But as Noah begins to build an ark, he becomes the enemy of his grandfather. He tells Methuselah to build his own ark, or die trying to take his. Methuselah then gathers an army against Noah, and later storms the vessel in battle-style as the rain begins to fall. “Take the ark!” Methuselah orders to his army of followers. A number of battle scenes are said to fill the film, which in some aspects are reminiscent to Crowe’s role in Gladiator, and six-armed angels, known as Watchers, are introduced, “who came down from Heaven to help fallen humanity by granting them wonders of knowledge from magic to science to stars, metal, and fire.” Earlier reports of the film expressed disapproval that Noah was depicted as being centered on an environmental agenda, and that Aronofsky viewed Noah as the “first environmentalist.” Noah is also stated to be tormented with guilt for surviving the flood while others perished. As Aronofsky and Paramount Pictures have rolled out screenings of the film, which will officially hit theaters in March 2014, there has been mixed reaction from viewers. Some have praised Noah, stating that they were impressed with the production, while others have expressed disappointment for the movie’s departure from the Biblical text. “[I]t’s clear that Noah is not a Christian film,” writes the blog Beginning and End in a lengthy critique of the film. “Yet when this movie hits the theaters, it will not stop the film company behind from marketing the movie to churches and the Christian community in hopes of conveying the idea that it is a movie celebrating a Biblical story when it is not. Do not be deceived.”
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:01:22 +0000
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