My Review of Noah Russell Crowe is now playing a religious figure from the Bible and its directed by Darren Aronofsky, what could happen! Noah, my review now. Somewhat based on the tale of Noah and his mission to build the ark and save all of the innocent before God destroys the world. How was Noah? It was really good. I have never read the Bible so I cant tell you that I can complain on how much they changed it. If you’re a religious person and live by the Bible, skip this because you will hate it so. But if youre not then theres a good chance youll like this epic like I did. Russell Crowe does the best acting performance since his Oscar nominated performance in A Beautiful Mind and he kills it as Noah. The character Noah is quite a complex character and throughout the movie is tasked with many hard decisions and its Crowes acting ability to bring all of these to life and like I said, he kills it in the role. Jennifer Connelly who played Crowes wife in A Beautiful Mind is his wife again in this film. Shes good in the movie, nothing really special but she doesnt have enough screen time so really make an impression, she has one shining moment and other than that shes just good. Thens theres Anthony Hopkins as Noahs great grandfather, Methuselah and hes a scene stealer. He does the best acting since The Silence of the Lambs. His character provides some comic reliefs and hes kind of like a Yoda character. Giving wisdoms to help out Noah on his mission, perfectly casted. Emma Watson is Noahs daughter and she also kills it. While watching Noah I felt like she has grown away from Harry Potter and she really has matured since then. She has quite the future ahead of her I promise you that. Then the villain of the story is Tubal Cain, played by Ray Winstone he also kills it. Hes been the best villain of the year without a doubt and hes just the kind of villain you hate from his despicable acts towards Noah. The only actor I didnt care for was Logan Lerman as Noahs son. His acting wasnt bad but Im just not a fan of his work, hes matured a little but I just dont like him. If you kill my childhood (Percy Jackson) then yes I have a grudged for you, sorry but not sorry. By far the most impressive part of the film was the visual effects. These are definitely Oscar worthy visuals. Everything just looked so real, from the animals to the flooding of the world, it was just great looking. There were a few moments where something didnt look quite real but thats not much because 98% of the time, the visuals were dazzling and breathtaking. Some shots of the landscape even surprised me on how great it looked, the cinematography used for the film was just great and really helped out with the sweeping shots of the land combined with some CGI. My favorite part of the movie were the use of the rock creatures called The Watchers. This is an add in but they were these angels were came down from Heaven to help out the humans but the Creator (god) punished them by turning them into these rock creatures. The visuals for these were fantastic looking and I loved the idea/personalities of them. They help Noah build the ark during the movie and the movements for them made sense, they are slow and dont move really fast. They were great to look at and they were in a word, awesome. What I really liked was the telling of the character Noah. Like I said above ^ he is a complex character being chosen to save all of the innocent, he isnt really depicted as a hero because he does some pretty awful things and attempts to do some pretty awful things, no spoilers . He isnt this jesus which everything he does is good and for others, he makes some pretty hard decisions and overall, suffers through those decisions. Even for a Bible adaption, you know there was going to be some kind of action and its awesome. Ray Winstones character leads the townspeople to capture the ark and stop Noah from doing whatever he is doing and it was epic. The Watchers were a huge part with Crowe getting some pretty cool moments it just worked. Excellently choreographed with some supporting visual effects, I was completely engaged into the battle sequence and was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Of course, the issues. The movies runtime is 2 1/2 hours and that overdoes it a bit. Some scenes I felt werent really necessary and some of the elements that happened I was like um, maybe if that person was there and if that thing wasnt there... you get my point. Then some of the scenes were slowed down and it becomes a really boring, and again, Logan Lerman annoying the shit out of me for being a bratty teenager. So Noah is a really good time at the theaters. If youre religious and know about Noahs Ark then you will hate this adaptation, if youre not then theres a good chance youll really enjoy this. The acting is great, action is cool and the visuals have been some of the best this year and could be Oscar worthy. I give Noah a B-.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:43:27 +0000
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