So... Basically, people who read the books aren't satisfied with the movie adaptation because it changed some things from the source material? Sounds familiar.
To be far, it changed A LOT. The only things that remained the same is that there's a flood, there's a boat, and Noah builds it. Differences? Well, there's a mystic snake skin of time, God a sadistic Zeus, Noah is a homicidal maniac, Noah only has ONE grown kid, a teenager son, and a toddler. only ONE woman gets on board. I guess we're supposed to believe that the fate of the mankind rests on one girl getting knocked up. One of the sinners ACTUALLY gets on board. Mathosala has a magic fire sword. And there's...rock, giant thingies? Yeah, this movie is REALLY stupid.
All religious feelings aside, in the trailer, when Noah says "I'm not alone", you assume he's talking about the fact that God is on his side, which is pretty badass in my opinion. Yet in the movie *SPOILER ALERT*, he's actually referring to giant rock people. That's where I started to check out.
@@duffinthemuffin5792 I remember that from the movie, but it was still a pretty odd way to alter the story. It's like doing a movie about the parting of the Red Sea, and suddenly Moses is getting help from mermaid witches.
Insert *controversial religious or anti-religious smug, elitist remark that gets support from your side and serves no purpose but to offend the other* here
Umm...if you insist. *clears throat Religious people are a bunch of fucking idiots! Talking snakes, virgin births, 950 year old people.......pull the other one!
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This is a great film! It takes it's story from several pieces of Jewish literature. Namely The Zohar, the Books of Enoch and sacred Jewish traditions. It has very little to do with the Noah story out of Genesis and that is why most people are confused by it. Before the old testament became the old testament, the story of Noah is known by these earlier writings and books. Thus this film is that story. Well made and wonderfully acted and directed. Cheers!
Darren Aronofsky is probably the best of today's directors at getting the actors to perform as he desires. Ellen Burnstyn was amazing in Requiem for a Dream, and the Wrestler had a very moving performance by Mickey Rourke. His movies are generally very good, but the acting in every film is certainly the strong point.
as a film it was awesome and epic but coming into this movie I expected a more mature light of this story and still keeping to the bible instead I got rock giants and all other types of stuff that just ruined it for me story wise
1990SuperGeek no we can't since we have atheist pissing all over Christians and Christians getting pissed with atheists so no its not happening anytime soon
I would love that to be the case but too many of those who are hungry for conflict are getting the limelight and giving the rest of us the bad look. I respect all religions.
You 'were' it yesterday? Never met someone who liked the movie so much that they existentially changed their nature to become the personification of that film
There was one truly amazing scene when the people on the rock were screaming as they were trying to survive. It showed Gods indifference to humanity and cruelty of the flood.
Okay, gonna be honest: I'm actually a very religious person. And you know what? I enjoyed this movie! Yes, it was an adaptation, and no, it does not follow the Bible verbatim. But honestly, I feel like it still presents the spirit of the original account quite well, and I found its portrayal of Noah to be believable - even in the Biblical context.
+Eric Naylor I'm actually a very religious person as well, and I'm pretty knowledgeable in what the Bible says. So understand where I'm coming from when I call you a fraud, and I mean that in the strongest way possible. I saw the movie in theaters and nothing...absolutely NOTHING about that film was true to the Biblical context. The only thing that was true was the fact that there was an Ark and there was The Flood. Not even the context of evil men in the world was correct and the entire thing from start to finish was an absolute joke. Hollywood NEEDS to get this straight, if you make a movie off a person's religion (Christianity, Muslim, Atheism, Mormonism) you have to be faithful. Religion is set in an entirely different league from any other subject matter, people base their life off of these texts and therefore get deeply emotional about it. Aaronofksy completely subverted the entire message of Noah. In the book, he was a great man, in the movie he's a nature extremist that will murder you for killing a deer for food. In the book, the people where given every chance to come on board but they chose to laugh at Noah, in the movie they wanted to come on board but Noah wouldn't allow them because humanity is contemptible and needs to be extinct (complete reversal of the Biblical message). In the movie Noah tries to murder a baby boy, the character from the book would never do that (seriously the film version is a psychopath). In the book the Earth must be purged because all men where wicked, in the film all men must die because they kill animals for meat; this makes God come off as a monster when in the book God is perfect and benevolent and Noah was his righteous servant. Speaking of a righteous man, in the film Noah decides to go against God because he couldn't morally come to kill the baby, implying that humanity is better than God, in the book it is made clear that man is brutally imperfect and requires the help of something/someone greater than himself to uproot himself from the evils of his actions. The director COMPLETELY FLIPPED THE ENTIRE MESSAGE OF NOAH ON IT'S HEAD! You're an idiot, and a fraud. Shame on you.
+hunterspride18 I have neither the time nor the energy nor the inclination to answer every one of your objections, but I will answer the last one: In the film, God never actually commands Noah to kill the baby girls - Noah merely interprets it that way (even a Prophet can make mistakes; it we see it in the Biblical narrative). Later, if you're actually listening, it is suggested - strongly enough, in fact, that I would say that this was the intent) that God chose Noah because He knew Noah would be merciful, and not kill those children. In short, God was the good one all along.
+Eric Naylor Eric...going by your response to me plus the reply you made to Jennifer after I commented that you 1) Didn't read everything I wrote/Don't care and are just saying whatever to bend the situation back into your favor 2) Are trying to put me in my place. 3) Have no context to anything within the Bible. Earlier I made mention that I think your a fraud as it comes to being a Christian but after your Jennifer comment, I'm starting to think you really are a Christian in name only.
+Eric Naylor Also you have a lot of nerve telling me you don't have the time nor energy and yet you have just enough of both to make a skin deep defense on Jennifer's comment.
I relly liked this movie. It is beautifully shot, has great visuals, and I love the story and characterisiation. One thing I found pretty odd was the thing with the Watchers: They are shown in league with Cain's descendents, but shortly after it is said that the humans had betrayed thm, which accordingly was set before the scene in which they are shown in league with the humans
As a Christian, I thought this film was really really creative and absorbing. I know that some other Christians didn't like this film because the film wasn't literal, and Atheists didn't like it because of its religious context. But in overall, I really liked the aspect that this film focused on Noah's internal conflict on choosing to do what's just or love. Also, I thought this film was really respectful too in terms of how they used the materials from Bible. Aronofsky didn't twist the meanings of the story or present new ideas and portray it as the core idea from the Bible or anything. I think that he rather decided to borrow this story of Noah to express his thoughts on many universal elements and themes such as love, humanity, justice, etc. It might be just me, but this film didn't anger me at all. I thought this movie was fantastic in overall. (Bear with my English, English is still my second language even though I lived in the US for several years).
As movies go, religion aside. I thought this film was terrible, dull, unmoving, dark and overly depressing. Probably the worst film I've seen in a couple of years. I wanted to like it, its Russell Crowe... But I was just glad when it was over.
The original Biblical story of Noah is actually a very boring story. The characters are one dimensional; there is very little plot; and there really is no antagonist. You could read the entirety of Noah's story in less than 15 minutes. There simply isn't enough source material to make an engaging 2 hour film. So it is absurd for religious people to get enraged because the director embellished the story. All his additions added depth and background to the characters - making you sympathize with Noah and his family. The addition of an antagonist that wasn't in the original story, and the internal moral dilemma Noah has to face concerning his family, made the story entertaining and thought provoking - something that cannot be said for the original Biblical myth. So, if anything, Darren Aronofsky breathed life into this story - something Christians have FAILED to do.
I agree that boy-cotting the film is unnecessary. However, there's a lot of material in the bible to develop sub-plots before the flood. Angels materialized into humans and had sex with women, the women later gave birth to demon/human offspring that became violent giants. Noah had opposition amongst everyone surrounding him, plus everyone was just wicked etc. Sometimes you have to fill in the blanks of what could have happened, like I'm sure once it rained people were trying to get on the ark forcefully. The movie could have been way better had it been closer to the original story.
Have you ever heard of Evan Almighty?? That movie did it very well!! Plus, who said it HAD to be 2 hour long?? They could shorten it if they had to!! I've read the story recently and I thought the story of Noah was really interesting and doesn't need any "enhancements" to make a good movie out of it!!
Hmm, well if the film doesn't change the message, spirit, or subtract what was already there of real importance, or as Chris said; "respectful of the source", than I will be satisfied. I'm still supporting such films! I will likely end up giving it a B+ as well.
