NOAH  2.5****    

 

 

       If you want to make a Science Fiction movie then choose and write or imagine a good one and hopefully the story line /the effects/the acting will be good enough for the people to enjoy. BUT when you choose a Bible story you should respect certain things and be as faithful to the story as possible. From a Christian point of view,  if someone wants to recreate a Bible event, in a big budget movie, they should try to make it follow as closely as possible to the Biblical text. In this movie, the only thing in common with the Bible text, found in Genesis 6, is the name Noah, and the fact that there was an Ark and a flood. Everything else is mostly a Hollywood misrepresentation . You can see for yourself by reading the Bible. Therein God told Noah what He was going to do and gave specific instructions on how to build the Ark. Also He stated that the people who would be saved and could  enter the Ark were Noah's family including his sons along with their wives. And each of his 3 sons  had a wife of their own upon entering the Ark.

My take on this  movie is that it unfortunately gives a false view of the Noah Bible story and of God’s purpose, and this was a film-making mistake that has caused a big negative reaction.   Anyone intending to watch this movie should first read  Genesis 6 even if you are not the religious type so as not to be misled by this movie. Below are some of the misrepresentations:

1.The serpent skin Noah's father wrapped around his arm which lists the descendants isn't in the Bible at all. (Hollywood)

2. The Watchers were a form of angels that God had sent to help and protect the righteous on earth. They also guarded the garden of Eden and protected Adam and Eve. They were banished by God for being unfaithful. They were NOT transformed into rock- like transformers as the film depicts (Hollywood). And  the Watchers never helped Noah build the Ark as the film depicts. According to the Bible it took Noah and his sons 120 years to build the Ark. He lived to be over 700 years old. ( All per the Bible)

3. God spoke directly to Noah. There was no grandpa mediator. God even told Noah the exact measurements for the Ark. The scene of the Grandpa drugging him to see God's vision isn't Biblical nor is the scene where he gives Noah a seed like shrub to plant into order to produce a forest to build the Ark (Hollywood)

4, Noah's three sons were all married when they entered the Ark. In the film only the oldest Son had a wife (Hollywood).

5.  In the Bible Noah is faithful and good hearted… not the psycho and potential baby killer portrayed in the movie (Hollywood).

6. Nor in the Bible was there a stowaway on the Ark (Hollywood).

For anyone who'd like proof that  actual Bible stories really are good enough on their own without Hollywood rewriting should remember the overwhelming success of last year’s 10 part series “The Bible”. A huge ratings and critics success story.

Clark

NOTE: The 2.5*** gives credit for certain artistic and filmmaking achievements and for okay acting… can’t blame the actors for a bad story.