Noah

[Gumbo4x4]

For the sake of discussion, list a few.

Braveheart has numerous glaring inaccuracies. The princess he impregnates, he'd have never met, and even if he had, she'd have been a small child when Wallace died. The battle of Stirling didn't take place in a field as depicted in the movie. The Scots caught the English on Stirling bridge and slaughtered them in the bottleneck.

 

[Flamingeaux]

All part of the Fundamental Transformation.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

All part of the Fundamental Transformation.

Funny.

My guess is that it is just a movie and Hollywood trying to make a buck.

 

[Nancy]

Well, Frozen had rocks that turned into Trolls and helped them out...so why not transformer rocks.


That said, I never really heard anything about the movie other than previews on TV. Not anything I would go see since I can not stand Russel Crowe so I really didn't pay any attention to the commercials when they did come on.

 

[jdb in AZ]

For starters, the director of Noah is an atheist.

Here's my favorite review of the movie -- he makes some great points. His review (not the movie) deserves a four-star rating.

http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/03/29/im-a-christian-and-i-think-noah-deserves-a-four-star-review/

 

[tajz90]

Well, Frozen had rocks that turned into Trolls and helped them out...so why not transformer rocks.

That said, I never really heard anything about the movie other than previews on TV. Not anything I would go see since I can not stand Russel Crowe so I really didn't pay any attention to the commercials when they did come on.

I can't stand Russell Crowe either. I shy away from his movies, but I did see this one and really enjoyed his performance. I was very surprised.

 

[skatalite]

The movie was just plain bad.

I didn't go to it expecting an faithful retelling of the story we all know from the Bible. I went to see it because Darren Aronofsky made it.

It was poorly acted, poorly written and actually made me laugh a few times (not in the good way).

 

[Planogirl]

I'd still like to see it but then I like Russell Crowe and the director. I don't expect it to be an exact retelling of the biblical story.

 

[jrmasm]

I was just hoping for an awesome disaster movie!

 

[elgerber]

I was just hoping for an awesome disaster movie!

Some people must think it is, it has a 75% rotten tomatoes score, and topped the box office this weekend.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

I don't want to cross the line into a religion debate and I hope I can make my point without doing that.

I think part of the problem is that the deviations from the Biblical account were not revealed in the initial press releases. It was billed as the story of Noah, not an artistic interpretation with the Biblical story used mainly as a starting point.

For millions and millions of people, we believe the Bible story is true. To us, changing the basic story by adding rock people and all of the other changes is as offensive as making a movie saying Muhammad consulted with aliens.
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This makes me laugh - Noah's story is like three paragraphs in the bible! How would you make a movie without expanding on the story?

 

[jrmasm]

This makes me laugh - Noah's story is like three paragraphs in the bible! How would you make a movie without expanding on the story?

By speaking very, very slowly?

 

[ronandannette]

It blows my mind that so many people seem to have gone to see Noah with an expectation of accuracy. It is a Hollywood movie! Film adaptations that are true to the books they're derived from are the exception, not the rule.

There's an old saying about "mind over matter" - if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The vast majority of people who will see this movie have no deeper connection to the flood narrative than the cartoon depictions they've seen on nursery room walls.

I doubt many devout Christians are looking to Hollywood to produce biblically accurate, faith-affirming films that encourage us in our walk. I actually think the ones that are "way out to lunch" can be useful opportunities for dialogue if they evoke curiosity about spiritual things and if one is ready to give a reasoned answer. I hope believers will think about this a little in advance in case discussions open up around them instead of just expressing offence and indignation.

 

[chicagodisneyfan]

By speaking very, very slowly?

You may be on to something!!

But then I am not paying $15 a person to see it. Heck I can go to church for free!

 

[minnie mum]

It is a Hollywood movie of a 2000+ year old Bible story. In my Bible, the Noah story occupies less than 3 pages. Somebody explain to me how you are going to turn 3 pages into a 2 hour movie without some kind of embellishment. And what percentage of the Earth's population really takes the Noah story literally? Thinks that it is historical fact and not myth?

I'll be happy to judge the movie on many things when I go to see it, but it's historical accuracy (or lack thereof) won't be one of them.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Originally Posted by Claudia1
I don't want to cross the line into a religion debate and I hope I can make my point without doing that.
I think part of the problem is that the deviations from the Biblical account were not revealed in the initial press releases. It was billed as the story of Noah, not an artistic interpretation with the Biblical story used mainly as a starting point.
For millions and millions of people, we believe the Bible story is true. To us, changing the basic story by adding rock people and all of the other changes is as offensive as making a movie saying Muhammad consulted with aliens.

Nowhere in any advertising that I've seen was Noah billed as a 100% accurate documentary. Not to mention to do that would encompass a movie of 5 minutes. Anyone going in thinking there wasn't going to be some artistic license wasn't paying attention.

 

[AddictedtoDoleWhip]

I haven't seen Noah, just because it was written in the bible doesn't make it 100% accurate.

 

[yoopermom]

I read all about it ahead of time (not very fond of surprises), knew the director's background, and still came out of it disturbed.

The good:
The cinematography and score were stunning. It's definitely a visual/aural movie. Because I didn't expect it to be a historically accurate retelling, I enjoyed the "fantastical" aspect of the animals/how they put them to sleep for the long voyage and the "creation story" flashbacks.

The bad:
What really ruined it for me was Noah's personality change once he was on the ark and decided what "he" thought the creator wanted to have happen. Without spoilers, let me just say that his character takes some unexpected turns that are not only not biblically based, but don't even seem to make much sense to the narrative.

Also, as with Avatar (for example), I felt as though the director was drumming it into the audience that his left wing agenda was the be all and end all (eating animals=bad, using tools/technology=bad, having domininion over animals=bad, etc, etc, etc...).

Although it's getting good scores on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, it's one of those rare movies where the critics scores are very high, but the general audience scores are VERY low.

Terri

 

[Robinrs]

For starters, the director of Noah is an atheist.

Here's my favorite review of the movie -- he makes some great points. His review (not the movie) deserves a four-star rating.

http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/03/29/im-a-christian-and-i-think-noah-deserves-a-four-star-review/

Great critique!

I totally agree with everyone who noted that the story HAD to be padded because it was very short in Genesis.

I personally LOVED Evan Almighty which was a comical twist on the Noah story. I don't remember any OUTRAGE about that interpretation... and Steve Carell was awesome in that movie!

 

[yoopermom]

I personally LOVED Ethan Almighty which was a comical twist on the Noah story. I don't remember any OUTRAGE about that interpretation... and Steve Carell was awesome in that movie!

Me, too! It was so sincere! He was also in one of my FAVORITE (albeit very underseen) movies of the past few years "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World". This movie was a very intimate, heart-tugging look at how people react differently to the end of the world coming, and how it brings out the best and worst in people. No Noah or ark, but a very spiritual movie in it's own weird way. DS and I saw it together and had a really good long talk afterwards about what's important in life....

Terri