Who has seen "Noah" starring Russell Crowe and what did you think of it? I am not sure what to think of it. It was pretty good, but Hollywood also took quite a bit of artistic "license" with the story.
"Noah" - Russell Crowe
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I didn't see it yet - waiting for cable to show it
glorydaz
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I saw it. For a movie, it was entertaining, but that's as far as I can go on that one.
The Berean
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The film strayed so far from the Bible it was nonsense. That's not surprising given that the director is an atheist.
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Saw it Liked it.
Yes, it took a lot of artistic license with the story (a lot), but did it in a very entertaining way.
Since it was outright stated that the movie would be a fictional story based loosely on the biblical story, I did not go to watch it expecting it to be accurate, so I was not disappointed.
I thought the movie itself was pretty cool.
By their own inevitable admission, it's not a biblical adaptation. It's inspired by Gnosticism.
I figure they didn't want to offend anyone.
The Muslims, for example, believe that a giant forced himself onto Noah's ark to survive the flood.
That's where I saw it, on regular TV. I use Comcast and they have been showing it over and over the last few days, not on paid channels but on regular channels.
Fair call.
I didn't know that.
I thought it was good too. The Rock People was pretty far out there though, very weird. The thing I did not like was mangling the Bible quotes. I understand that it is a fictional story "based loosely on the biblical story," but even then, if they're going to quote something as well known as the Bible within the fictional story they should try to quote it accurately. I am talking about when Noah was telling the creation story.
I did not know that either. Interesting.
Yes, if anyone is expecting it to be biblically accurate, you will be very disappointed.
There are also things in the movie that upset some Christians but did not upset me.
For instance, that GOD appeared to Noah as a little child.
Some made a big fuss about that.
But even in the movie Noah first says he has doubts that He's GOD because he looks like a little kid.
GOD replies, "What am I supposed to look like?"
I thought that was actually a good point to make.
I kinda liked that they went about as far away as they could from the old mold of GOD being an old man with a white beard.
I also like that they did not make Noah look like some mild mannered pacifist.
The movie takes an interesting spin on why GOD would only let Noah and family on the ark was not because he wanted to save them.
The purpose was to save the animals (that had done nothing wrong) and be rid of all mankind.
GOD was only using them to save the animals and then they (folks on the ark) would just die off without having another generation of man.
(Noah believed GOD's intent was to completely wipe out man because their deeds and imaginations had grown so depraved.)
Noah makes the rule that if any of his sons have children that are female, they will be killed so mankind cannot continue.
A baby girl is born, and Noah is faced with the dilemma of killing it per GOD's will.
He prays for GOD to tell him this is indeed what he wants, but GOD does not answer him.
Noah cannot bring himself to do it, and feels he has become a failure and let down GOD, which further convinces him that mankind must not survive to another generation.
It is an interesting movie.
Very dark, intense, and apocalyptic atmosphere.
But yes, it strays a lot from the biblical narrative.
There are also things in the movie that upset some Christians but did not upset me.
For instance, that GOD appeared to Noah as a little child.
Some made a big fuss about that.
But even in the movie Noah first says he has doubts that He's GOD because he looks like a little kid.
GOD replies, "What am I supposed to look like?"
I thought that was actually a good point to make.
I kinda liked that they went about as far away as they could from the old mold of GOD being an old man with a white beard.
I also like that they did not make Noah look like some mild mannered pacifist.
The movie takes an interesting spin on why GOD would only let Noah and family on the ark was not because he wanted to save them.
The purpose was to save the animals (that had done nothing wrong) and be rid of all mankind.
GOD was only using them to save the animals and then they (folks on the ark) would just die off without having another generation of man.
(Noah believed GOD's intent was to completely wipe out man because their deeds and imaginations had grown so depraved.)
Noah makes the rule that if any of his sons have children that are female, they will be killed so mankind cannot continue.
A baby girl is born, and Noah is faced with the dilemma of killing it per GOD's will.
He prays for GOD to tell him this is indeed what he wants, but GOD does not answer him.