I didn't like the trailer!! Because, it's named NOAH, it has like three things that happen in the REAL Noah story, then they throw in things that had nothing to do with the REAL Noah story at all!! It REALLY made me mad, I don't EVER plan on seeing this FAKE story when I can read the REAL story in my Bible!! You can rip off a lot of things to make a movie, but you cross the line a lot when you rip off the Bible at all to make a movie!! Either you follow the story all the way through or don't waste your time making the movie!!
TRENEX 379 I am a very devout Christian!! I do think this is a big deal, and if you want me to help you learn more about God and Jesus, just tell me!! I would be more than happy to try and teach you!! :)
I agree with your review of Noah. It's kinda strange but in a good way. There were a number of things in there that I didn't expect to see and kept me surprised and gripped at times. And the director does some crafty work in terms of telling backstories. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, kinda sat in the 'agreeable' area for me.
I really liked the movie Noah, the acting was great and the effects were cool. I just wish there had been more cool prehistoric animals shown, and I wish Aronofsky had done something with the mysterious idea of the Nephilim, that would have been so cool. Yeah there's the rock people fallen angels, but they have nothing to do with the Nephilim, who were basically evil. And I wish they had shown more of how awful humanity was and why God decided to destroy them. There was that one scene where Noah went out into their camp which was good and disturbing, but I think they could have emphasized it more.
Something very similar happened to me, I was in the theater watching this movie and during the scene when it stops raining it suddenly started raining outside...some of the people even laugh because it was really creepy and strange...
Love your reviews, Chris... but you should throw in a "retro" review every so often just for fun. Lots of good older flicks out there need your commentary...
It was interesting that the story used elements from multiple cultures' 'flood narratives.' They chose to treat all of the stories as having merrit; I like that. The movie itself, though, had its problems. It's a hard movie to make--and takes balls to try...I respect that.
rybrentmannftw Sorry about that man. I usually have no mercy for people who don't like TDKR because most of their reasons are bullshit. Out those movies you've listed that Ive seen most of them are good except Taxi Driver.
rybrentmannftw It was very pointless and nothing interesting happened until the very end. DeNiro was great in it and the main song playing in it was very good as well, but other than that i found nothing special in it.
Great review Chris! I completely agree with your review on Noah! In fact I agree with most of your reviews & have been enjoying your reviews since 2011 when I first seen your Super 8 review! Keep up the good work man!
Just saw it. I have to say, though I love Russell Crowe and generally enjoyed his performance, he didn't convince me 100%. I thought he really started to get into the character and I got invested only half-way through the movie. My actually favorite performance was Ray Winstone, who is Oscar-worthy in my opinion. I loved that he wasn't just a baddie, but a developed character who actually had his motivations, and even when he was cruel and ruthless, he still was an interesting and intimidating villain.
I'm an atheist and "The Ten Commandments" is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love the story, the characters, Cecil B. DeMille's epic sets and even though I'm not gay I f-ing love the costumes in that movie! Ramses' war armor near the end of the movie is brilliant. And Lily the Water Girl, in that perfect dress with a flower in her hair, is one of the best images of feminine beauty ever. I'm a movie fan. That's my religion. I see images, I hear voices, they tell me great stories of courage and frailty. It makes me glad to be alive.
I actually really liked the movie. I'm an atheist so I obviously wasn't angered by the religious aspect, but what fundamental Christians have to realise is that if they did a literal adaptation of Noah's story in the Bible, it would be very short and sort of tedious. I thought Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly were excellent and I loved how they didn't try to make anyone appear "prettier" than they were, they didn't have any more make up than necessary. I concur, the score was really beautiful, the sequence with the animals boarding was awesome. I loved the angels not being traditionally represented as humanoid people with halos, because I'm tired of everything always having to be beautiful in Hollywood. Most of the angels' appearance isn't actually described in the Bible, so technically it's up to anyone including them in their works to present them how they wish and I'm glad Aronovsky went this route. *spoiler* I didn't understand why the babies were CGI at first and then real, but whatever. I really liked that Ham's girl got trampled upon instead of being rescued in the last minute. I also thought it was a beautiful moment of acting when Noah couldn't kill the babies and Ila realised they were saved, no pretty crying or single tears, it was very realistic. I didn't feel like the part about having the camp leader secretly board the ship was entirely resolved, I will admit. But overall definitely a film to see again and/or buy on DVD.
We were on the subject of evolution, and how religion is a waste of time. All it does is turn people against one another, and start wars. Religion rarely speaks the truth about anything. The bible only goes back thousands years. What ever happened to the other 4 and a half billion years of earth's history?
He didn't go into detail about religion. We were talking about evolution, and how what most were told doesn't add up. People use to think the earth was flat, and we were the center of the universe. The bible doesn't really teach you anything. I learned that as a kid going to church every Sunday until High School. I still support my family that does still believe. I just can't stand behind all those lies.
***** This vague, cop-out form of speech is so extremely typical for religious demagogs. You can say whatever you want about what religion is supposed to do, fact is that half of the american population believe literally that the bible is the word of God and 100 % of everyone who lived in christendom before science got properly kicked into gear also believed that. The bible wouldn't be written to give very specific information if it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. God created the earth in 7 days, according to the bible. He told a dude named Noah to put two of every animal species on a big ass boat so he could flood the world, that's just things you have to believe if you are going to be a christian, and if you're gonna thumb on these things in the face of science, then you don't hold the true commitment to your belief that you think you do.
I gave it 7/10. I find this movie is very enjoyable. However, it's kinda different from his older works. I'm not saying this movie is bad, I've just never thought of Aronofski's with this kind of movie before.
I hated it, but whatever. I think the idea is ridiculous. What was up with the rock angels? So lame. (Yes, I do feel extremely insulted by the fact that they want to use my religion like mythology, but I don't want to get into that.) Ignoring the religious controversy (which is hard to do), I was bored. Maybe it's just not my kind of movie, I don't know. But I didn't care about the characters. The world never felt that "real" and I felt like I was just watching actors, not people. Personally, I give it an F, but I certainly would not give it a B if I could be less biased. (Also if Chris Stuckmann actually reads this, I really do respect your opinions and I love your reviews. Big fan. XD)
While it deviated from the more simpler, purist version of the story, the essential of the story were firmly intact. The adaptations actually made me respect the legendary character of Noah. I liked it a lot. But I'm also not looking for religious lessons from Hollywood either.
+Jennifer Adams Franklin I saw the movie in theaters and nothing...absolutely NOTHING about that film was true to the Biblical context. The only thing that was true was the fact that there was an Ark and there was The Flood. Not even the context of evil men in the world was correct and the entire thing from start to finish was an absolute joke. Aaronofksy completely subverted the entire message of Noah. In the book, he was a great man, in the movie he's a nature extremist that will murder you for killing a deer for food. In the book, the people where given every chance to come on board but they chose to laugh at Noah, in the movie they wanted to come on board but Noah wouldn't allow them because humanity is contemptible and needs to be extinct (complete reversal of the Biblical message). In the movie Noah tries to murder a baby boy, the character from the book would never do that (seriously the film version is a psychopath). In the book the Earth must be purged because all men where wicked, in the film all men must die because they kill animals for meat; this makes God come off as a monster when in the book God is perfect and benevolent and Noah was his righteous servant. Speaking of a righteous man, in the film Noah decides to go against God because he couldn't morally come to kill the baby, implying that humanity is better than God, in the book it is made clear that man is brutally imperfect and requires the help of something/someone greater than himself to uproot himself from the evils of his actions. The director COMPLETELY FLIPPED THE ENTIRE MESSAGE OF NOAH ON IT'S HEAD! How you can come to respect Noah based upon the film is a mystery to me.
+hunterspride18 Not to mention they never say the word God in the movie. They just say the Creator. And before I hear anything about not using God's name in vain, Noah would never have used God's name in vain
I agree with you. I liked this movie, and I'm a Christian and I know the bible. The watchers are in the bible and I liked the way he put them in there.
I'm a Christian, and I really find this really interesting and i love it, its from the adoptation but it has twist with some deep dark emotions. But its the flaws of the movie which shown some reality inwhich is happening to our current generation right now. I gave this movie 9/10.
