Black Swan Director Darren Aronofsky's version of Noah is not your typical Biblical film. The timeless tale of the man tasked by God to save his family and animals when he unleashed a flood that destroyed the evil that inhabited the world during that time and start anew asks more questions that touch our personal beliefs and makes us determine on how strong our faith is to our Creator (this is how the film addressed God).
Aronofsky conveyed his artistic freedom and while it deviates from what is in the Holy Bible, the movie for me, is not offensive at all and it actually helps us interpret from what we were taught of Noah when we were kids and reflect on our current state of being.
After the Oscar winning A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe (Noah) teams up again with Jennifer Connelly who again plays his wife Naameh and they compliment each other in the film. Crowe with his rugged desperate built tasked by the Creator with such a daunting task to Connelly's Virgin Mary like features that softens the films surrounding and being the mother figure of the film. Anthony Hopkins, in a short role as the "Grandfather" brings a mythical New Age vibe to the film and as usual you want more of him. Emma Watson and Logan Lerman reunite after The Perks of Being A Wallflower in the film in such complete opposite from their iconic roles as Hermione in the Harry Potter series and Percy Jackson respectively. Their transition as adult actors is on the right track.
Stunning cinematography by frequent Aronofsky collaborator Matthew Libatique whose creation shots parallels Terence Malick's The Tree of Life and commendable visual effects makes Noah a good movie to see it on the big screen.
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