Despite the speculation and controversy Noah has attributed since debuting on Friday, March 28, the film has all you need to be entertained.
Lindsay Graham and Mary Vernieu, casting directors for Noah, could not have chosen better. Noah, played by Russell Crowe, is a man who walks firmly in faith and, at God’s request, builds an ark to survive a catastrophic storm. He, unlike the majority of humans on Earth, lives to please God, along with his wife and three sons. Naameh, portrayed by Jennifer Connelly, is Noah’s devoted wife, who has a talent for creating home remedies out of herbs and other substances. Noah has the brawn and authority, but Naameh runs off her wit and intuition.
Noah’s family is living in a world of little color and lots of wrath, where the descendents of Cain kill for pleasure and power. He teaches his sons not to follow the sins of the world – not even to harm a flower, for every bit of life was and is the Creator’s doing. Ila, played by Emma Watson, is discovered and saved by Noah’s family. She adds another component to the movie that makes it all the more enjoyable, even if this may not be written in the Bible.
Without giving too much away, I appreciated the angle that was taken on this traditional Biblical tale. At first, Noah did not want wives for his sons, for he misinterpreted God’s message at first, thinking humans must be wiped out entirely and become extinct. From this, the movie was able to feed off anger, revenge, love, and misery. Without it, the entertainment of it would be seriously lacking. The actors were moving and able to drive me to the point of tears during one particular scene. The chosen cast list made the movie more exceptional than it would have been otherwise.
Noah exhibits the miracles that can come from God and also the wrath. The cinematography, at times, looked relatively low grade – specifically, the flashbacks that would explain Adam, Eve, Cain, etc. That portion could have been captured better, but the arc and animals were portrayed beautifully. The magnitude of the storm, too, was depicted well enough to make me shudder.
Noah is a more traditional approach than say Steve Carell’s Evan Almighty, and I found it more appealing. The film gave a decent debriefing of time before Noah and how God created the Heavens and the Earth. Many will disagree with me, but I would much rather watch a twist of a Biblical story than a movie filled with sex and drugs, which have become all too popular. The film acknowledges the fact that not all events are accurate, for no one can truly give a play by play of Noah’s experience building the ark.
My recommendation is to see the movie and formulate your own opinion. There is no reason to boycott this film.
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