***** Yeah I am also a Christian who enjoyed the film. I know it was completely off in so many directions but seeing the characters that you have read about countless times come to life was really interesting. The only thing I wanted to see more was how Noah gained his faith. In the Bible, the Patriarchs all lived to insanely old ages of like 800,900, and this means that up to 7-9 Patriarchs lived togheter at 1 specific time and that is how they gained their faith by passing it down because they had no Bible back then. It would have been cool to see flash backs of NOah gaining his faith like seeing Enoch transfigure or listening to his great-grandfathers teach of how Adam fell as Adam did live among his sons for a really long time and passed down his faith a lot. But I do agree with Chris, the beginning was really rocky and as a Christian I was concerned to see how they would go espacially with the whole idea of the fallen angels helping to build the Ark. But I felt the rest of the movie was quite powerful espacially in the Ark with all the drama and subplots going on there and all the character building that happens inside the Ark. Overall I agree with a B+ rating, I think it is fare given the negative parts of the film but I enjoyed it slightly more and would even bump it up to an A- but definately not an A.
I know that the director set out to use the tradition of midrash in order to explore the story. And that's exactly what he did. I thought it was wonderful
This movies was horrible. The special effects were terrible and at the end it looked like they added video of the old Mutual Omaha TV show. I'm not saying this because of it being so different from the original story. I'm saying it because ti was horrible. Rock People? Really?
SuperThedoberman And no one seems to notice BUT, it starts showing humans living on Pangea. LOLOLOL Pangea existed 300 million years ago... um yeah.. Humans have been around for 200 000. When I saw the rock people, I instantly heard the South Park Crab people song in my head except it was "Rock people, Rock people, Look like rock, walk like people..."
TheNew Pav So you have no problem with a boat full of animals and all species but Rock people disturbed you. Guess history accuracy is what makes a good film right ? Not the performance and the story telling...
Super sida I never said anything about it's accuracy or acting. LOL. A) it's obviously not anywhere near accurate no matter what you believe or don't, B) The acting was good. Do you always put words in people's mouths?
Seriously why are Christian's mad about this movie? Any religious figure or symbol will be interpreted differently, I'm a Mormon but I don't mind seeing someone else's interpretation of Noah. Greek Mythology always gets interpreted differently and you don't see people complain about it.
I will tell you why me as a christian disliked this movie, in the trailer I thought it was going to be 100%-80% accurate because they show nothing of this being about something else than the original story its like they did that on purpose because they knew that if christians saw anything contradicting or way different in the story they would not watch it so they make it look like its going to be all about the original story I felt tricked and that is why I hated the interpretation of this story all the story stuff aside it did have nice visuals and action
I liked this movie despite being Catholic actually. We found it interesting to discuss in religion class. People who get defensive about this disgust me. It's really just unnecessary to bash such a good film. Well done Darren Aronofsky and Chris of course lol
I had hopes that this was going to be a really big epic movie based on a true event. But this was very hard to watch. Between, rock people, psychopath noah and long drawn out scenes this movie failed in almost everyway. The special effects were good with the flood and some of the animals.
How could you think you were going top see "a really big epic movie based on a true event"...if its about a god who decides to destroy the earth with a flood but then "Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD." so god goes actually make an ark and fill it with two of every animal to survive the flood....so he makes an ark big enough to hold all of them....gathers enough food to feed them all....has enough time to wait for the animals to get to him and go on two by two before this epic flood?
The thing is, that the story of Noah is supposed to be taken as a symbolic story. NOT a literary event. So it's quite ironic and '' suicidal '' to moan about '' historic accuracy ''. Also, it's a movie. But as a Star wars fan... ehm... I know how you feel? Lol.... I am an Atheist, but I've actually READ the bible. Something that most Christians in my experience NEVER does. They just listen to what the preachers tell them, they have never actually sat down and read the bible. And usually, they just go with what they personally believe and think, which imo. Is incredibly dishonest, but oh well. I actually considered Christianity, which was the reason why I read it.... And that's... When I became an Atheist rofl. But please. Do realize that it's not a story that is supposed to be taken as '' historic fact ''. You're only doing yourself a disservice claiming otherwise.
Trisdino So you stone your children too? You believe that the earth is flat and that diseases are caused by demons? You still wear mixed fabrics? Have you ever eaten shrimp?
Trisdino Btw, the bible the new testament was put together by a council that VOTED about what was going to be put in there.... Yep. A bunch of people got together and VOTED.
Myths of the deluge is standard in most, if not all, mythologise of the Mediterranean Sea. There is plenty of hard evidence that it's folk memorise of a massively traumatic pre-historical event that happened in the region. Wiki the Black Sea deluge hypothesis.
All you folks crying about how the movie didn't truly follow the source material and how you are confused about the rock people or "watchers" need to read up and re-educate yourselves on the actual story of Noah and how it was written and not just the King James bible story you remember from your childhood. Aronofsky obviously took a few artistic liberties (like making the watchers rock people) but I love the idea behind this movie because it challenges the sheep who think they know the story and makes them upset that they realize they don't know as much as they thought they did. Educate yourselves folks, don't just rely on others to do it for you--there's too much out there nowadays!!!
+John Thompson This offended people believe the Bible is literally true. They get pissed off when somebody defies their narrow understanding of religion.
I'm atheist, and don't ever pay attention to any religious thing, I watched this movie on theaters just expecting a fun movie, and it was fucking terrible! Really really awful
What were you expecting? Bog explosions? 'Ark' chases? If you want a fun movie you should probably rethink your choice before going in to a biblical adaptation.
Johan Thomsen I'm sorry, but this is like 3% biblical, it's more like a Transformers prequel. My grandma is super religious and she wanted to see this movie, and then after she did I've never heard her say so much bad words.
+Johan Thomsen We are talking about a movie here. Not a sermon. Going to church is not supposed to be entertaining. Going to a movie is something you do for fun. And yeah. A serious drama can be as entertaining and enjoyable as "ark chases".
I was interested in this because I love Aronofsky and I was interested in how he would make a film different than his previous, smaller films, if a tiny bit apprehensive of the possibility of "selling out" for a large Hollywood film. I was also kind of intrigued by the controversy, which after see in the film, I can say was totally overstated and pointless (even saying this as a Christian, whoever was pissed was too over the top). The first act of this film is actually pretty shaky, and the opening scene made me pretty nervous. At first, it seemed like Aronofsky's directorial style wouldn't mesh well with a story or budget this large, but once act two starts, it finds its legs. The pacing in the first half of act two is a bit off but one the flood starts, your interest is kept until the ending shot thanks to the intensity, arresting visuals, and great acting. There are some parts that are distracting, namely the Watchers, which are huge rock monsters with six arms that look like they're from a video game, but you kind of get used to it. Clint Mansell's scores are always great and it's no different here, the effects are pretty awesome, and the editing is nice. It does at times feel like "Aronofsky lite" because it's all a bit toned down, but that's to be expected, and it's still solid. 8.1/10, really good, one thumb up, above average, etc.
What sick pleasure do you people get from bashing other people's beliefs? And to those people, well-founded beliefs? Don't you think that those with those beliefs believe you just as ignorant and misguided? This is just hate speech. Nothing rational or good about it.
Abdullah Almosalami It's not really a pleasure, it's more like a duty. You shouldn't be allowed to believe whatever the fuck you want for the rest of your life against better judgement. We don't tell kids they are pokemons or batman once they reach a certain age becaue it isn't good for them.
Batman _ What on Earth. YOU can judge what is good and bad? What is better judgement? What's good for children? "People shouldn't be allowed to believe what the --- you want for the rest of your life ...". What the hell? What's anyone's business what people believe? "A duty." LOL! Go ahead. Go on your crusade. Become president. Go ahead. Good luck with that.
Abdullah Almosalami I mean, yeah. I think everybody has the right to make moral judgement calls. Same way you think it's bad to say anything critical about religion because it means alot to people, I happen to think it's extra important to question unbelievable things, ESPECIALLY when they are so close to people's heart you are called a bigot for questioning it. Noah is an unbelievable, impossible and unfathomable story that just can't compute with the real world. That is something kids need to know, same way they need to know Santa don't exist eventually.
It's so bizarre to think it's from the same guy who made Black Swan and Requiem For a Dream... I'd go to the theater expecting to be disturbed or something, flatly judging just from that.
15heartz If you tell me some of the points that is not scripturally accurate, i will be happy to provide the passage in your bible you should read before you deny it.
