main Muslim character fairly in the movie (listen to audio commentary for more details). The Ten Commandments movie is a very popular faith-based movie for people that follow one of the three Abrahamic religions. People into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have great respect for the prophet Moses. The Torah, Old Testament Christian Bible, and the Quran all mention history about the Prophet Moses. The very first human historical record of Moses appears in the Torah. In the second book of the Torah called Exodus, one learns about Moses and his supernatural encounter with God (Yahweh is a spirit with no body). Yahweh is the God that created the Universe who is present everywhere and its impossible for Yahweh to die. Moses had a personal supernatural encounter with Yahweh according to the historical record. There will be some major spoilers in this post, so one should watch the movie first before reading on. Several thousands of years ago the Exodus occurred. For over 400 years the Israelites were in slavery. God hates the sin of slavery. According to the historical record Pharaoh refused to release all the Hebrew slaves, therefore God supernaturally sent 10 plagues on the land of Egypt. Pharaoh and his advisers after experiencing 10 plagues, slowly came to the understanding that they have been worshiping false gods and freed all the Hebrew slaves like the one true Hebrew God demanded. However, Pharaoh did not fully understand that Yahweh was the one and only true God until the pillar of fire and the parting of the Red Sea occurred (where Pharaohs entire army ended up drowning). The Red Sea parting in the film after 65 years still looks amazing today.

There are many historical stories in the Torah and Bible that could easily be made into a movie that is rated NC-17 if the director wanted people to see and hear everything. For example, in the Ten Commandments movie the audio commentary track talks about the orgy scene around the golden calf. Then later on God supernaturally opens the earth and swallows’ people up as part of his wrath and judgment when it comes to sinful activities. Cecil B. DeMille wanted to make a family movie where all ages of people including the youngest of audiences could come and enjoy seeing the scriptures alive on the screen. Therefore, the Ten Commandments 1956 version is rated G for all ages and during the orgy scene everyone is fully clothed while dancing around the golden calf and its up to everyone’s imagination on what is really going on during that scene.

The 1956 Ten Commandments movie is historically accurate according to the Torah, however like all faith based movies there is a small amount of artistic license that DeMille uses in this movie that is a little different when compared to scriptures. However, Cecil B. DeMille does an outstanding job of showing the supernatural power and love of Yahweh when it comes to protecting the Hebrew people of Israel. God delivers the Israelites from slavery. After 65 years it still looks amazing to see the finger of God’s spirit writing the 10 commandments on stone tablets as mentioned in Exodus 32:16 . Western civilization morals and laws are based on the foundation of the 10 commandments. Cecil B. DeMille when he walked the earth use to say something like “If you break the Ten Commandments, they well break you”. The Ten Commandments is an outstanding film for faith based families to watch, and I highly recommend this classic faith based movie.

Video Comments

The Ten Commandments is the first and currently only faith-based movie that has been released on a triple layer 100GB 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc (A total of 92.9GB of space is used out of 100GB for the triple layer 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc. Disc 1 and Disc 2 are the standard dual layer 1080P Blu-ray discs using 39.7GB for disc 1 and 31.1GB for disc 2. The Ten Commandments on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format is the fourth faith based movie to be released on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format (Exodus Gods and Kings was released on Feb 14th 2016 and Risen was released on May 24th 2016, Breakthrough was released on July 16th 2019. but those releases only used a dual layer 66GB 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc). The Ten Commandments is also the first and currently only faith based movie to be released with a native 4K resolution. The other 3 movies are native 2K that is upscaled to 4K. Back in 2010 when 6K masters and restorations was very expensive, Paramount made the business decision to scan the 35mm VistaVision film at 6K resolution for the standard 1920 x 1080P (2K) Blu-ray that was released on March 29th 2011. That exact same 6K studio master was used to create a native 3840 x 2160P (4K) master using Dolby Vision HDR (Since VistaVision has twice the resolution of standard 35mm film, perhaps in another decade or so a 16K scan and restoration might be done on the original film negative if the demand for the Ten Commandments is still very popular for the next generation).


