The trailers for Noah would lead one to believe that the film is an epic bible story and with all the strides made with computer generated imagery this would have to be a marvel to watch when the flood waters began to rise. The thing that I toiled with is whether it actually should be considered a bible story. It seemed as if the biblical names including the title player Noah (Russell Crowe) and the flood were what made this supposedly biblical. The first thirty minutes or so I just couldn't get past the feeling that this was a Sci-Fi or Fantasy story, because the film had such an otherworldly feel to it. There were some truly inspired CGI sequences like when all that creeps and crawls came to the arc, the arc itself and the geyser explosions, however I was less impressed by the snake in the garden and a little perplexed by the armadog. I guess his appearance was to say that man was not the only creature without innocence and it too must have perished. We just didn't know anything about it and any remains must be buried deep beneath the sea. This is where I had issues with some of the creative license taken in the storytelling, if it is based on a story that I am familiar with, I prefer that it is very closely knit to the known accounts. I will say I was all in with the characters and the actors ability to bring truth to their portrayals. Most noteworthy was Ila (Emma Watson), when she cried I cried. Like I said I was all in. I enjoyed the movie, therefore I surmised that anything that was unfamiliar to me in the storytelling was to fill in the blanks within the historical account. Like given the enormity of the size of the arc, Noah and his family must have had some help, this film identifies the helpers. Even though this must have been a story of Noah that happened in another galaxy far, far away I'd consider seeing it again, and that is truly the test for a worthwhile film.
Review of Noah
