Movie Review: Noah
What We Liked
What We Didn't Like
Noah is a good movie, but certainly not a great movie. It is, in the truest sense, loosely based on the Biblical story of Noah and the ark. There is much controversy regarding the accuracy of this film as it pertains to scripture, my advice to Christians is that you use this movie as a means to open up conversation. Do not get caught up in the inaccuracies, but be grateful that Hollywood is giving an opportunity to spur dialog.
Russell Crowe plays Noah, a man lead by God to build an ark for the impending destruction of most of humanity through a great flood. As the world is filled with sin, the Lord chooses Noah to save the animals and his family alone. Where the story begins to differ from Scripture, is with the huge rock creatures that begin to aid Noah in the construction of the arc. The creatures are fallen angels that are called Watchers. The discrepancy here is that Biblically, fallen angels came down from heaven and did horrible things such as procreate with human women, creating what is known as the Nephilim (demon angels in physical bodies). So as the Noah film portrays the “Watchers” as ultimately good beings, this is in complete contrast to what is stated in the Bible.
Other controversies include the number of wives Noah’s sons had, Noah’s reason alone for building the arc was off as well. However it was cool to witness what it may have been like to see animals gathering two by two and exactly what a worldwide flood may have looked like.
Not one actor in Noah stands out as extraordinary, even Russell Crowe is just okay. Sir Anthony Hopkins plays Methuselah (Noah’s father), and is nothing to write home about either. However, if you can keep your mind open and take this film in the same light as historians took Titanic, knowing all the while there were no actual Jack and Rose you may just enjoy it. Just a heads up, this film is a long 138 minutes to be exact. For anyone’s own personal reference to compare and contrast, the Biblical account of Noah can be found in Genesis chapters 6-9.
Betsy Cizek
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