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This is not your daddy's Noah. This is a hyper-creative re-imagining of the biblical story done with dazzling special effects, murder, violence, chaos, and creatures from children's stories. It is more off the wall than the previews let on. It also portrays Noah as off-kilter and violent himself.
Crowe and cast did very well. Nobody really went over the line and Winstone did a heavy heavy. I was most surprised with Emma Watson who did a fine job as the rescued girl who became fearful of Noah and his murderous intents.
The special effects were good but a few I found laughable. Some of the effects transcended the original story by moving into graphic novel territory. I guess Aronofsky figured he could "shoot the moon" with the script since he deviated from the original thrust of the biblical story and made use of "The Creator" throughout the film.
Teeny tiny spoiler:
Near the end of the film Noah recounts the creation according to what he had been told. This account is illustrated in a way that clearly shows ID and not "the grand creation" which I found appropriate. Fundies won't find it appropriate.
This is the kind of film that can polarize people into pro and con camps and I presume that is what Aronofsky wanted. The danger is some may see it as profane, others as misguided, and others that may adopt his version instead of the real one (people being seduced by all things media). No matter, this film will have it's controversies that could, with a little stoking, reach close to the heights of 'Prometheus'.
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...story, other traditional 'great flood' stories, and fiction. The computer-generated landscapes and details were plenty good enough, and the acting was all excellent. The only things I didn't like, and this is quite personal, is that the actors used for both the young and adult Shem, Gavin Casalegno and Douglas Booth, respectively, were too girly looking for me.
Great job Darren Aronovsky!
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
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I kind of doubt it. But Noah certainly was trying to be like Prometheus.
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Tin-eared audiofool, large-scale-Classical music lover, and damned-amateur fotografer.
William Bruce Cameron: "...not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
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Saw it tonite. And it's still sinking in so just some superficial observations. Civilization was portrayed to be a lot more technologically advanced than I would have expected. One early scene has Noah and co. encountering what appears to be ruins of a forge or oil refinery in the style of Mad Max. And the "watchers" and tubular Caine??? Could have done without them. Portraying Noah as troubled and tormented added an interesting twist. The entire story seemed to be layered on top of a lightly disguised environmentalist / conservationist message. I expect this will be problematic to both fundamentalists and political conservatives.The scene of Noah's retelling of the story of creation was especially fascinating. The narration was for the most part traditional but accompanying visuals were clearly a depiction of the "scientific" version complete with evolution. I saw not a hint of ID. I guess that scene is Rorschach like: we see what we want to see. Also says something about Hollywood.
Overall my initial impression is positive but I can understand why someone like Glen Beck trashed it. Certainly is going to be polarizing.
Edits: 03/28/14
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