"Noah" Movie Review

So after I finished watching Wolf on Wall Street last night, I put in Noah. Another movie with mixed opinions and a story that nearly everyone knows regardless of religion. This is my review.

So Noah is a major story of the Bible and one that every Christian knows and most people do as well. However I am reviewing this based off the idea of just being a movie; because while this story takes similarities from the Bible, it never lives up to all its truth that is preached. They take the story and keep some parts the same such as the names and basic concepts but they add a little Hollywood flair.

So with this Hollywood flair they try to make a reasonable movie, they add these rock creatures that were Angels that fell from heaven to help watch over us humans. However when they did they fell out of God's grace because we fell into sin. A lot of the ideas are convoluted and seem inconsistent making for a draining experience. The story runs slow to stretch the movie out reaching over 2 hours, when the story and movie probably would of worked better in 90 minutes.

So Noah goes and sees his grandfather Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins) and puts his dreams together as God instructing him to build an ark. An awesome 30 second scene takes place of trees growing out of nothing takes place; followed with a seizure camera shots for a creek running out across the world. The rapid shots are rough on the eyes and poorly demonstrates what it is trying to reveal. They again later use this similar story telling that again flashes several items in quick recession and looks cheaply done.

Once you do make it to the end, you really regret seeing it. It is shame too because those who were wanting to see the magnificent part of all these animals gathering to one ship gets overlooked. There is a bird scene, a snakes scene and a brief look at larger mammals and that is it. The leader (Ray Winstone) of the "wicked men" gets added screen time to try and continue more suspense but like all other suspense scenes it holds the suspense to long and just kills the result.

Overall save yourself two hours and just read the story, it is more interesting there. Performances are hit and miss as well as is the music to make deeper impressions for most scenes. This movie gets a C-.