Noah - 05/04/2014
Based on a true story.....
With the story being known by pretty much everyone on the planet, Noah is contacted by "The Creator" and told that the intentions are to wipe the world of of the scum and tyranny that Man has created and start again. All the animals are ok though as they didn't become corrupted, so they are to be saved. Noah is then tasked with creating an Ark to protect two of each species.
With Russell Crowe as the Ark creator, and his family they defend their vessel against the leagues of corrupted mankind lead by Ray Winstone.
On route to see their really, really old grandfather, Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins is really type cast at the moment), they pick up a wounded young girl (Hermione Granger) and recruit the help of a huge rock monster.
I have seen the trailer for this film a couple of times now, and at no point did I ever see hulking masses of rock monsters, and I don't remember them from school when reading the story of Noah. I have subsequently watched the trailers again just to make sure and they have been taken out (or not added) to the scenes that they were in, is this down to the fact that they are really bad additions?
As with films such as Titanic (I am going to get some grief for this), as most people know the story, we are waiting for the "big thing" to happen and pretty much everything before it is just filler. As we are waiting for the flood to happen in Noah the story is very long, drawn out and not very interesting. Add in the acting spectacular that is Hermione and it becomes a little annoying.
I watched "Black Swan" as part of my IMDB Top 250 task, and really enjoyed it, but Darren Aronofsky's style does not seem evident here.
A big bold film, but just failed to hit the mark for me
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