"Noah" (2014) Movie Review
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
March 1, 2017 10:16pm CST
Recently my friend and I have been watching weather related movies to prepare for the trivia contest that we play. This year's theme is weather. Enter the movie "Noah". I was excited to see this movie thinking it would be a film version of the Bible story. Nothing could be farther from the truth... While the characters were the same (Noah, his wife and their sons) -- a lot of liberties were taken with the Biblical story. While the effects were wonderful and the story had plenty of twists - I really wish that there would have been a disclaimer slapped on this -- "artistically re-imagined from the Biblical text". But alas no disclaimer. I sort of want to address some of the larger errors, but I don't want to spoil for those waiting to see it.
I did think Jennifer Connolly and Ray Winstone did wonderfully in their roles
Here's a link to a video explaining some of the ways this was inaccurate:
Our follow-up video on Noah! Joe Schimmel discusses the Gnostic themes in Noah and Aronofsky's other films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Uzm7kE4Uw This ...
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
2 Mar 17
I don't think I've even heard of it, honestly.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Mar 17
Not missing too much, in my opinion. :-)
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@JudyEv (381810)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Mar 17
@FayeHazel And if you don't know the 'real' story it's easy to believe what's being fed to you. I guess this is more true where film-makers take liberties when doing someone's life story or whatever. They bend the facts for better effect but some believe it's what happened.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Mar 17
So true. I would have made the difference in liking it or not for me
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@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 17
@JudyEv The real story? 
I was just saying... Did he save all those weird animals from Oz? I can't remember them being mentioned in the bible, or in the song.
I was just saying... Did he save all those weird animals from Oz? I can't remember them being mentioned in the bible, or in the song.1 person likes this
@AmbiePam (120547)
• United States
2 Mar 17
When it first came out I read about the "liberties" they took with the story. I get tired of that. I'm glad I knew because I don't want to give money to people who misinterpret the Bible. I appreciate anyone bringing a Bible story to the big screen, but sometimes they go too far with the changes.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Mar 17
I agree - I think it was very unbecoming of them - at very least warn people. One I did enjoy even though it's an old movie is "The Ten Commandments" from the 1950s. They also took some liberties, but it's things that weren't stated happened or didn't. Things you could easily imagine as (possibly) happening....
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Mar 17
I never watch movies associated with religion. The last I saw was some chariot chase with Charlton Heston I think, long ago.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Mar 17
Hm, I wonder which one... might have been "The Ten Commandments" or "Ben Hur"... movies of that era have such beautiful color in them I think
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Mar 17
@FayeHazel They were really epics.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
3 Mar 17
@JamesHxstatic I have often wondered why we don't really have anything comparable in today's cinema
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 17
I had no interest in this movie because of the liberties taken with the story.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
2 Mar 17
After I watched it, I remembered a friend who had seen it when it came out who was displeased...
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@Orson_Kart (8261)
• United Kingdom
3 Mar 17
I've not seen the movie, but it wouldn't bother me if it wasn't true to the story in the bible. I'd like to think the animals going on two by two was cut down in some way as that could take some time. Did he rescue all those weird ones from Australia?
Ricky Gervais has a good take on Noah's Ark, if you get a chance to see that.
