Release: 28th March 2014 (USA)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Duration: 138 minutes
Cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Logan Lerman. (more information)
Synopsis: A man is chosen by his world's creator undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world. (IMDb)
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Before I start what is likely to be a pretty negative review I just want to say that I wasn't looking forward to watching this film but it wasn't as bad as I'd expected. I was worried it would be very religious and Christian but it wasn't at all, it's actually highly accessible for everyone and makes a great action adventure with a little fantasy thrown into the mix; the word 'God' is never actually used. On the other hand you should also know that Joe fell asleep during this (which explains his absence from this review).
One of the big problems I had with this film is that Noah is a complete idiot, seriously he is really stupid and kind of creepy and it is massively annoying to watch. He spends the majority of the film convinced that the whole of the human race (including his family and himself) are awful and must die in order to cleanse the world. The rest of the film then mainly consists of a very angry and bitter Noah making stupid and utterly wrong decisions based on his philosophy whilst constantly reminding his relatively innocent family that they are horrible things that don't deserve to live. Nice. None of this is helped of course by Russell Crowe's pretty lacklustre acting which just makes Noah even more annoying. The main reason this is all SO annoying is because *SPOILER* Noah and his family survive, because the human race is still here and we're watching the stupid film about a stupid man who is convinced he's going to end the human race. How stupid.
Another problem I had with this film, but which might not bother a lot of people, was the amount of fight scenes in it. It might be a girl thing, but I get very bored of watching men rolling around in mud and blood punching at each other for 10 minutes over and over again. My final big problem was that I was pretty disappointed with the supporting characters, the film has a great cast which made me really excited to see what all their characters would be like. However, I found a lot of the characters to be pretty bland and when it came to emotional scenes I didn't really believe the performances and actually found myself laughing at some points. Also, NO FUCKING UNICORNS! What the heck is that about?!
Another problem I had with this film, but which might not bother a lot of people, was the amount of fight scenes in it. It might be a girl thing, but I get very bored of watching men rolling around in mud and blood punching at each other for 10 minutes over and over again. My final big problem was that I was pretty disappointed with the supporting characters, the film has a great cast which made me really excited to see what all their characters would be like. However, I found a lot of the characters to be pretty bland and when it came to emotional scenes I didn't really believe the performances and actually found myself laughing at some points. Also, NO FUCKING UNICORNS! What the heck is that about?!
It wasn't all bad: Ray Winstone was the ultimate villain as Tubal-cain - scary and with no real regard for anyone but himself; and the film was brilliantly made with some beautiful shots and scenery and some great interesting fantasy elements in the stone angel-men. If you enjoy action films and fighting you'll probably enjoy this, it won't be the best film you've seen this year but you'll learn a lot more about a story you were taught when you were young. It gets two stars from me because I really didn't enjoy it - I can't enjoy films that frustrate me and make me angry, if you can put up with that, and I'm sure a lot of people can, then you might enjoy it.
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