What people don't know is that the bible had books taken i.e Book of Enoch , The Book of Jubilees and several more which all tell this story in great detail. The fact that people will say that this didn't happen is dumb because no one knows what really happened. The Church has proven time and time again that a lot of the things the promote were wrong. I like this version because it puts a new view out there and with the world starting to give up its secrets and some of which are freaking strange cough .UFOs. My mind is open to new ideas. I give it an B+ as well.
The fallen angels came to HELP Man? Nope. They were changed into crippled rock creatures? Nope. They helped build the ark? Nope. God is a pubescent snot-nosed child? Nope. That's as far as I got.
John Mac You're right. I confused the two movies together. I did finish watching Exodus. Well.....I would like to know more about the Hebrew rendering of Noah's story. I'll have to look into it. Links would help if you have any. One day we will know the whole story. That will be great. For some of us, anyway.
Going into this film, I will not let my beliefs base my judgement because I know where I stand on it, and I know that not all movies based on The Biblical events will be accurate, but some like Prince Of Eygpt and The Ten Commandments and many Classic Jesus films take the material with such a passion while taking liberty with it and say to people this is how we see it. To all the Christians, please don't go into this with judgement, and make people think we're dumb and ignorant to art when we're not. To Athiests and non-Christians, please don't ignore this film based on where it came from, and go see it to see whether or not it's good. Please everyone, go and enjoy what I believe as a fan of film and as a Christian to be an enjoyable experience by a good director and great performers and fantastic visuals that tells a view to a masterful story of faith.
@@gamersinacontainer i found it to be thought provoking...maybe u need to read more and become more educated...forget about the videogames and the netflix and learn something.....your mentality may change
@@bluebomber- Jeez dude. I was just sharing my opinion. There's no need to insult my intelligence. And for the record, I read a lot. It's possible to watch movies and play games while still reading and staying educated and active. It's called balance. Just because I didn't find the movie thought provoking like you did doesn't mean I need to get educated. It just means I think differently about it than you. Your opinion is fine and so is mine. Please consider your words before you insult people for no reason and make baseless assumptions.
Everyone is really missing the point of the ending for this movie. Gods messages to Noah are very vague and it's just his interpretation that Humanity has to die. The point is: No matter what he chose to do, he was right. If he decided to kill the babies, then he has shown Humanity is irredeemable and should and will die, if he spares them with mercy, he has shown Humanity deserves another chance and it gets one.
I am happy that you kept this review on a professional level, and telling us how it was filmed, cut, edited and how the special effects where instead of bashing people for their beliefs/lack thereof. However as much can't be said about the comments *sigh* the average commenter on internet doesn't seem to have anything better to do than start ragefeasts and flamewars...
NONE of what is said in the source material happened, so of course it should be open to interpretation. Would rather not watch this though since religious dribble will never work for me, film or not.
We had the movie about Troy and about adventures of Perseus - why the hell there shouldn't be movies about other myths from other ancient cultures, huh?
midnight tea Didn't say they shouldn't exist, just said they don't work for me because they are based off a religion that causes misery to this day never mind since it started.
midnight tea Am I the only one who actually enjoyed Troy? It's not a bad looking movie, the fight scenes are well choreographed, it's faithful to the story and the acting is pretty solid. The script is a little "meh" at times but I personally feel it gets more hate than necessary
I like that he is basically the wildcard though. Less romance (which I admit did sort of need to be in the film just not to such an extent) more Achilles
I think that Bloom gave a great performance tbh. The only problem was that he didn't get many scenes to kick ass, but I think he portrayed the reluctant hero-type well.
So... Basically, people who read the books aren't satisfied with the movie adaptation because it changed some things from the source material? Sounds familiar.
+NightShade It's a bad movie regardless.
To be far, it changed A LOT. The only things that remained the same is that there's a flood, there's a boat, and Noah builds it. Differences? Well, there's a mystic snake skin of time, God a sadistic Zeus, Noah is a homicidal maniac, Noah only has ONE grown kid, a teenager son, and a toddler. only ONE woman gets on board. I guess we're supposed to believe that the fate of the mankind rests on one girl getting knocked up. One of the sinners ACTUALLY gets on board. Mathosala has a magic fire sword. And there's...rock, giant thingies? Yeah, this movie is REALLY stupid.
OH! And God creates life through EVOLUTION! Ugh. This film was duuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmbbbbbbbbbb.
Hermit Craf People and the infinity argument about how the book was way better.
Folklorebrony amen
All religious feelings aside, in the trailer, when Noah says "I'm not alone", you assume he's talking about the fact that God is on his side, which is pretty badass in my opinion. Yet in the movie *SPOILER ALERT*, he's actually referring to giant rock people. That's where I started to check out.
Ditto in terms of helpful spirit/rock people. :-/
Oh I know. It disappointed me.
They were angels and when they died they went back to heaven which symbolized them being forgiven for their sin of interfering with events
@@duffinthemuffin5792 I remember that from the movie, but it was still a pretty odd way to alter the story. It's like doing a movie about the parting of the Red Sea, and suddenly Moses is getting help from mermaid witches.
Noah saying he's with god o GIANT ROCK MONSTERS SMASHING PUNY HUMANS I wonder makes for a better movie..🤔
Although if you're an atheist you'll also be like, "That didn't happen, that didn't happen, mmm oh that either" All the way through lol
ROFLing!
Exactly how I felt haha
***** obviously someone easily amused
its lose to lose FFS
@@MikeHorror67 shutup simp
Russell Crowe? MAKIN' MOVIES MAKIN' SONGS FIGHTIN' ROUND THE WORLD!
Insert *controversial religious or anti-religious smug, elitist remark that gets support from your side and serves no purpose but to offend the other* here
The Sith are cooler than the Jedi.
Umm...if you insist.
*clears throat
Religious people are a bunch of fucking idiots! Talking snakes, virgin births, 950 year old people.......pull the other one!
Just a moment... Hang about... isn't that Doctor Who?
Huh?
Caleb Cone Kudos. Isn't it funny how the two opposing sides both behave just as badly and act exactly the same as one another?
What?? The Bible is open to interpretation!? Nobody told me, I've just finished my morning's adulterer-stoning!
Lmfao!
***** Clearly.
Look at the angry bible thumpers in your comment haha. Good one though.
Tyler Moser xD
odavies94 lmao
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P.s. I'd love more overlooked reviews. I got so much out of watching Brick, Fracture, Cowboy Bebop. I wouldn't have found those if it were for you. Thanks again!
*given
This is a great film! It takes it's story from several pieces of Jewish literature. Namely The Zohar, the Books of Enoch and sacred Jewish traditions. It has very little to do with the Noah story out of Genesis and that is why most people are confused by it. Before the old testament became the old testament, the story of Noah is known by these earlier writings and books. Thus this film is that story.
Well made and wonderfully acted and directed. Cheers!
Darren Aronofsky is probably the best of today's directors at getting the actors to perform as he desires. Ellen Burnstyn was amazing in Requiem for a Dream, and the Wrestler had a very moving performance by Mickey Rourke. His movies are generally very good, but the acting in every film is certainly the strong point.
It's Passion of the Christ all over again. The ranting, the controversies, everything.
Whether you're religious or not, can't we just respect each other's beliefs or opinions and get along.
as a film it was awesome and epic but coming into this movie I expected a more mature light of this story and still keeping to the bible instead I got rock giants and all other types of stuff that just ruined it for me story wise
1990SuperGeek no we can't since we have atheist pissing all over Christians and Christians getting pissed with atheists so no its not happening anytime soon
I would love that to be the case but too many of those who are hungry for conflict are getting the limelight and giving the rest of us the bad look. I respect all religions.
I loved this movie so much. I was it yesterday and I'm gonna probably rewatch it this week.
Sarcasm much?
No I really liked it, and I did went back to see it again.
You 'were' it yesterday? Never met someone who liked the movie so much that they existentially changed their nature to become the personification of that film
@@AeneasGemini ikr
Yes the film was very powerful....Aronofsky always delivers a powerful experience
Noah is a very underrated film
That movie sucked ass!
No it didn't it's a rare good film these days
A- and it's finally awesome to have a film names after me!!
There was one truly amazing scene when the people on the rock were screaming as they were trying to survive. It showed Gods indifference to humanity and cruelty of the flood.
Okay, gonna be honest: I'm actually a very religious person. And you know what? I enjoyed this movie! Yes, it was an adaptation, and no, it does not follow the Bible verbatim. But honestly, I feel like it still presents the spirit of the original account quite well, and I found its portrayal of Noah to be believable - even in the Biblical context.
