Erik Erikson of Red State did a review of Noah this morning. If this is accurate, I don’t see any reason for anybody to see this movie.
http://www.redstate.com/2014/03/27/darren-aronofskys-noah/
Noah the movie. Not a Church documentary. Live with it.
Oh look. The LA Slimes is trashing Christians again.
Gee. Hooda thunk.
BTW, Erikson peppered his review with 11 (ELEVEN) “I’m not kidding”s!
There was a movie about a movie being made and after another conflict with the author the director said: Look, movies are made for 19-25 year olds who only want to see 3 things, 1) defy authority, 2) destroy property, and 3) take off clothes.
Last night Hannity had a panel on this movie. One of the three panelists had seen it. He stated that the movie did not mention God, only ‘creator’ and that it replaced the moral sins of mankind with mankind’s sins against the earth. Toward the end (SPOILER ALERT) Noah is seen standing over his two new grandchildren trying to decide whether or not he should kill them, so as to end mankind forever and thus allow the earth to return to a natural state.
There is a line that Noah says in the Bible that is put into the mouth of the man who is against Noah building the Ark. That reversal clearly shows, in my view, that the intent of the movie maker was to make a movie worshiping the earth mother Gaia, and not God.
“Studios assume these biblical stories are public domain, but a lot of believers consider the Bible their private property, and if you don’t interpret them the same way they’ve been taught, they’re going to speak out.”
No we just don’t like lies, twisting history to attempt to undermine God (like that can be done), and crappy acting.
You know you’ve lost it with Hollywood Californicatia when you find yourself rooting for the villains in all their stupid movies... I was rooting for Daniel Day Lewis all the way in Gangs of NY, and this thing with Ender’s Game basically tore it, rooting for Harrison Ford the whole way, and I’m not going to watch some Hollywood religious movie which might force me to root for Satan...
I hear Noah isn't a matter of interpretation, but that isn't even recognizable as the Noah story....more a sci-fi with monsters and wars
Now it’s time for Hollywood to make a movie about Mohamed. Lets see them stand up to that outrage.
Darren Aronofsky is an atheist.
Not sure an atheist is all that concerned about biblical accuracy. Indeed, he probably wants to skew the Scriptural account, in a cynical effort to make money off of gullible Christians.
Hmmm. Well, Cecil B. DeMille died in 1959, whereas King of Kings was made in 1961 and directed by Nicholas Ray. So I seriously doubt Cecil B. DeMille did any of the things attributed to him in this article.
How come nobody ever said that kind of thing about "Brokeback Mountain"? Obviously, without the Bible.
Believers in Christ read the Bible to know the true story of Noah and the reason why God raised up Noah.
It is not just that it is a movie, “that might not be as literal-minded as they’d like.”
That is a gross understatement.
Listening to people who have seen it, it is clearly meant to turn the teachings of the Bible associated with the flood on its head.
1) It represents God as the “Creator,” which in itself I do not have an issue with. The Founders, in the Declaration, named Him as the Creator...which He is. But when it becomes clear that God in this sense is meant to be the Earth itself, then that is something quite different. Mother Gaia is not God or the Creater, the earth was created by God the Creator for mankind, God’s children. This movie is a progressive effort aimed at changing people’s hearts and minds about the very Being of God.
2) When it reflects the great evils of that day as something different than they were in the Biblical account...this is also very serious. In that day Idol Worship, sexual immorality, perversion, murder, etc. were rampant amongst the entire population according to God. So miuch so that God decided to begin again with a rightous family. This movie makes the great sins of that day out to be, building huge cities, mining the earth in “excess,” and polluting the ground. Basically everything that the rapid environmentalists say we are doing now. In other words, this movie depicts the “earth” of that day’s great sin as being too much like “us.” And that, I believe is its intent.
3) When it portrays Noha’s biggest moral decision assocaited with the whole episode being him, in the end, having to decide whether or not to allow mankind to survive (which was God’s whole purpose in calling him to build the ark), by showing him struggling to decide whether to use a knife to kill his own grandchildren...then the movie clearly goes right over the cliff. Presenting the idea that man is not worthy to live because it will just mess it up again.
Now, in the end, Noah decides to let his grandchildren, and thus mankind, live. But the very idea of it is an affront.
I like Russel Crowe movies. Always have. He’s a good actor. In this movie and there are a lot of neat scenes and compelling acting. But the entire underlying theme is an affront and is also why Christians everywhere are in an uproar about what could have been avery good Biblical movie...but in reality turns out to be an attack on the very teachings of the scriptures.
The Director, who is an avowed atheist, couldn’t help himself. He spilled the beans before the movie ever aired by stating that Noah is the least biblical, biblical movie ever made, which drew all of this attention to it. That admission and comment was a God send IMHO.
In the end, I believe that admission will...and should...cost them tens of millions of dollars at the ticket counter. And, as I say, well it should.
Why is everyone so worked up about this? Guess what...there’s a sure-fire way to not get offended by this movie...DON’T SEE IT.
Now can we get back to endless arguments between Freeper Catholics and Protestants? Thanks...
Saving my money for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
“Ma’am, there’s only one God. And I’m pretty sure he doesn’t dress like that.”
I’m looking forward to seeing it. Not that I expect much accuracy in the story in regards to the Biblical account, but to see what redeeming qualities and message it has, if any. Also, with that budget, the special effects should be amazing.
“...a lot of believers consider the Bible their private...”
No. Not my property. Just the money that you wish to extract from my account to view your garbage is my property.
Anyway, I have always heard that Hollyweird believes that any publicity is good publicity. Not so much, huh?
They should make a movie where all of Hollywood’s most extreme liberals star in a Biblical epic in which they are turned into pillars of salt or some such.
You make it “R” and fill it with depictions of debauchery and idol worship before God smites them all in a truly awesome display of computer-generated holy wrath.
Just before the devastating end, Sean Penn screams “Surely THIS is Global Warming!” before gasping his last.
Now, I’d pay to see something like THAT!