The Ark and the Darkness (2024) User Reviews

Good but not great.

[mikepata2 · 7/10 · 21 March 2024]

Obviously Christians will really like this documentary, and those who are not Christians will really not like it. The CGI is weak and lacking a professional touch, probably due to budget constraints. Many of the animations and still images appear as if they are under water, which really is unnecessary and bothersome.

The information presented by various scientists from different disciplines is extraordinary. The scientific method is clearly used in all aspects to explain this catastrophic event that destroyed almost every living creature. How was the ark able to stay afloat during strong winds and high waves. It's explained by a mechanical engineer. Where did all the water come from and where did it go afterwards? That too is explained by science along with much more. The last 10 or 15 minutes are dedicated to "witnessing" to the non believers in the audience. I thought this was unnecessary.

This documentary was put out by Christians for Christians. The skeptic will remain as such.

Overall highly recommended. A wonderful documentary and a blessing to the world.

[fitforfaith-ministries · 9/10 · 20 March 2024]

A petition to those who are tempted to give 1 star, simply because they have heard the one fact that the movie is pushing back slow evolution: watch the thing. I have seen it over and over in the past years through my ministry, that those type of documentaries receive 10 stars or 1 star, with literally no spectrum in between. It is a matter of etiquette to watch & vote, or not to watch & -NOT- to vote.

I give 9 stars, based on the following pros & cons:

+ Great production quality.

+ Well investigated and clearly presented facts.

+ Good selection of scholars, without the pseudo-critical injections sometimes found in other documentaries, while leaving the viewer puzzled which parts ought to be endorsed.

+ One of the few documentaries which actually teach the Good Message (towards the end, but with precision and love).

+ Excellent argument that museums intentionally do not show e.g. Dinos & ducks together, and create a twisted and more dramatized version of the whole thing.

+ It is also very important to point out that barely 40 years have passed since the new consensus had been established.

• It is probably not true that Eden was buried under hundreds of meters of material. The traditionally proposed Lower / Southern Mesopotamia lies barely at 34 meters ASL, while the Karaca Dag location in Upper Mesopotamia, discovered by Spire and this ministry in 2021, and also proposed by CMI some months later as landing site for the ark, lies still only at 498 meters ASL (plateau around the mountain; 1957 meters the mountain itself). 34 meters ASL do definitely exclude any additional layers and 498 meters do not provide much leverage. We often forget that everywhere material got added, elsewhere it needed to go. The flood stripped bare vast regions, while adding substantially to many other regions. I rather suspect by a look at the current conditition, that Mesopotamia as a whole lost during the flood a significant substance (except the mountains which rose during and after the flood). Inspiration for another documentary.

• Usage of the later flood date which collides with the pyramids (2518/2348 BC versus the correct 3298 BC in the Greek OT) and 370 days duration versus the correct 360 days (equal to one year, see Rev 11:3, 13:5) provided in the Greek OT (from 27/02 until 27/02 = exactly one year, not from 17/02 until 27/02). A small detail, but a stumbling block for some unbelievers.

• I would have wished to see a little bit more on the abyss, e.g. To have a quick look at Ringwoodite, and to mention with a few words the probable connection between the Pacific Ring of Fire (as localization for the underwater fissures) and the nearby Gran Canyon.

• Another very interesting point would have been the 2 great landbridges (Bering btw. Russia & US, 45 meters BSL; and Doggerland btw. Europe & GB, 35 meters BSL) which clearly existed until the flood.

Overall highly recommended. A wonderful documentary and a blessing to the world.

Answers The Question - Did Noah's Flood Really Happen

[brian-23089 · 9/10 · 21 March 2024]

Wasn't sure what to expect going into this but I found it to be very interesting and well done. From a sceptical perspective it truly offers a fair comparison between evolution and creation.

I will warn that you can't walk away from this movie without seeing the whole world differently. With all of the facts and historical data, you are going to be challenged to decide whether to believe the science that changes every week or the word of God that has never changed.