+Eric Naylor I'm actually a very religious person as well, and I'm pretty knowledgeable in what the Bible says. So understand where I'm coming from when I call you a fraud, and I mean that in the strongest way possible.
I saw the movie in theaters and nothing...absolutely NOTHING about that film was true to the Biblical context. The only thing that was true was the fact that there was an Ark and there was The Flood. Not even the context of evil men in the world was correct and the entire thing from start to finish was an absolute joke.
Hollywood NEEDS to get this straight, if you make a movie off a person's religion (Christianity, Muslim, Atheism, Mormonism) you have to be faithful. Religion is set in an entirely different league from any other subject matter, people base their life off of these texts and therefore get deeply emotional about it.
Aaronofksy completely subverted the entire message of Noah. In the book, he was a great man, in the movie he's a nature extremist that will murder you for killing a deer for food. In the book, the people where given every chance to come on board but they chose to laugh at Noah, in the movie they wanted to come on board but Noah wouldn't allow them because humanity is contemptible and needs to be extinct (complete reversal of the Biblical message). In the movie Noah tries to murder a baby boy, the character from the book would never do that (seriously the film version is a psychopath). In the book the Earth must be purged because all men where wicked, in the film all men must die because they kill animals for meat; this makes God come off as a monster when in the book God is perfect and benevolent and Noah was his righteous servant. Speaking of a righteous man, in the film Noah decides to go against God because he couldn't morally come to kill the baby, implying that humanity is better than God, in the book it is made clear that man is brutally imperfect and requires the help of something/someone greater than himself to uproot himself from the evils of his actions.
The director COMPLETELY FLIPPED THE ENTIRE MESSAGE OF NOAH ON IT'S HEAD!
You're an idiot, and a fraud. Shame on you.
+hunterspride18
I have neither the time nor the energy nor the inclination to answer every one of your objections, but I will answer the last one: In the film, God never actually commands Noah to kill the baby girls - Noah merely interprets it that way (even a Prophet can make mistakes; it we see it in the Biblical narrative). Later, if you're actually listening, it is suggested - strongly enough, in fact, that I would say that this was the intent) that God chose Noah because He knew Noah would be merciful, and not kill those children. In short, God was the good one all along.
+Eric Naylor Eric...going by your response to me plus the reply you made to Jennifer after I commented that you
1) Didn't read everything I wrote/Don't care and are just saying whatever to bend the situation back into your favor
2) Are trying to put me in my place.
3) Have no context to anything within the Bible.
Earlier I made mention that I think your a fraud as it comes to being a Christian but after your Jennifer comment, I'm starting to think you really are a Christian in name only.
+Eric Naylor Also you have a lot of nerve telling me you don't have the time nor energy and yet you have just enough of both to make a skin deep defense on Jennifer's comment.
+hunterspride18 You know Noah's flood never happened right? haha
I relly liked this movie. It is beautifully shot, has great visuals, and I love the story and characterisiation.
One thing I found pretty odd was the thing with the Watchers: They are shown in league with Cain's descendents, but shortly after it is said that the humans had betrayed thm, which accordingly was set before the scene in which they are shown in league with the humans
As a Christian, I thought this film was really really creative and absorbing. I know that some other Christians didn't like this film because the film wasn't literal, and Atheists didn't like it because of its religious context. But in overall, I really liked the aspect that this film focused on Noah's internal conflict on choosing to do what's just or love. Also, I thought this film was really respectful too in terms of how they used the materials from Bible. Aronofsky didn't twist the meanings of the story or present new ideas and portray it as the core idea from the Bible or anything. I think that he rather decided to borrow this story of Noah to express his thoughts on many universal elements and themes such as love, humanity, justice, etc. It might be just me, but this film didn't anger me at all. I thought this movie was fantastic in overall. (Bear with my English, English is still my second language even though I lived in the US for several years).
As movies go, religion aside. I thought this film was terrible, dull, unmoving, dark and overly depressing. Probably the worst film I've seen in a couple of years. I wanted to like it, its Russell Crowe... But I was just glad when it was over.
Same here
so you don't like challenging and thought provoking movies?
iloveoldschoolanime no he was talking about how the movie felt, he literally said religion aside
The cookies r in the cabinet kid....knock yourself out
@@MicroBoxVideos hey....i like My Little Pony cartoons too kiddo,relax
I had the exact same problem Chris. After watching the movie it started to rain heavily in my city... creepy...
The original Biblical story of Noah is actually a very boring story. The characters are one dimensional; there is very little plot; and there really is no antagonist. You could read the entirety of Noah's story in less than 15 minutes. There simply isn't enough source material to make an engaging 2 hour film. So it is absurd for religious people to get enraged because the director embellished the story. All his additions added depth and background to the characters - making you sympathize with Noah and his family. The addition of an antagonist that wasn't in the original story, and the internal moral dilemma Noah has to face concerning his family, made the story entertaining and thought provoking - something that cannot be said for the original Biblical myth. So, if anything, Darren Aronofsky breathed life into this story - something Christians have FAILED to do.
I agree that boy-cotting the film is unnecessary. However, there's a lot of material in the bible to develop sub-plots before the flood. Angels materialized into humans and had sex with women, the women later gave birth to demon/human offspring that became violent giants. Noah had opposition amongst everyone surrounding him, plus everyone was just wicked etc. Sometimes you have to fill in the blanks of what could have happened, like I'm sure once it rained people were trying to get on the ark forcefully. The movie could have been way better had it been closer to the original story.
Have you ever heard of Evan Almighty?? That movie did it very well!! Plus, who said it HAD to be 2 hour long?? They could shorten it if they had to!! I've read the story recently and I thought the story of Noah was really interesting and doesn't need any "enhancements" to make a good movie out of it!!
Accurate or not, I just thought this was a BAD movie.
I thought it was trash as well.
why? It was a fantastic movie
@@hughfitzgibbon7661 ikr it was a good film I don't know what these guys are talking about
@@akira1072 They wouldn't know what a good film looks like even if it smacked them in the face
It was good to me
It's like any other book to movie adaptation...people who are obsessed with the book tend to nit-pick every detail. They can never please everyone.
Another ironic thing was that the movie was delayed due to the severe rain and storms during filming
Hmm, well if the film doesn't change the message, spirit, or subtract what was already there of real importance, or as Chris said; "respectful of the source", than I will be satisfied. I'm still supporting such films! I will likely end up giving it a B+ as well.
These "religious purists" need to chill out because it's just a movie. Just give the movie a chance and you might like it.
Well said!
Elizabeth S
Were it so easy...
I didn't like the trailer!! Because, it's named NOAH, it has like three things that happen in the REAL Noah story, then they throw in things that had nothing to do with the REAL Noah story at all!! It REALLY made me mad, I don't EVER plan on seeing this FAKE story when I can read the REAL story in my Bible!! You can rip off a lot of things to make a movie, but you cross the line a lot when you rip off the Bible at all to make a movie!! Either you follow the story all the way through or don't waste your time making the movie!!
Luke Elder
I think it's safe to assume that you're a devout Christian, but I don't really find this as a big deal. But then again, I'm an agnostic.
TRENEX 379 I am a very devout Christian!! I do think this is a big deal, and if you want me to help you learn more about God and Jesus, just tell me!! I would be more than happy to try and teach you!! :)
I quite liked it! The sci-fi/fantasy imagery was just fantastic. Great job Darren!
If this movie proves that this event really happened, then that means the avengers really did happened.
Great review Chris! Thanks for being respectful to the source material as well as focusing on just the movie aspect. Awesome Batman shirt by the way!
I agree with your review of Noah. It's kinda strange but in a good way. There were a number of things in there that I didn't expect to see and kept me surprised and gripped at times. And the director does some crafty work in terms of telling backstories. Didn't love it, didn't hate it, kinda sat in the 'agreeable' area for me.
I really liked the movie Noah, the acting was great and the effects were cool. I just wish there had been more cool prehistoric animals shown, and I wish Aronofsky had done something with the mysterious idea of the Nephilim, that would have been so cool. Yeah there's the rock people fallen angels, but they have nothing to do with the Nephilim, who were basically evil. And I wish they had shown more of how awful humanity was and why God decided to destroy them. There was that one scene where Noah went out into their camp which was good and disturbing, but I think they could have emphasized it more.
