Everyone's favourite bible story...
Having been raised a catholic I was a little dubious about this film. I can remember a few films that have been made recently from bible stories and none of them were very good.
The line up was stunning- Mr. Crowe, Mr. Lerman, Ms. Connelly, Miss Watson and Mr. Hopkins were the real starting names in this film and yes- Ray Winstone would get upset that i didn't mention him as well so I just did. When you look at a cast like this you either think that it is going to be spectacular or that it is going to be really rubbish and it was the later, but disguised by the big names it probably sold quite a few cinema tickets.
There was nothing wrong from the acting point of view. If I am being critical then I think that the role that Emma Watson took on she was a few years early for but that is just because I loved her in 'The Perks of being a Wallflower' and loved the character that she played. I haven't made up my mind about Logan Lerman, certainly he didn't out do his performance from 'The Perks of being a Wallflower' but I don't think that his performance was worse than Percy Jackson 2.
The take on the story was an interesting one. Little themes towards the end of this film are carefully omitted from the 'child friendly' story that most children grow up with. I even felt like those parts that are normally omitted could have been cut and it wouldn't have made much difference to the film overall. I know that they were trying to draw out everything in Noah's character but it would have made the film shorter and therefore better.
I agree with the people that feel that they could have cut at least fifteen minutes of this over two hour long film, in fact; they probably could have cut something closer to thirty mins all told and created a normal length film for people of all ages to enjoy that had a great plot and some great acting to go with it instead of at least fifteen minutes of boredom.
Am I being overly critical of this film?
Maybe it is just because it is a bible story that I am being so harsh, I am not sure if truth be told why I didn't get the same vibe as i would have done from any other Russel Crowe film but I didn't and that is a problem for me.
Having been raised a catholic I was a little dubious about this film. I can remember a few films that have been made recently from bible stories and none of them were very good.The line up was stunning- Mr. Crowe, Mr. Lerman, Ms. Connelly, Miss Watson and Mr. Hopkins were the real starting names in this film and yes- Ray Winstone would get upset that i didn't mention him as well so I just did. When you look at a cast like this you either think that it is going to be spectacular or that it is going to be really rubbish and it was the later, but disguised by the big names it probably sold quite a few cinema tickets.
There was nothing wrong from the acting point of view. If I am being critical then I think that the role that Emma Watson took on she was a few years early for but that is just because I loved her in 'The Perks of being a Wallflower' and loved the character that she played. I haven't made up my mind about Logan Lerman, certainly he didn't out do his performance from 'The Perks of being a Wallflower' but I don't think that his performance was worse than Percy Jackson 2.
The take on the story was an interesting one. Little themes towards the end of this film are carefully omitted from the 'child friendly' story that most children grow up with. I even felt like those parts that are normally omitted could have been cut and it wouldn't have made much difference to the film overall. I know that they were trying to draw out everything in Noah's character but it would have made the film shorter and therefore better.
I agree with the people that feel that they could have cut at least fifteen minutes of this over two hour long film, in fact; they probably could have cut something closer to thirty mins all told and created a normal length film for people of all ages to enjoy that had a great plot and some great acting to go with it instead of at least fifteen minutes of boredom.
Am I being overly critical of this film?
Maybe it is just because it is a bible story that I am being so harsh, I am not sure if truth be told why I didn't get the same vibe as i would have done from any other Russel Crowe film but I didn't and that is a problem for me.
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