This film will does an excellent job of highlighting historical fossil record evidence left behind by the global flood in the Bible. Even points to scientific facts that prove that Noah's story is the only conceivable conclusion.

The video work, photo animations and illustrations are creative, and carefully make each point clear. Direction is thoughtfully defined and although it's a documentary the scenes are woven together perfectly.

This film will benefit many who see it.

Ignore the Negative Reviews

[shawnkaron · 10/10 · 22 March 2024]

The critical remarks on this page seem to originate from individuals with a predisposed aversion to The Bible, lacking any genuine engagement with the film. Many of their negative comments, which the movie itself anticipates and addresses, betray a lack of firsthand viewing or serious consideration of its arguments. It's essential to be cautious of these misleading reviews and not allow them to dissuade you from experiencing this transformative documentary. It unequivocally demonstrates the historical reality of Noah's Ark and the Biblical Flood, events that profoundly influenced the world we inhabit today. See it and judge for yourself!

Tedious

[ca-apl · 3/10 · 24 March 2024]

My wife and I went to see this on Thursday, March 21. The theater was literally full - there was perhaps one remaining seat. The subject matter was interesting but the presentation was difficult to sit through. The two most annoying things were 1) that the melodramatic background music literally never stopped, and 2) worse, the narrator was a horrible reader. His words were clear and appropriately emphasized, but the pronunciation of the word "a" as a long "A" and of "the" as "thee" began to grate pretty quickly, and he treated every word this way, including Michael Chrichton's last name (as a heavily emphasized "Crike Ton" sounding like two words). It's hard to explain, but you would understand what I mean if you tried to sit through it.

Another irritation was the fact that they complained a lot about how scientists make fun of creationists, while they spoke in condescending tones and fake-laughed out loud on occasion when describing something they claimed that scientists believe (which was generally a drastic over-simplification of the facts).

Bizarrely, the generated video would have us think that the main animals on Earth 4000 years ago were dinosaurs. They made sure that dinosaurs appeared in nearly every scene. I can't imagine their reason for doing this, but I've read that their Ark Encounter is obsessed with dinosaurs as well.

Nevertheless, I heard some creationist arguments that I'd never heard before so it gave me some things to study. (I once believed in creationism myself, so I'm very interested in the subject.) One example is that of what are known as fossil trunks, upright fossil trees, or T0 assemblages, that the film refers to as "polystrate fossils." They claim that geologists cannot explain. (Unsurprisingly, geologists actually do understand this phenomenon.)

We stayed until my wife, who is a Christian and believes in the flood of Noah, couldn't take it anymore due to the tedious and annoying production. There were about 15-20 minutes left at this point. The end seemed to be heading toward an appeal to believe in the god of Israel and the threat of eternal punishment, though I can't say for sure.

Great explanation of the Flood

[brownjulie-92356 · 10/10 · 21 March 2024]

This was an excellent documentary of the flood with overwhelming scientific proof that the flood covered the entire earth during Noahs lifespan. My entire family enjoyed the film and I recommend all humans seeing the movie as this movie can change the minds of many doubters. Go see the movie even if you don't believe in creative evolution it is always good to see different perspectives or in this case, factual data explaining many of the mysteries and myths surrounding the ark and the time leading up to the flood and the aftermath of the flood on the continents. The bible foretells it all and so does this documentary.

It's a myth. And not a very good one.

[Freethinker_Atheist · 1/10 · 26 March 2024]

Imagine making a movie trying to prove a story from the Bronze Age. If just 200 years ago people still believed in vampires, try to imagine what people were capable of believing 3,000 years ago! Even if a global flood happened, there is no way for this myth, as told in that compilation of fragments of parchments from the Iron Age, aka Bible, to be true. And because of what? Exactly: This myth says that specimens of all the animal species in the world walked, flew (and swam?) to a boat that took a hundred years to build by a five-hundred-year-old man (so, he was 600, when he finished it), and all those animals spent more than a year on that boat. I mean, seriously! Add to that that the myth of the flood says that the god of the Bible drowned also old and sick people, mothers, pregnant women, children and babies. So, even if this absurd story were true, how could it possibly be a good thing? How could it possibly make someone see this god as a god of love, a god who deserves to be worshiped?