This is one film that definitely deserves a reboot
Great review Chris. I gave the film the same grade. I really enjoyed the movie. Nice edition of the Bible Films.
Something very similar happened to me, I was in the theater watching this movie and during the scene when it stops raining it suddenly started raining outside...some of the people even laugh because it was really creepy and strange...
I absolutely love this movie... Russell Crowe is such a damn good actor. It was great seeing him any Connolly on screen together again
Love your reviews, Chris... but you should throw in a "retro" review every so often just for fun. Lots of good older flicks out there need your commentary...
That's not ironic, that's a coincidence. It would've been ironic if it had been sunny. Apologies for correcting you.
It was interesting that the story used elements from multiple cultures' 'flood narratives.' They chose to treat all of the stories as having merrit; I like that. The movie itself, though, had its problems. It's a hard movie to make--and takes balls to try...I respect that.
great flick. music was definitely a highlight, among many other things.
Where is that Xmen Days of Future Past trailer #2 review?! I need it!
noah deserves a 10/10 , i have never thought that this film would be so amazing ! you have to whatch it absolutely!
Hulu isn't available in Canada, not even with proxies.
This movie angered me from it's dissapointment. It was boring and hell and laughable. 2nd worst movie of the year so far behind Monuments Men.
you obviously didnt see I, Frankenstein lol
***** Exactly
MovieMike No I have not. I don't see crappy January movies. I only saw 1 Jan. movie this year and that was Jack Ryan.
rybrentmannftw Sorry about that man. I usually have no mercy for people who don't like TDKR because most of their reasons are bullshit. Out those movies you've listed that Ive seen most of them are good except Taxi Driver.
rybrentmannftw It was very pointless and nothing interesting happened until the very end. DeNiro was great in it and the main song playing in it was very good as well, but other than that i found nothing special in it.
Great review Chris! I completely agree with your review on Noah! In fact I agree with most of your reviews & have been enjoying your reviews since 2011 when I first seen your Super 8 review! Keep up the good work man!
Just so everyone knows this movie is so inacurate to the actual story of noah in the bible
Just saw it. I have to say, though I love Russell Crowe and generally enjoyed his performance, he didn't convince me 100%. I thought he really started to get into the character and I got invested only half-way through the movie. My actually favorite performance was Ray Winstone, who is Oscar-worthy in my opinion. I loved that he wasn't just a baddie, but a developed character who actually had his motivations, and even when he was cruel and ruthless, he still was an interesting and intimidating villain.
I'm an atheist and "The Ten Commandments" is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love the story, the characters, Cecil B. DeMille's epic sets and even though I'm not gay I f-ing love the costumes in that movie! Ramses' war armor near the end of the movie is brilliant. And Lily the Water Girl, in that perfect dress with a flower in her hair, is one of the best images of feminine beauty ever.
I'm a movie fan. That's my religion. I see images, I hear voices, they tell me great stories of courage and frailty. It makes me glad to be alive.
Then you should also respect and love The Exorcist
MURRAYsaysHI Indeed I do!
a talking atheist cat.....now that sounds like the beginnings of an entertaining flick. someone call Spielberg......
Michael Prall Yes, and I fight crime on the side.
You don't have to be gay to like costumes in movies... Obviously, as you just said.
This movie is literally a biblical fan fiction.
please review Black Swan & Requiem For A Dream
I actually really liked the movie. I'm an atheist so I obviously wasn't angered by the religious aspect, but what fundamental Christians have to realise is that if they did a literal adaptation of Noah's story in the Bible, it would be very short and sort of tedious. I thought Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly were excellent and I loved how they didn't try to make anyone appear "prettier" than they were, they didn't have any more make up than necessary. I concur, the score was really beautiful, the sequence with the animals boarding was awesome. I loved the angels not being traditionally represented as humanoid people with halos, because I'm tired of everything always having to be beautiful in Hollywood. Most of the angels' appearance isn't actually described in the Bible, so technically it's up to anyone including them in their works to present them how they wish and I'm glad Aronovsky went this route. *spoiler* I didn't understand why the babies were CGI at first and then real, but whatever. I really liked that Ham's girl got trampled upon instead of being rescued in the last minute. I also thought it was a beautiful moment of acting when Noah couldn't kill the babies and Ila realised they were saved, no pretty crying or single tears, it was very realistic. I didn't feel like the part about having the camp leader secretly board the ship was entirely resolved, I will admit. But overall definitely a film to see again and/or buy on DVD.
I had a Science teacher in the 8th grade tell us how fake this story is, and I still believe him to this day lol.
No he's not the only one who believes this story is fake. This was a terrible movie by the way.
We were on the subject of evolution, and how religion is a waste of time. All it does is turn people against one another, and start wars. Religion rarely speaks the truth about anything. The bible only goes back thousands years. What ever happened to the other 4 and a half billion years of earth's history?
He didn't go into detail about religion. We were talking about evolution, and how what most were told doesn't add up. People use to think the earth was flat, and we were the center of the universe. The bible doesn't really teach you anything. I learned that as a kid going to church every Sunday until High School. I still support my family that does still believe. I just can't stand behind all those lies.
***** This vague, cop-out form of speech is so extremely typical for religious demagogs. You can say whatever you want about what religion is supposed to do, fact is that half of the american population believe literally that the bible is the word of God and 100 % of everyone who lived in christendom before science got properly kicked into gear also believed that. The bible wouldn't be written to give very specific information if it wasn't meant to be taken seriously. God created the earth in 7 days, according to the bible. He told a dude named Noah to put two of every animal species on a big ass boat so he could flood the world, that's just things you have to believe if you are going to be a christian, and if you're gonna thumb on these things in the face of science, then you don't hold the true commitment to your belief that you think you do.
Immortal Iron Fist those "billions" of years either never happened (which is very likely) or the events were never recorded.
I gave it 7/10. I find this movie is very enjoyable. However, it's kinda different from his older works. I'm not saying this movie is bad, I've just never thought of Aronofski's with this kind of movie before.
I hated it, but whatever. I think the idea is ridiculous. What was up with the rock angels? So lame. (Yes, I do feel extremely insulted by the fact that they want to use my religion like mythology, but I don't want to get into that.) Ignoring the religious controversy (which is hard to do), I was bored. Maybe it's just not my kind of movie, I don't know. But I didn't care about the characters. The world never felt that "real" and I felt like I was just watching actors, not people. Personally, I give it an F, but I certainly would not give it a B if I could be less biased.
(Also if Chris Stuckmann actually reads this, I really do respect your opinions and I love your reviews. Big fan. XD)
+C Garcia Your religion is mythology. Every religion is mythology based. Christian faith is not different in that regard.
All Christians know Christianity isn't a mythology.
All religions are Mythology since there's not a shred of proof for any of them.
Carl B there's plenty of evidence if you open your eyes.
Great review man!!! Keep up the great reviews, video's and content.Also I am a new sub, just saying.
While it deviated from the more simpler, purist version of the story, the essential of the story were firmly intact. The adaptations actually made me respect the legendary character of Noah. I liked it a lot. But I'm also not looking for religious lessons from Hollywood either.
+Jennifer Adams Franklin I saw the movie in theaters and nothing...absolutely NOTHING about that film was true to the Biblical context. The only thing that was true was the fact that there was an Ark and there was The Flood. Not even the context of evil men in the world was correct and the entire thing from start to finish was an absolute joke.
Aaronofksy completely subverted the entire message of Noah. In the book, he was a great man, in the movie he's a nature extremist that will murder you for killing a deer for food. In the book, the people where given every chance to come on board but they chose to laugh at Noah, in the movie they wanted to come on board but Noah wouldn't allow them because humanity is contemptible and needs to be extinct (complete reversal of the Biblical message). In the movie Noah tries to murder a baby boy, the character from the book would never do that (seriously the film version is a psychopath). In the book the Earth must be purged because all men where wicked, in the film all men must die because they kill animals for meat; this makes God come off as a monster when in the book God is perfect and benevolent and Noah was his righteous servant. Speaking of a righteous man, in the film Noah decides to go against God because he couldn't morally come to kill the baby, implying that humanity is better than God, in the book it is made clear that man is brutally imperfect and requires the help of something/someone greater than himself to uproot himself from the evils of his actions.
The director COMPLETELY FLIPPED THE ENTIRE MESSAGE OF NOAH ON IT'S HEAD!
