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Supermallet 03-28-14 11:05 AM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by dvdjunkie32 (Post 12059891)
Probably because 90% of the film isn't even in the Bible according to what I've read. Giant rock monsters, seriously? Sounds like the director started with the Bible and ended up reading Lord of the Rings instead.
I've not kept close watch on the particulars of the film (I like to be surprised), but could those be the Nephilim?

Ash Ketchum 03-28-14 11:46 AM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 12060143)
I've not kept close watch on the particulars of the film (I like to be surprised), but could those be the Nephilim?
According to one review I read, yes.

Navinabob 03-28-14 12:07 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Hehe.. I love the complaining about the movie not being historically accurate. Just awesome. I'll probably wait until this is on Netflix, but the big screen is pretty tempting.

dvdjunkie32 03-28-14 12:18 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Navinabob (Post 12060227)
Hehe.. I love the complaining about the movie not being historically accurate. Just awesome. I'll probably wait until this is on Netflix, but the big screen is pretty tempting.
Of course you do. You could make it a double feature and go see God's Not Dead as well.

Giantrobo 03-28-14 12:20 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Noah's wife was Black. :grunt:

hanshotfirst1138 03-28-14 12:20 PM
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 12059935)
It's good to know the Rock Creatures finally found work, after being cut from STAR TREK V back in 1989 due to budgetary concerns.
They're in Galaxy Quest. So Anthony Hopkins has now played Methuselah and Odin, where is there left for his career to go ;)?

inri222 03-28-14 12:33 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Giantrobo (Post 12060243)
Noah's wife was Black. :grunt:
And Noah was a white Australian.

RichC2 03-28-14 12:37 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by dvdjunkie32 (Post 12060241)
Of course you do. You could make it a double feature and go see God's Not Dead as well.
Why would you follow up what appears to be a relatively well made adventure movie with a really poorly made, Lifetime quality religious movie?

Giantrobo 03-28-14 12:42 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by inri222 (Post 12060265)
And Noah was a white Australian.
Clearly. That's why I let that one go.

Giantrobo 03-28-14 12:44 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12060272)
Why would you follow up what appears to be a relatively well made adventure movie with a really poorly made, <b>Lifetime quality religious movie?</b>

Because those movies have made Tyler Perry rich?

inri222 03-28-14 12:53 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Not familiar with the film God is Not Dead so I went to Youtube to watch the trailer. That was fucking painful and hilarious at the same time.

RichC2 03-28-14 01:14 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Giantrobo (Post 12060283)
Because those movies have made Tyler Perry rich?
the lead kid in God is Not Dead makes Tyler Perry look like Chiwetel Ejiofor. And the filmmaking makes the Madea movies look like some 1980s Bill Murray classic.

Ash Ketchum 03-28-14 01:45 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12060324)
the lead kid in God is Not Dead makes Tyler Perry look like Chiwetel Ejiofor. And the filmmaking makes the Madea movies look like some 1980s Bill Murray classic.
:lol: If Tyler Perry had starred in 12 YEARS A SLAVE, I would have gone to see it.

Giantrobo 03-28-14 01:57 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12060324)
the lead kid in God is Not Dead makes Tyler Perry look like Chiwetel Ejiofor. And the filmmaking makes the Madea movies look like some 1980s Bill Murray classic.

Fair enough....

dvdjunkie32 03-28-14 02:13 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 12060272)
Why would you follow up what appears to be a relatively well made adventure movie with a really poorly made, Lifetime quality religious movie?
And how do you know it was poorly made unless you actually watched it? It made 8 million in its first weekend. Not too shabby for a movie that you called "Lifetime quality".

No surprise, the only ppl who are bashing the film are the non-Christians.

RichC2 03-28-14 02:34 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by dvdjunkie32 (Post 12060400)
And how do you know it was poorly made unless you actually watched it? It made 8 million in its first weekend. Not too shabby for a movie that you called "Lifetime quality".

No surprise, the only ppl who are bashing the film are the non-Christians.
I had the pleasure of chaperoning a trip to it with a group of 10 - 13 year olds as a favor to my boss. The only people who bash the film are ones that actually watch films, it was, simply put, poorly made. Bad movies have a way of making money if they sell it to the right crowd.

Solid Snake 03-28-14 02:56 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
I was going to the theater to see Bad Words and saw a poster for God's Not Dead. Never heard it but it kind of felt like a Christian film. Is it part of that genre? Cuz they haven't made one worth watching yet from what i can tell. Same goes for Queer cinema.

Rypro 525 03-28-14 02:57 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Supermallet (Post 12060143)
I've not kept close watch on the particulars of the film (I like to be surprised), but could those be the Nephilim?
in the movie they're called 'the watchers' & they help Noah & family build the ark as well as protect them from Ray Winstone's army (in a sequence that could of been from LOTR)

RichC2 03-28-14 03:17 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12060453)
I was going to the theater to see Bad Words and saw a poster for God's Not Dead. Never heard it but it kind of felt like a Christian film. Is it part of that genre? Cuz they haven't made one worth watching yet from what i can tell. Same goes for Queer cinema.
God's Not Dead is indeed a part of that genre. My problem with religious film is they're more interested in sermonizing you than making an actual movie with the values properly applied. L

Lt Ripley 03-28-14 03:20 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Rypro 525 (Post 12060454)
in the movie they're called 'the watchers' & they help Noah & family build the ark as well as protect them from Ray Winstone's army (in a sequence that could of been from LOTR)
Didn't Noah save a pair of those?

Think I am going to check it out this weekend or next.

Solid Snake 03-28-14 03:23 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
So the Nephilim are what in the bible?

EDIT: Rypro pretty much answered it. Soooo is that the only time the Nephilim pop up in the bible?

All I know about this story is the basic gist of it. Dude builds a massive boat for 2 of every animal somehow for a massive flood.

RichC2 03-28-14 03:25 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Darren Aronofsky's Noah is the Old Testament on acid. It's the movie equivalent of Christian death metal. It's an antediluvian Lord of the Rings, fist-pumping, ferocious, apocalyptic, and wet - very wet.
:lol:

inri222 03-28-14 03:25 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12060453)
Same goes for Queer cinema.
I guess you've never seen Mysterious Skin, Law of Desire or In a Year of 13 Moons?

Brack 03-28-14 03:29 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12060453)
Same goes for Queer cinema.
No love for "Kiss Me, Guido"? ;)

dvdjunkie32 03-28-14 04:06 PM
Re: Noah (Aronofsky, 2014) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Solid Snake (Post 12060453)
I was going to the theater to see Bad Words and saw a poster for God's Not Dead. Never heard it but it kind of felt like a Christian film. Is it part of that genre? Cuz they haven't made one worth watching yet from what i can tell. Same goes for Queer cinema.
Would Noah be receiving the same praise if the film had stuck to the Biblical account and maintained a spiritual message? I'm willing to enjoy the movie as an action adventure flick, but I find it offensive that they tried to promote it as a Christian movie.

One lousy trick in the trailer is where Noah stands up to the bad guy, and says "I'm not alone". Wow, that's powerful, God is on his side. But in the movie, Noah is actually talking about the Watchers/Demons. They are portrayed as sympathetic creatures.


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