A very good book about all this and much more is "Liberated from Religion", by Paulo Bitencourt.

Science and Truth Reconciled

[brandonscott-40481 · 9/10 · 22 March 2024]

Honestly, wasn't sure what to expect but watched because of a recommendation by Jarren Lewis of AOC Network. This was a fabulous documentary which laid out its assumptions in an informed and compelling way. Very relevant in "today's world." Controversial in that it challenges certain "established" scientific facts. Watched in a packed theater and many people cheered at the end. Only issue, which was my fault for not paying more attention to details, was that before I saw it I didn't realize it was going to be more of a documentary than a movie. It was entertaining but in an informative way. Still, would love to see it again.

If there was no bible, science would teach a flood

[mtbgtown · 10/10 · 22 March 2024]

Going in with an open mind you can't help thinking these scientists make a good case for catastrophic flood in our geological history. I've always thought that, having been to a prehistoric clam bed a few hundred feet above sea level and prying loose a clam that I kept on my shelf through grade school.

They poke so many mortal holes in evolution, you wonder why it even exists. Come up with something new, science! Every base was covered. How the dinosaurs are found, how they died, how they're piled up, how trees are found in multiple sediment layers. The only reason science doesn't embrace global catastrophic flood around 4500 years ago is because the bible already describes it.

So the only problem with a great flood is that it's a religious tradition. Not only in the bible but in most world cultures. Otherwise, it's a totally plausible event based on the evidence.

We CHOOSE what we believe

[emailovrload · 10/10 · 22 March 2024]

Even when looking at the same facts, people INTERPRET the meaning/reason/purpose based on how and what they have chosen to believe about who they are the to whom they belong. As a student of scientific methodology, seeped in a culture that elevates the "individual" about all else, it has taken me a long time to wrestle with whether I will accept a Divine Designer or not. If there is no Divine, there is simply what I choose to believe about me, about you, about the world....and "my truth is my truth." Alas, I usually don't agree with your truth and, thus, maybe there is something to a Truth Greater Than all of us? If you are sincerely seeking Truth, this movie will mess with your heartmind in the way only Truth can. Shalom.

What an AMAZING movie!!!!!

[humbletrees · 10/10 · 13 April 2024]

I am so grateful for the hearts that YAHWEH has put in to the hearts of all of those involved in the making of this movie, from the actual content creators to the donors and everyone in between. What a privilege to be able to see and hear so many highly learned individuals gathered together in one place to bring the scientific TRUTHS in to the light which confirm that the Word of ELOHIM, the Bible, is true still today and always has been. Praise be to Yeshua Messiah for pouring out His Spirit and blessing the production of this great blessing to the whole world. I can't wait to buy it so I can watch it over and over just as I have the Genesis:Paradise Lost predecessor of this great piece of work! I very much hope there are plans to make another flic to continue the series that seems to be unfolding!!!!!!!

The Best Documentary On The World Wide Flood

[nursejanet-05931 · 10/10 · 7 April 2024]

This is by far, the best documentary on the world wide flood. It give scientific evidence for rapid burial, sediment layers, and has PhD scientists presenting the information, as well as excellent CGI! Everyone needs to see this no matter your age. We are told in public schools that the Grand Canyon took "millions of years to form" yet we have sedimentary layers created by Mount Saint Helens in the 1980's, proving it doesn't take millions of years to carve out a canyon and deposit layers. Ralph Strean and Dan Biddle, show the irrefutable evidences, including multiple ethnicity histories which also document a world wide flood.