Spectacular as well as extravagant production of the first part of the Book of Genesis . It covers various historical events : Creation of the World, Garden of Eden, and characters as Adam, Eva whose sins have passed down throughout their descendants Cain and Abel, Methuselah : Antony Hopkins and focusing on his son Noah : Russell Crowe . As Noah is chosen by God to carry out an extraordinary mission of redemption. Along his wife Nameh : Jennifer Connelly and their children Sem : Douglas Booth, Ham : Logan Lerman : and Japeth: Leo Carroll, all of them decide to build a large ark. The end of the world.. Is just the beginning. A look into the future of humanity by looking into the past.
Expensively made production dealing with relevant biblical deeds from the Old Testament. Here we rediscover the epic story of one man and the most remarkable event in our history. Although is very loosely based on Noah , if appearing his sons Sem, Hem and Jafeth , as well as other Biblical roles . It is artfully and spectacularly shot , with great cinematography by cameraman Matthew Libatique , impressive musical score by composer Clint Mansell and state-of-art special effects, however the gigantic, stoned fallen angels are pretty ridiculous. This luxuriously mounted production was professionally directed by Darren Aronofsky (Pi, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, The Wrestler, Mother!), though it has some flaws, gaps and failures. Rating 6/10 .Acceptable and passable.
Other cinematic renditions about these famous deeds from the Genesis are the following ones : Noah's Ark 1928 by Michael Curtiz with Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery. TV version Noah Ark by John Irwin with John Voight, Mary Steenburgen , Carol Kane, F Murray Abraham . A peculiar retelling titled The Last Flight of Noah's Ark 1980 by Charles Jarrot with Elliott Gould , Genevieve Bujold .And the comedy Evan Almighty 2007 by Tom Shadyac with Steve Carell , Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham.
