So
as promised, here's my review of Noah. I'll probably get slammed but
that's ok. I've already been slammed for going to go see the movie. Here
we go. Remember this is my opinion. I don't think there are any
spoilers here, but maybe...
Great cast! Well acted. Great effects. Decent CGI. Buuuuuuuut... Kind of shallow. This has nothing to do with whether it was biblical (it wasn't and yet it was and yet it wasn't). The story just left me untouched and unmoved. The only characters I felt any real feelings for were the weird fallen angel rock creatures. Lol!
I guess the subject matter was meant to carry itself so the director felt no need to delve deeper into the characters or the plot. The whole thing seemed to skim along the surface. It suffered from that on which it capitalized: familiarity with the Noah story. I think it assumed too much and too little of the audience. It expected you to know enough to not need more than precursory explanation of the info. But then it assumed that you were disconnected enough from the story to allow the director to flip the plot on its head. In the end, I had a sense of floating. Like the raven sent out from the ark, I kept searching for a place to land but couldn't find one. So I returned to what I knew, the ark. But the people on board didn't look familiar either.
The plot twists, once they have entered the ark, disconnected it from the biblical story and set it adrift on its own course which didn't seem to go anywhere familiar (except maybe the story of Abraham). In fact, things that happened once they enter the ark seemed stranger than those weird rock creatures (who should get a walk on role in the new Transformers movie!!).
In the end, I felt lost; feeling like I had just watched what should have been a great movie. Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connally, a big budget, great source material, etc, added together seems to say masterpiece. And despite what the horribly erroneous articles and statements have said, I think the director does draw some powerful things out of the story. I now see things about the Noah Bible story that I hadn't considered before and it has enriched my understanding of what he went through.
There were touching moments and times of great acting. But weird plot twists, lack of real character development, rock creatures and other missteps really kind of just left me feeling like I was constantly treading water. Am I glad I saw it? Uh..Ok... Sure. Do I want to see it again? Not really. I know it's one of the top movies in the world, but that only means that it is popular not that it's great.
My personal pet peeve... (Other than the Abrahamic plot twist)
- You'll see the creation story at the end... Or do you? Watch it closely. Is that evolution or creation?
2 out of 5 stars
Great cast! Well acted. Great effects. Decent CGI. Buuuuuuuut... Kind of shallow. This has nothing to do with whether it was biblical (it wasn't and yet it was and yet it wasn't). The story just left me untouched and unmoved. The only characters I felt any real feelings for were the weird fallen angel rock creatures. Lol!
I guess the subject matter was meant to carry itself so the director felt no need to delve deeper into the characters or the plot. The whole thing seemed to skim along the surface. It suffered from that on which it capitalized: familiarity with the Noah story. I think it assumed too much and too little of the audience. It expected you to know enough to not need more than precursory explanation of the info. But then it assumed that you were disconnected enough from the story to allow the director to flip the plot on its head. In the end, I had a sense of floating. Like the raven sent out from the ark, I kept searching for a place to land but couldn't find one. So I returned to what I knew, the ark. But the people on board didn't look familiar either.
The plot twists, once they have entered the ark, disconnected it from the biblical story and set it adrift on its own course which didn't seem to go anywhere familiar (except maybe the story of Abraham). In fact, things that happened once they enter the ark seemed stranger than those weird rock creatures (who should get a walk on role in the new Transformers movie!!).
In the end, I felt lost; feeling like I had just watched what should have been a great movie. Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connally, a big budget, great source material, etc, added together seems to say masterpiece. And despite what the horribly erroneous articles and statements have said, I think the director does draw some powerful things out of the story. I now see things about the Noah Bible story that I hadn't considered before and it has enriched my understanding of what he went through.
There were touching moments and times of great acting. But weird plot twists, lack of real character development, rock creatures and other missteps really kind of just left me feeling like I was constantly treading water. Am I glad I saw it? Uh..Ok... Sure. Do I want to see it again? Not really. I know it's one of the top movies in the world, but that only means that it is popular not that it's great.
My personal pet peeve... (Other than the Abrahamic plot twist)
- You'll see the creation story at the end... Or do you? Watch it closely. Is that evolution or creation?