How you can come to respect Noah based upon the film is a mystery to me.
+Jennifer Adams Franklin
I hear you, Jennifer.
+hunterspride18 Not to mention they never say the word God in the movie. They just say the Creator. And before I hear anything about not using God's name in vain, Noah would never have used God's name in vain
Briana Lambert And the first prize trophy for most nonsensical comment ever on TH-cam goes to...Briana Lambert.
Congratulations.
+hunterspride18 nonsensical? Explain.
I agree with you. I liked this movie, and I'm a Christian and I know the bible. The watchers are in the bible and I liked the way he put them in there.
I'm a Christian, and I really find this really interesting and i love it, its from the adoptation but it has twist with some deep dark emotions. But its the flaws of the movie which shown some reality inwhich is happening to our current generation right now. I gave this movie 9/10.
***** Yeah I am also a Christian who enjoyed the film. I know it was completely off in so many directions but seeing the characters that you have read about countless times come to life was really interesting. The only thing I wanted to see more was how Noah gained his faith.
In the Bible, the Patriarchs all lived to insanely old ages of like 800,900, and this means that up to 7-9 Patriarchs lived togheter at 1 specific time and that is how they gained their faith by passing it down because they had no Bible back then. It would have been cool to see flash backs of NOah gaining his faith like seeing Enoch transfigure or listening to his great-grandfathers teach of how Adam fell as Adam did live among his sons for a really long time and passed down his faith a lot.
But I do agree with Chris, the beginning was really rocky and as a Christian I was concerned to see how they would go espacially with the whole idea of the fallen angels helping to build the Ark. But I felt the rest of the movie was quite powerful espacially in the Ark with all the drama and subplots going on there and all the character building that happens inside the Ark. Overall I agree with a B+ rating, I think it is fare given the negative parts of the film but I enjoyed it slightly more and would even bump it up to an A- but definately not an A.
I really enjoyed this movie
Thanks for Hulu, Chris. It's really generous of you.
"that didn't happen, that didn't happen", could say that about a certain book/books
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well done Sherlock
I know that the director set out to use the tradition of midrash in order to explore the story. And that's exactly what he did. I thought it was wonderful
This movies was horrible. The special effects were terrible and at the end it looked like they added video of the old Mutual Omaha TV show. I'm not saying this because of it being so different from the original story. I'm saying it because ti was horrible. Rock People? Really?
SuperThedoberman And no one seems to notice BUT, it starts showing humans living on Pangea. LOLOLOL Pangea existed 300 million years ago... um yeah.. Humans have been around for 200 000. When I saw the rock people, I instantly heard the South Park Crab people song in my head except it was "Rock people, Rock people, Look like rock, walk like people..."
TheNew Pav So you have no problem with a boat full of animals and all species but Rock people disturbed you. Guess history accuracy is what makes a good film right ? Not the performance and the story telling...
Super sida I never said anything about it's accuracy or acting. LOL. A) it's obviously not anywhere near accurate no matter what you believe or don't, B) The acting was good. Do you always put words in people's mouths?
Nope, just the tip of my peepee.
Super sida The little tip huh? In other words, the whole thing.
I actually thought Ray Winstone was Mickey Rourke throughout "Noah" lol
Seriously why are Christian's mad about this movie? Any religious figure or symbol will be interpreted differently, I'm a Mormon but I don't mind seeing someone else's interpretation of Noah. Greek Mythology always gets interpreted differently and you don't see people complain about it.
Mormons?! My favorite. I actually can't wait for a Hollywood interpretation of Captain Moroni or Helaman. They're epic stories
Stewart Fletcher Actually, I was deciding on making a griddy bloody movie if not maybe a short film about the wars in the story of Alma and Helman :D.
Wait that's actually crazy because my dream job is to be a screenwriter/director and to eventually make a trilogy or miniseries about the wars
Stewart Fletcher Seriously?? I'm going to study at a university soon to get a job as a writer for a movie!!
I will tell you why me as a christian disliked this movie, in the trailer I thought it was going to be 100%-80% accurate because they show nothing of this being about something else than the original story its like they did that on purpose because they knew that if christians saw anything contradicting or way different in the story they would not watch it so they make it look like its going to be all about the original story I felt tricked and that is why I hated the interpretation of this story all the story stuff aside it did have nice visuals and action
I liked this movie despite being Catholic actually. We found it interesting to discuss in religion class. People who get defensive about this disgust me. It's really just unnecessary to bash such a good film. Well done Darren Aronofsky and Chris of course lol
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I had hopes that this was going to be a really big epic movie based on a true event. But this was very hard to watch. Between, rock people, psychopath noah and long drawn out scenes this movie failed in almost everyway. The special effects were good with the flood and some of the animals.
How could you think you were going top see "a really big epic movie based on a true event"...if its about a god who decides to destroy the earth with a flood but then "Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD." so god goes actually make an ark and fill it with two of every animal to survive the flood....so he makes an ark big enough to hold all of them....gathers enough food to feed them all....has enough time to wait for the animals to get to him and go on two by two before this epic flood?
Because God created the world, he can do anything. My mistake was my faith in writers that corrupted the event for the big screen.
Jim Palmer we don't know how this world came to be. Some say god, others evolution. But we don't know.
Kyle O'Bryan the idea was God inspired everything written in the Bible. He told each person what to write. It’s not just people writing from memory.
When are you going to do your analyzed review for enemy?
The thing is, that the story of Noah is supposed to be taken as a symbolic story. NOT a literary event. So it's quite ironic and '' suicidal '' to moan about '' historic accuracy ''. Also, it's a movie. But as a Star wars fan... ehm... I know how you feel? Lol....
I am an Atheist, but I've actually READ the bible. Something that most Christians in my experience NEVER does. They just listen to what the preachers tell them, they have never actually sat down and read the bible. And usually, they just go with what they personally believe and think, which imo. Is incredibly dishonest, but oh well.
I actually considered Christianity, which was the reason why I read it.... And that's... When I became an Atheist rofl. But please. Do realize that it's not a story that is supposed to be taken as '' historic fact ''. You're only doing yourself a disservice claiming otherwise.
It is the bible, considering who wrote it, yeah, it was meant to be taken literally
Trisdino So you stone your children too? You believe that the earth is flat and that diseases are caused by demons? You still wear mixed fabrics? Have you ever eaten shrimp?
Trisdino Btw, the bible the new testament was put together by a council that VOTED about what was going to be put in there.... Yep. A bunch of people got together and VOTED.
Myths of the deluge is standard in most, if not all, mythologise of the Mediterranean Sea. There is plenty of hard evidence that it's folk memorise of a massively traumatic pre-historical event that happened in the region. Wiki the Black Sea deluge hypothesis.
How do you know that? Have I ever quoted anybody else?
it seems like you are jumping to conclusions here
Thanks for the free Hulu Chris. Another great review as always.
only for US :(
Yeah! I can't watch it because I'm from the Philippines but anyways Chrisstuckmann is still awesome and nice review! I definitely gonna watch this! :)
its released in india.
I have to says, Jennifer Connelly is great in this.
the only aronofsky's film i hated. not because of the unfaithfulness to source material, but cause the plot is really dumb.
Pa šutiraj deeečkooo!!! Like the bible right?
The source material was "really dumb" you idiot.
boxtears not as dumb as you fuckface
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I might check this out when it comes out on blu-ray. Great review!
I laughed out loud when I saw the rock monsters
U r ryt..In the bible there is no rock monsters..this movie is very bad
@@aakaipertin4952 it's fiction who cares
Great review, Chris! I might just check this out. Seems like it does the story justice then.
All you folks crying about how the movie didn't truly follow the source material and how you are confused about the rock people or "watchers" need to read up and re-educate yourselves on the actual story of Noah and how it was written and not just the King James bible story you remember from your childhood. Aronofsky obviously took a few artistic liberties (like making the watchers rock people) but I love the idea behind this movie because it challenges the sheep who think they know the story and makes them upset that they realize they don't know as much as they thought they did. Educate yourselves folks, don't just rely on others to do it for you--there's too much out there nowadays!!!
+John Thompson This offended people believe the Bible is literally true. They get pissed off when somebody defies their narrow understanding of religion.