I should mention that due to limitations with my display only being able to offer native 1080P (2K) at standard dynamic range instead of native 2160P (4K) with Dolby Vision HDR, my OPPO UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player is forced to downscale the image on the screen at 1080P SDR. However, the downscaled 1080P picture quality was around 5% better on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc when compared to the enclosed 1080P Blu-ray disc(again this is native 4K on the optical disc, its my current display that is limiting me seeing the movie in 1080P with SDR). The high bit rate HEVC codec has a better picture quality when compared to the older lower quality MPEG-4/AVC codec. The HEVC codec appeared to be around an average of 47.39Mbps. Also, the advantage of playing back the 100GB 4K Blu-ray disc is that the entire movie for the first time fits on one Blu-ray disc instead of two. Overall, this Ten Commandments has never looked this good before (nice detail and color quality). When I get around to upgrading my equipment to 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision HDR in the years to come, then I well be able to experience this movie at its full potential. Several different subtitle options are offered.

Audio Comments

Both the original 2011 standard Blu-ray release and the new 2021 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release of the Ten Commandments have the exact same studio master 5.1 DTS-HD Master audio soundtrack that was created from the 6 track studio master. However, this 1956 Ten Commandments movie is really a 5.0 mix since not once during the movie did my subwoofer become active with activity. So, the sound mix is really a 5.0 master laid on top of a 5.1 studio master, but this is a 1956 movie and it’s understandable why no subwoofer channel does not exist. Overall, I enjoyed the 5.0 audio mix out of all 5 of my speakers, and for a movie being 65 years old it sounded very good. If in another decade or so a 16K master scan of the original film negative is created and if its in the budget to spend several million dollars to improve the existing studio audio master. Then maybe a decade or so from now a new 13.1 or 11.1 Dolby Atmos or DTS X lossless mix could be created. It would be real cool to hear the lightning and storm activity from height speakers and then create some subwoofer activity for the action scenes. Possible the 5.0 mix that exists on standard Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray as 5.1 DTS HD Master audio might end up being the best audio quality this movie well every have. For a 1956 movie the Ten Commandments sounds much better than other movies I have watched from the 1950’s timeframe. There are also other audio track options to choose from.

Extra Features

When upgrading my favorite Blu-ray disc titles to a new and improved version, I always upgrade the movie as long as it’s the uncut version with improved video and/or improved audio quality (the extra features are less important to me when it comes time to upgrade). While this 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release clearly has an improved picture quality, it does not include all the extra features that was offered with the original March 29th 2011 standard Blu-ray giftset. Therefore, I well be keeping my existing Ten Commandments 2011 giftset since if one day I want to watch Blu-ray disc 3 with the 1923 version of the Ten Commandments on Blu-ray, I well be able to do so. What is missing on this 4K Blu-ray release in terms of extras is everything that was included on Blu-ray disc 3 back in 2011 (which is a lot of neat extra features that one day I might watch again). On the enclosed 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc the only extra feature is the audio commentary track by Katherine Orrison in 2.0 Dolby Digital at 192kbps (This was a very interesting commentary track to listen to with a lot of factual information). The exact same audio commentary track is also located on the two standard Blu-ray discs for families that have not upgraded all their Blu-ray players to native 4K Blu-ray player models. The Newsreel: The Ten Commandments – Premiere in New York lasts 2 minutes and 24 seconds long (MPEG-4/AVC 1080P with 2.0 Dolby Digital at 256kbps). The Trailers last 12 minutes and 40 seconds (MPEG-4/AVC 1080P with 2.0 Dolby Digital 192kbps).

Conclusion

Cecil B. DeMille’s created many popular movies. The Ten Commandments 1956 version was his most popular movie created during his lifetime. It’s a classic faith-based movie that many families have enjoyed watching for the past 65 years. The Ten Commandments is faithful to the historical record located in the Torah, Bible, Quran and other historical texts (with a small amount of artistic license). Yahweh hates the sin of slavery and using the Prophet Moses along with supernatural miracles, Pharoah ends up freeing all the Hebrew slaves. The 4K Ultra HD resolution with Dolby Vision HDR is reference quality and the lossless 5.1 DTS HD Master audio sounds very good for a 1956 movie. The extra features were good also. I highly recommend the Ten Commandments movie for all faith based families to watch.


Martin Liebman created a professional more detailed review of this new release that can be read at the following link



The Ten Commandments 4K Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD)

[cuzzin]

^Seems like kind of a waste to review a 4K HDR disc when you can't watch in 4K or HDR.

[justwannaboogie]

So the 4K doesn't contain the silent version?