I realize it's been done before, but this was my first encounter with a movie version of the biblical tale of Noah. I didn't know what to expect but did know the acting would be superb. I mean come on.......Russell Crown as Noah? Need I say more? The only issue I had was more of a personal matter as I had to constantly remind myself that this was the Hollywood creation of Noah. The visual effects and quality actors did provide a convincing story. Which is why I remind you that this is not the true story of Noah, but more of the Titanic version. You know, we'll have some characters that really existed and the maintain the main event, but put our own plot twists to it.
Our story dates back to a low time for mankind. The "creator" (this made me chuckle a bit, but I get it, they didn't want to say the G word and scare people away) created the sun, earth, plants, animals, and finally man and woman. Unfortunately both gave into temptation and set forth a spiral effect of bad choice after bad choice until the once innocent humans were just plain evil. Murdering, rape, awful treatment to animals, and a "power to man" kind of mentality where men were to be worshipped, not some creator, was all too common place for humans at this point. Fortunately, some good still existed and the creator saw this. So he called upon Noah to build an arc.
This arc would save those the creator intended and leave the rest of mankind to drown in a massive flood. The creator therefore sent Noah several messages through visions in order to make sure it all went according to his plan. Noah was on a mission.
In Noah's attempt to follow the creator's plan, he begins to take it too seriously. His wife and children begin to see this, but even they cannot save Noah from himself. Noah's mission grows to be so much more than building an arc. The arc does set sail and they do survive, leaving evil behind. But Noah becomes obsessed with this notion of reestablishing mankind. So when his son and girlfriend become pregnant, Noah loses himself even more and believes the creator wants him to kill the child once it is born. To make matters worse, evil is lurking on the arc which will not only surprise but could change everything Noah has worked so hard for. The other issue also remains, which is the unending ocean before them with no land in sight.
I felt the overall theme of good verses evil and the inner issues we have with ourselves in that regard was prevalent. Here you have a good person, Noah, but in his devotion to the creator, becomes self destructive. I can see many of us doing this. We want to make sure we are following the right path, but what if we get it wrong? What happens if we misinterpret the plan?
They should have cut some lengthy portions, but overall it was a visually dynamic, entertaining film.
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