The Red Tent (2014)

the first observation - the film is magnificent pledge for define/rediscover the Bible as the most important book. not only as religious work but as the tool for discover the world. the film is adaptation of a seductive interpretation of the episode of the rape of Dinah.and this does it the good and the bad aspects. impressive cinematography, beautiful performances, the noble message with feminist flavor. against, maybe, the ordinaries sins of religious films. or the not high accuracy to the book. but it is an impressive film. and this is more than an ordinary virtue.

This was an amazingly told story, and if the author had changed the names of every character, moved the context to almost any more primitive culture, it would have been wonderful. But I kept realizing that, at every turn, the author betrays the characters of the real history of the family of Jacov, and shreds every measure of decency in everyone's story to aggrandize the one-chapter person of Dinah. There is nothing wrong with a little story embellishment, so long as it doesn't move into downright lies. But this tale is riddled with lies. The author claims that Rivkah - Rebeccah - is a diviner of some sort, and a rather self-absorbed woman, which is not suggested in the history of these people at all. She tells that the circumcision of Shechem and family and friends was Jacov's idea, instead of the notion of his sons, the brothers of Dinah. And the author assumes the idol worship of the wives of Jacov where there is no cause to make such an assumption. In fact, Jacov's father's wife is chosen from these same people BECAUSE they are not of the idol worshiping kind. He is sent to the same people - the people of his mother - and he is sent by his mother, to find a worthy position in life and a suitable bride. He gets four. On that count the author is correct though making more assumptions on the brides Zilpah and Bilhah. If this tale had taken place in a galaxy far, far away, and if all the names had been changed - if the author was not trying to re-write scripture to her own ends above God's, it would have been wonderful. BUT I only rate it a three because it plays so fast and loose with the truth. It is almost as if it were written by a Clinton.

Acting and production values are high. Thought this would delve into the biblical stories and theorize the life of women in this era. I fully expected a measure of creative licensing away from the core story, BUT did not expect that God's relevance would be taken out of it almost completely and the few references they gave have been negative. To me this is blasphemy. If they had just created names, changed a few events and said it was a story about the era, it would have been fine and more believable. Haven't seen the end and don't want to - read enough reviews of the book to realize it will only get worse. It's like if you went to see the Titanic to find out it was all about global warming and the poor melting iceberg.

I was very disappointed in this series. As my name is JAcob and I know the Bible quite well, I was extremely disappointed that there was little to no regard for the Bible. In the series, God does not talk to Jacob, nor change his name to Israel. The story of Joseph was only true in that he was sold into slavery and made second in command to the Pharoah. In the Bible, Jospeh's brothers are sent to Egypt to buy grain. They came across their brother but do not recognize him. Joseph recognizes them immediately and begins to toy with them. After he toys with them he reveals himself as their brother who was sold into slavery. The brothers were scared because Joseph could have them killed. Joseph explained it was God's plan to send him to Egypt. The movie butchers this great and moving story of forgiveness and faith in the Lord God.The story of Dinah was also dramatized and fictional, her story in the Bible is short and does not have any Biblical truth....Overall, this movie could almost be considered blasphemous. I will not go so far as that but it butchers the story of the Bible. If you want an exact representation of a Biblical Truth, watch - The Gospel of John! It is word for word the exact Biblical truth.