Noah cannot bring himself to do it, and feels he has become a failure and let down GOD, which further convinces him that mankind must not survive to another generation.
It is an interesting movie.
Very dark, intense, and apocalyptic atmosphere.
But yes, it strays a lot from the biblical narrative.
They were supposedly the nephlim of Genesis 6.
In the movie they looked like giant manlike creatures that looked like they were a bunch of rock boulders stuck together.
They had been cursed by GOD, but a small band of them felt shame for their cursed position.
They watched Noah's determination in carrying out GOD's will and decided to help Noah.
They help build the ark (kinda handy to have big ol giants carry all the heavy stuff (like huge trees) to cut for the ark.
They also help to protect Noah's family and the ark from attacks.
The implication is that although they know they have been cursed, they want to go out with a final deed of honor.
On paper that sounds a bit corny, but the movie pulls it off very well.
Another interesting character in the movie is Methuselah (Noah's granddad).
He is portrayed as a hermit living alone in a cave that mixes potions and incantations for various mystical uses.
He makes a potion for Noah that will place all the animals on the ark into a hibernation state.
He is portrayed as a hermit living alone in a cave that mixes potions and incantations for various mystical uses.
He makes a potion for Noah that will place all the animals on the ark into a hibernation state.
TweetyBird
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Tapped into the poison well of the Book of Enoch for the magic potions thing. Unfortunately, movies like this cast immense and intense doubt on Biblical Accounts and creates an attitude of mockery for the things of God, which removes all doubt regarding the true motive and intent of it all.
It can also have the opposite effect.
It can make folks want to actually read the bible to see if the movie was a correct rendition of the story or not.
It could go either way.
TweetyBird
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nahhh .. people are not drawn to read the Bible because of false information. It casts doubt on the Bible, not a light. Look what happened to the "Temptation of Jesus" and the "Passion of Christ". That kind of "creative license" only breeds doubt and confusion and those myths just continue to get more promotion.
To your points Tamborah,they all make sense. GOD appearing to Noah as a little child didn't bother me at all, probably because I come from a POV that lots of important "salvation history" events were written, and the idea of GOD appearing to Noah as a little child does not actually contradict anything Biblical. When I think that Jesus lived about 30 years, had about 3 years worth of ministry,and all we have is four skinny Gospels, you KNOW he did lots of stuff that was never written down. It funny how different things bother different people.
But they are drawn to things as a result of movies. Movies sell tons of related products.
Those are unfortunate examples. "Temptation" was just a lousy movie, and "Passion" was TOO real for some folks to stomach, plus the mainstream media was trashing it because liberal Jews were trying to call it anti-semitic. The mainstream media was making war on Mel Gibson and that movie because they hate the truth of Christ.
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I disagree and I will give you a real example.
My eldest son was raised in a Christian home that went to church regularly.
But he did not really study the bible and had never read it completely.
UNTIL ......
Someone told him of the serpent seed doctrine (that Cain was the offspring of Satan & Eve, not Adam and Eve).
That info, while being false, sparked an interest for him to spend a great deal of time in scripture, and he has done so ever since.
So I can envision something like a young boy watching the movie and turning to his father to ask, "Did that really happen that way?" could very well spark an interest in the father & son going home to look it up in the bible.
Yeah, me either.
But there was a lot a negative chatter about it going on when the movie came out.
I think that sometimes Christians overly nitpick to death any movie with a biblical tone to it.
Good point.
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enjoy
http://www.megashare.sc/watch-noah-online-TnpnNU1nPT0#
i'd watch it myself but I'm streaming the extended version of Return of the Kings (LOTR) at the moment while I get a jump on this weeks stats homework
frodo's about to meet Shelob :chew:
The Berean
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Ok I take bake back what I said about the director being atheist. I confused the "Noah" film with the recent Exodus film that was directed by Ridley Scott who is an atheist. "Noah" was directed by a Jewish man.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...darren-aronofsky-interprets-the-bible/359587/
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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...darren-aronofsky-interprets-the-bible/359587/
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