I found this movie absolutely stunning. Beautiful cinematography, outstanding acting, and astounding special effects.
I implore you to go see this movie, but you must watch it with an open mind.
Some of the scenery and shots featuring the Philistines were really cool, I found myself wishing for more (that is, more time spent on the mighty giant...and a closer look at different buildings as imagined by the creators of this film).
Judging from the hate David and Goliath has gotten on here I was expecting very little. Actually Goliath was nowhere near as bad as heard, and while very flawed and by far the worst film of the director who did a marvelous film "Freedom" starring Cuba Gooding, Jr (with his others ranging from very good to outstanding) it did have some impressive things.
On the most part the film is brilliant visually, the barren apocalyptic landscapes and later more colourful ones were really striking and the cinematography has a sweeping yet somewhat surrealistic effect. The opening and creation sequences were beautifully done with the latter quite harrowing without being too heavy-handed, and the fight scene was intense and jaw-dropping in spectacle. Mr. Dave Berg's music score swells thrillingly and has an epic sweep, enhancing crucial scenes and not drowning stuff out. The sound is thrilling in its authenticity too.
In summary David and Goliath might just fall in to a" flawed masterpiece /interesting failure " camp . It's an extraordinarily beautiful looking film that I'll buy on DVD While the visuals deliver it does have a very sententious , sombre confusing screenplay that feels the need to both shout at and talk down to the audience . Whatever the flaws of this film it still showcases the talents of the cast and here's to the future and whatever it brings
8/10