***** You're right, they weren't made of rocks. That's called taking artistic liberties.
Im not religious but this movie was great and I loved how Noah's character developed and changed and how he had to realise he isn't perfect
I'm atheist, and don't ever pay attention to any religious thing, I watched this movie on theaters just expecting a fun movie, and it was fucking terrible! Really really awful
What were you expecting? Bog explosions? 'Ark' chases? If you want a fun movie you should probably rethink your choice before going in to a biblical adaptation.
Johan Thomsen I'm sorry, but this is like 3% biblical, it's more like a Transformers prequel. My grandma is super religious and she wanted to see this movie, and then after she did I've never heard her say so much bad words.
+Johan Thomsen We are talking about a movie here. Not a sermon. Going to church is not supposed to be entertaining. Going to a movie is something you do for fun. And yeah. A serious drama can be as entertaining and enjoyable as "ark chases".
I was interested in this because I love Aronofsky and I was interested in how he would make a film different than his previous, smaller films, if a tiny bit apprehensive of the possibility of "selling out" for a large Hollywood film. I was also kind of intrigued by the controversy, which after see in the film, I can say was totally overstated and pointless (even saying this as a Christian, whoever was pissed was too over the top). The first act of this film is actually pretty shaky, and the opening scene made me pretty nervous. At first, it seemed like Aronofsky's directorial style wouldn't mesh well with a story or budget this large, but once act two starts, it finds its legs. The pacing in the first half of act two is a bit off but one the flood starts, your interest is kept until the ending shot thanks to the intensity, arresting visuals, and great acting. There are some parts that are distracting, namely the Watchers, which are huge rock monsters with six arms that look like they're from a video game, but you kind of get used to it. Clint Mansell's scores are always great and it's no different here, the effects are pretty awesome, and the editing is nice. It does at times feel like "Aronofsky lite" because it's all a bit toned down, but that's to be expected, and it's still solid. 8.1/10, really good, one thumb up, above average, etc.
What sick pleasure do you people get from bashing other people's beliefs? And to those people, well-founded beliefs? Don't you think that those with those beliefs believe you just as ignorant and misguided? This is just hate speech. Nothing rational or good about it.
Abdullah Almosalami It's not really a pleasure, it's more like a duty. You shouldn't be allowed to believe whatever the fuck you want for the rest of your life against better judgement. We don't tell kids they are pokemons or batman once they reach a certain age becaue it isn't good for them.
Batman _ What on Earth. YOU can judge what is good and bad? What is better judgement? What's good for children? "People shouldn't be allowed to believe what the --- you want for the rest of your life ...". What the hell? What's anyone's business what people believe? "A duty." LOL! Go ahead. Go on your crusade. Become president. Go ahead. Good luck with that.
Abdullah Almosalami I mean, yeah. I think everybody has the right to make moral judgement calls. Same way you think it's bad to say anything critical about religion because it means alot to people, I happen to think it's extra important to question unbelievable things, ESPECIALLY when they are so close to people's heart you are called a bigot for questioning it. Noah is an unbelievable, impossible and unfathomable story that just can't compute with the real world. That is something kids need to know, same way they need to know Santa don't exist eventually.
I know this might seem odd, but its true. It was raining when I went to see this movie as well.
This film annoyed fundies ? I'm in !
Thanks for the review, Chris. I like Darren Aronofsky, but I was still wary of the film. I'm probably going to see it now, though.
Spoiler .. None of it is real!
Its a movie.. and its from the bible..
You love telling people it's not real. Its real and you know it. You have free will, you chose to live and die a meaningless life. God bless.
It's so bizarre to think it's from the same guy who made Black Swan and Requiem For a Dream... I'd go to the theater expecting to be disturbed or something, flatly judging just from that.
Accurate to the bible 00.01% the one is just the name Noah, that is accurate nothing else.
It's more accurate than average Sunday school, and makes more sense too.
Huh!!!..I wont even comment.
15heartz If you tell me some of the points that is not scripturally accurate, i will be happy to provide the passage in your bible you should read before you deny it.
15heartz Just because it got giants in it doesn't mean its not accurate...
lol You do realize the bible is full of shit... and none of it happened, right? None of it lol
What people don't know is that the bible had books taken i.e Book of Enoch , The Book of Jubilees and several more which all tell this story in great detail. The fact that people will say that this didn't happen is dumb because no one knows what really happened. The Church has proven time and time again that a lot of the things the promote were wrong. I like this version because it puts a new view out there and with the world starting to give up its secrets and some of which are freaking strange cough .UFOs. My mind is open to new ideas. I give it an B+ as well.
The fallen angels came to HELP Man? Nope. They were changed into crippled rock creatures? Nope. They helped build the ark? Nope. God is a pubescent snot-nosed child? Nope. That's as far as I got.
John Mac You're right. I confused the two movies together. I did finish watching Exodus. Well.....I would like to know more about the Hebrew rendering of Noah's story. I'll have to look into it. Links would help if you have any. One day we will know the whole story. That will be great. For some of us, anyway.
Going into this film, I will not let my beliefs base my judgement because I know where I stand on it, and I know that not all movies based on The Biblical events will be accurate, but some like Prince Of Eygpt and The Ten Commandments and many Classic Jesus films take the material with such a passion while taking liberty with it and say to people this is how we see it. To all the Christians, please don't go into this with judgement, and make people think we're dumb and ignorant to art when we're not. To Athiests and non-Christians, please don't ignore this film based on where it came from, and go see it to see whether or not it's good. Please everyone, go and enjoy what I believe as a fan of film and as a Christian to be an enjoyable experience by a good director and great performers and fantastic visuals that tells a view to a masterful story of faith.
I remember how garbage this film was.
Why was it garbage
@@bluebomber- Long and boring, had stupid rock men.
@@gamersinacontainer i found it to be thought provoking...maybe u need to read more and become more educated...forget about the videogames and the netflix and learn something.....your mentality may change
@@bluebomber- Jeez dude. I was just sharing my opinion. There's no need to insult my intelligence. And for the record, I read a lot. It's possible to watch movies and play games while still reading and staying educated and active. It's called balance. Just because I didn't find the movie thought provoking like you did doesn't mean I need to get educated. It just means I think differently about it than you. Your opinion is fine and so is mine. Please consider your words before you insult people for no reason and make baseless assumptions.
@@gamersinacontainer nah he asked why you thought the movie was garbage and you responded in a dumb childish way instead of a reasonable explanation
Everyone is really missing the point of the ending for this movie. Gods messages to Noah are very vague and it's just his interpretation that Humanity has to die. The point is: No matter what he chose to do, he was right. If he decided to kill the babies, then he has shown Humanity is irredeemable and should and will die, if he spares them with mercy, he has shown Humanity deserves another chance and it gets one.
i can't wait to see it :)
I am happy that you kept this review on a professional level, and telling us how it was filmed, cut, edited and how the special effects where instead of bashing people for their beliefs/lack thereof. However as much can't be said about the comments *sigh* the average commenter on internet doesn't seem to have anything better to do than start ragefeasts and flamewars...
NONE of what is said in the source material happened, so of course it should be open to interpretation. Would rather not watch this though since religious dribble will never work for me, film or not.
We had the movie about Troy and about adventures of Perseus - why the hell there shouldn't be movies about other myths from other ancient cultures, huh?
midnight tea Didn't say they shouldn't exist, just said they don't work for me because they are based off a religion that causes misery to this day never mind since it started.
midnight tea Am I the only one who actually enjoyed Troy? It's not a bad looking movie, the fight scenes are well choreographed, it's faithful to the story and the acting is pretty solid. The script is a little "meh" at times but I personally feel it gets more hate than necessary
I like that he is basically the wildcard though. Less romance (which I admit did sort of need to be in the film just not to such an extent) more Achilles
I think that Bloom gave a great performance tbh. The only problem was that he didn't get many scenes to kick ass, but I think he portrayed the reluctant hero-type well.
Lord Of The Rings meets Mad Max meets Noah. There you have it.
panatha tube Exactly, I was watching the big battle and thought, "Hey, it's basically Bible Ents bashing Bible Orcs.":
religious purists will be like. that didnt happen that didnt happen. and ill be like none of it happened :)
ha!
**tips fedora**
MoronicChunk1 You have won the internet for the day, my friend.
***** Hey, that "toilet paper" you're talking about is good for rolling up weed.
Its cool to hate the bible nowdays, its easier to live without rules I guess.
Chris I feel like this is Aronofsky's best work yet. From beginning to end this film was not a waste of time and it never drags.