Well, Im breaking ranks with Paul on this one. Heres what I said on another thread about Noah. (but do read the post from Paul, the history alone is well worth it)... Spoiler Alert! Id say Pauls historical references and summation are far more interesting than the actual film (which is indeed gratuitously violent, IMO). Neither my partner or I share Pauls generous praise for Noah. We were anxious to see it after hearing about the vegan message component, but the film/story is so incredibly patriarchal and human supremacist in conveying good vs. evil (although coming around in the end to illustrating that those contradictions are within each and every one of us) that we felt the anticipated vegan message was greatly obscured (I consider non-violence a cornerstone of veganism, not misanthropy). I dont want to give away too much, but you never really get to see what it is that Noahs family survives upon, (except for some seeds that will be planted eventually) and Noahs dominating insistence that humanity die out completely with his own family (to save the innocent animals from further oppression), not so conveniently reinforces the faulty logic that we are separate/ not animals ourselves. Maybe my problem is more with the story than the film - but the transformer-like stone angel creatures were also over the top…a bit too much Lord of the Rings style epic death and carnage for me, anyway. Even though we appreciated the precautionary tale as vegan enviros ourselves, we left the theatre feeling pretty ho hum about it, and that all the vegan hype had been misleading. Unless you are already vegan, its just not that strong a message for mainstream theatre audiences to pick up on, IMO. -Fireweed
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:24:36 +0000
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