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Noah - russell Crowe and Darren Aronofsky
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Well they're building their own ark which should at least make for some serious scale.
At least Aronofsky has said it won't go all religious on us. Not exactly sure how that's going to work, but hey as long as it ain't a sermon.0 -
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International trailer:
An Antipodean Noah, with an American wife, in a biblical epic ... I doubt that "realism" is on the agenda. :cool:Death has this much to be said for it:
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Watching this, I realise I'm kind of sick of the brown, drab & dirty aesthetic that apparently is the fashion for films set in 'The Past' (be it a fictional or historical one). Not sure who got the ball rolling, but it seems like if the highest technology in a film is the bow & arrow, everyone has to look like they roll around in the mud. I wouldn't mind but things like indoor plumbing date back to the times of the Ancient Romans, so they weren't all that grubby
Would be nice to see an ancient epic that looks clean and colourful - gone are the days of glorious technicolour epics it seems.
Anywhoo, not sure what to make of the trailer; I'm not particularly atheist, but it did rankle a little as I watched (yet another trailer that spoils too much); a Bible story, no matter how grubby and lo-fi it tries to be, isn't really something that'd interest me. I do wonder how it'll all go down in America, given the divisions between the religious and non-religious can be quite trenchant and polar at times.0 -
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Very strange film, I mean there's nothing wrong with a good auld Biblical epic it's just unusual to see such a big budget one being made today with a totally straight face/lack of bet-hedging (Passion of the Christ is the only one I can think of) I mean judging from that "You're alone" "No I'm not" exchange it's not going to be ambiguous about God doing this. It's a ballsy move really, sure it probably has a fairly sizeable US audience, but it might make all us godless Europeans a bit uncomfortable.
Looking forward to seeing it, nice to see Connelly and yer man reunited if nothing else, Anthony Hopkins looks to be doing his patented routine of combining phoning it in with eating the scenery though
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The troll in me wants to see a big disclaimer at the bottom of the screen saying, "Some Christians actually believe this" like what South Park did with the Scientology mythology:
Actually, that's a tad more believeable than the story of Noah's Ark...0 -
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"PhiloCypher wrote: »I can't wait for the Honest trailer for this film . Can you just imagine it *Trailer Voice* The heartwarming tale of one God's quest to exterminate humanity , Watch with incredulity as the founding member of Peoples Front of Jud... I mean for the Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA) somehow manages to fit the entire biodiversity of the earth onto his boat , Watch aghast as under gods orders he repels anybody who attempts to board his boat to save themselves from the deluge. Sit dumbfounded at the thought that there are people that think that this actually happened but think superhero's & sci fi films are too far fetched.
The line and pause "We will need the wood........god forgive us we will need ALL THE WOOD"0 -
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I can't wait to hear the discussions on this one
Noah is easily the most bat**** insane blockbuster released in a long time - a 125 million dollar epic with an arthouse, auteristic bent not usually seen in contemporary multiplexes. It often looks like a standard fantasy epic, but it's a much weirder, unhinged proposition than that.
There's much to like. Visually it's stunning, as is to be expected. It really gets across the vileness of Old Testament storytelling, with all its cruelty, violence and moral repugancy (rape, snake eating, mass murder, infanticide etc...) - there's a darkness and horror to it that is pretty much unheard of in biblical epics. This is most obvious in the fascinating portrayal of Noah himself - less your traditional action hero, and more a man driven to sheer delusion and violent obsession by the task handed to him. Up until a regrettably cheesy conclusion, it's unromantic and almost primal, and is far from a work of empty praise and faith. Indeed, it's even quite subversive in the way it tackles its spiritual aspects, much of it blown up to pure fantasy. Elsewhere, 'the creator' remains an ambiguous presence throughout, and there's a stunning creation sequence that suggests possibilities far outside a literal biblical reading. The film very unusually expends all its major spectacle and action by just after the halfway mark, and there are several sequences that are truly magnificent.
Of course, as soon as the CGI rock monsters / fallen angels show up in the opening minutes, you're also aware that it doesn't even come close to completely working. Its go-for-broke attitude is mostly admirable, although means plenty of moments of pure lunacy and ludicrousness. It's incredibly earnest and self-serious to the point of parody at times (a few lighthearted lines from Anthony Hopkins are the closest the film comes to cracking a joke). The family melodrama that becomes the film's focus is interesting at times, absolutely overblown at others. And oddly enough the animals themselves are rather wasted (they spend most of the running time in a coma), not helped by some iffy CGI.
That said, I find it hard to not be impressed by the film's sheer ambition and Aronofsky's commitment to his pretty unique vision (no wonder the studio tried to interfere). It's undoubtedly a flawed, uneven film, but it's also a Hollywood epic that defies tradition and attempts something bolder and more challenging, something that will infuriate as many as it impresses. And even if it isn't even close to perfect, I'd take an exception like Noah over any number of the bland, derivative norm.0 -
johnny_ultimate wrote: »I can't wait to hear the discussions on this one
Noah is easily the most bat**** insane blockbuster released in a long time - a 125 million dollar epic with an arthouse, auteristic bent not usually seen in contemporary multiplexes. It often looks like a standard fantasy epic, but it's a much weirder, unhinged proposition than that.
There's much to like. Visually it's stunning, as is to be expected. It really gets across the vileness of Old Testament storytelling, with all its cruelty, violence and moral repugancy (rape, snake eating, mass murder, infanticide etc...) - there's a darkness and horror to it that is pretty much unheard of in biblical epics. This is most obvious in the fascinating portrayal of Noah himself - less your traditional action hero, and more a man driven to sheer delusion and violent obsession by the task handed to him. Up until a regrettably cheesy conclusion, it's unromantic and almost primal, and is far from a work of empty praise and faith. Indeed, it's even quite subversive in the way it tackles its spiritual aspects, much of it blown up to pure fantasy. Elsewhere, 'the creator' remains an ambiguous presence throughout, and there's a stunning creation sequence that suggests possibilities far outside a literal biblical reading. The film very unusually expends all its major spectacle and action by just after the halfway mark, and there are several sequences that are truly magnificent.
Of course, as soon as the CGI rock monsters / fallen angels show up in the opening minutes, you're also aware that it doesn't even come close to completely working. Its go-for-broke attitude is mostly admirable, although means plenty of moments of pure lunacy and ludicrousness. It's incredibly earnest and self-serious to the point of parody at times (a few lighthearted lines from Anthony Hopkins are the closest the film comes to cracking a joke). The family melodrama that becomes the film's focus is interesting at times, absolutely overblown at others. And oddly enough the animals themselves are rather wasted (they spend most of the running time in a coma), not helped by some iffy CGI.
That said, I find it hard to not be impressed by the film's sheer ambition and Aronofsky's commitment to his pretty unique vision (no wonder the studio tried to interfere). It's undoubtedly a flawed, uneven film, but it's also a Hollywood epic that defies tradition and attempts something bolder and more challenging, something that will infuriate as many as it impresses. And even if it isn't even close to perfect, I'd take an exception like Noah over any number of the bland, derivative norm.
I like the idea that fundamentalists who try to use psudeoscience to explain such a flood can really have their version shown on screen in the way they wanted. They should be careful what they wish for.
As a myth, and one we can learn lessons from like any story
It's far easier to believe something if you don't see it in many way (as a stories works on the imagination and grow bigger and larger with every telling)
They would say it would be ridiculous that God, could grow a leg, back but curing cancer (because it's unseen), oh but of course.0 -
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