This ain't your momma's bible story! The one thing that I did want to mention is that I saw in an interview where they stated that the ark was built to scale. No green-screening the ark. It even survived hurricane Sandy. I wonder what the heck they did with that thing after the film was complete. Maybe turned it into a homeless shelter?? Some of the CGI was pretty amazing; like the actual flood. However, some of it was not so great; like when the family was walking with the Watchers or when they started gathering the animals. Speaking of the Watchers, when they were first introduced I started laughing a little, but then I realized, how the heck was Noah (Russell Crowe) ever going to get that big boat built? Then, ta dah, along comes giant rock people. I was glad that the film did keep some elements of the bible, but they sure spruced things up. Most of that sprucing up came by way of Ham (Logan Lerman). By the middle of the film he was really starting to get on my nerves. I guess every family has a rebel. The introduction of Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone) also provided some variety. Needless to say he was a bad seed and was determined to survive the destruction of the people of the earth. He also couldn't understand why God didn't want to talk to him. I was like duh
.. You're the descendant of the first murderer in human history. Anyway, I didn't really think that this movie was all that great, although the acting was outstanding. The emotional scenes between Noah and Naameh (Jennifer Connelly) and Noah and Ila (Emma Watson), really managed to pull at the old heart strings. This film does take a bazaar turn and I found myself thinking "what the hell is wrong with him?" He completely turned into a total maniac. If you want to know who I'm talking about, you'll just have to see the film, but it may not be who you think. I initially didn't want to go and see this film because I assumed that I would be bored waiting on the rain to come (much like in Titanic, when I waited on the iceberg). It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it wasn't as good as I'd hoped either. I say if you don't have anything else to do, check it out. I give this film an amber light.
