Pretty spectacular huh?!
Sadly, the film didn’t live up to expectations, but I can’t say I’m really an action film fan, so maybe I’m being too harsh.
Directed and written by Darren Aronofsky, the film loosely
(very loosely according to a Guardian film blogger who called it “an unholy
mess drowning in unbiblical detail") recounts the Abrahamic biblical story of
Noah and the Ark, which I admit I know very little about aside from the odd
picture book bible read as an infant. To sum up very basically, the film opens
after Cain has killed Abel and the world has entered into disarray. In this
fallen world there remain only a few ‘goodies’, descendants of Seth (the third
son of Adam and Eve- brother to Cain and Abel- not sure if he is in the
biblical version or not?!). Noah is chosen by the creator to rescue innocent
animals from an apocalyptic flood that is soon to descend on the world to
cleanse it of its inherent sin and wickedness. The animals are selected in pairs.remember
the song “the animals go in two by two, hurrah, hurrah”. Noah descends into
madness at one point threatening to kill his family and newborn granddaughters, believing that all of humanity is infected with evil. It’s a good job he changed
his mind otherwise none of us would be here today.
Russell Crowe
plays Noah, whilst Ray Winstone, who else?!, plays the baddy. Emma Watson stars as the prophet’s adopted daughter. To give them credit they do a good job in a poorly
scripted film.
For me it was just that little bit too epic-adventury. It was also far too long and left me with a numb bum and cramped legs. Why can't cinemas here have the same leg room as they do stateside?!
There were also some odd stone- like monsters who were supposed to be angels, but looked like they would have been more at home in a science fiction movie and I’m pretty sure they didn’t look like that in the Bible?!
Overall, not my cup of tea but I imagine kids would like it.
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