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When Joseph receives a beautiful coat from his parents, his eleven brothers hate him even more, and are driven to sell him to desert merchants, who take him to Egypt. There he is made the servant of a wealthy Egyptian who misunderstands him, and has him thrown into prison. Despite the very good animation and voice acting such as Ben Affleck and Mark Hamill 'Joseph: King of Dreams' is kind of slow and hollow and felt to me more like an Aladdin sequel than a religious film about Joseph and i think i was very disappointed with what it turned out to be.
KaiRea
This is just..... wrong. The film itself is okay, but you can NOT make film about Joseph that contains songs, and not use the proper musical ones.As a film it's fine. Prince of Egypt was much better, but it was nice to see a main character that actually has flaws. Yes, Joseph is a bit if a douche, but then he's coddled by hus parents and protected from having to do the same woork all of his brothers do. You do feel for him as he watches them play and relax, and it's clear then that he just wants to be included but is excluded by both the brothers and Jacob. Potifar was done well, snd the wife is just the right combination of seductive and nasty.The problem is the songs. They're just not that good, and with there already being a Joseph musical that has been aroind for years and is phenomenally popular as well as having a range of excellent songs in a variety of styles, it falls down badly in this respect. It would have been better having no music at all.
Desertman84
Joseph: King of Dreams is an animated musical film and the first direct- to-video DVD release from DreamWorks.It tells the biblical story of Joseph.The animation features the voices of Ben Affleck,Mark Hamill,James Eckhouse,Richard McGonagle and Richard Herd.Joseph: King of Dreams brings to life the tale of a boy named Joseph,featuring the voice of Ben Affleck,whose dreams bring him powerful visions of the future. His abilities to prognosticate win him a favored position with the Pharaoh of Egypt, but only inflames his contentious relationship with his brothers.All ends well,when Joseph becomes reunited with his family.It presents the story that was touching and provides a sincere theme about forgiveness and having faith in God in times of trials and difficulties.Joseph: King of Dreams also features several original songs sung by Maureen McGovern and Jodi Benson.The soundtrack features music and lyrics written by John Bucchino such as "Miracle Child","Bloom" and "Better Than I".These songs make the movie worth watching and highly entertaining.Joseph: King of Dreams is highly recommended for everyone who loves great stories from the Bible.
Richard Smith
I just stumbled across this on cable and was very impressed. It definitely meets and exceeds the expectations that you'd have for a direct-to-video follow-up. I guess this is Dreamworks' first effort at direct-to-video and I only wish they hadn't made such a secret of it.It borrows nearly every aspect of it's storytelling style and production design from Prince of Egypt, and I do mean that as a compliment. The only thing missing is that there are no scenes that match the transcendance of the burning bush or Red Sea crossing scenes from POE.
If you examine the credits closely, you'll see thats some of the animation work was done by asian subcontractors, and it's a little disturbing that even with the lesser demands of video-only, Dreamworks still found this necessary. In spite of all the innovations Dreamworks is doing in terms of merging hand-drawn and computer-generated animation, there's still a lot of manual effort needed in the details of the character movement, and you can see where they cut corners if you're paying close attention.The bottom line is that Dreamworks, even when it's "slumming" in the direct-to-video market, has still produced an animated Bible story that's head and shoulders above nearly every other animated Bible story that's ever been done, with the exception of POE of course. Not too shabby. Once again my hat is off to Katzenberg and his crew.
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