Now we all know the story.. God decides to destroy mankind with a flood and tasks Noah with the job of building an ark and saving all the animals.. I think that's the basic gist of it, it's been a long time since I read it.
And therein lyes the problem.. If they'd called it something else and based it on a planet in a galaxy far,far away they could have probably got away with it. But as it's based on a true story (according to certain delusional people) that is its main failing... Darren Aronofsky try's to appeal to both believers and atheists half way through the film with an interesting story told by Noah to his family (God created evolution). But it didn't detract from what was basically a two hour plus pile of crap.. Anthony Hopkins was the standout for me, injecting what little humour there was into the film. And in all fairness, Emma Watson was also very good too.
And therein lyes the problem.. If they'd called it something else and based it on a planet in a galaxy far,far away they could have probably got away with it. But as it's based on a true story (according to certain delusional people) that is its main failing... Darren Aronofsky try's to appeal to both believers and atheists half way through the film with an interesting story told by Noah to his family (God created evolution). But it didn't detract from what was basically a two hour plus pile of crap.. Anthony Hopkins was the standout for me, injecting what little humour there was into the film. And in all fairness, Emma Watson was also very good too.
I would argue that they've made the best they could out of a bad book. .. There were even a few laughs from the audience at inappropriate times.. Plus it was way too long...
I dunno.. ** seems generous. On the plus side Iceland looked gorgeous (as per usual) and the CGi wasn't too bad..
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