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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Hands up who doesn't know the story! :) When you're doing a tale so engrained in our culture, you've really got to bring something special if you're going to stand out from the crowd. And thankfully, this film does. :) But to explain the genius of it, I might have to give some minor spoilers.
What holds it all together is Noah himself. I still think Russell Crowe is miscast, but I just adore the way the character's written. He's more of an antihero in this version, who believes that God has tasked him with making sure humanity doesn't survive, so that the Earth will be pure again.
Oh, and they never actually call Him God in this version, instead referring to Him as "the Creator". That's the other thing I really love about this movie: it doesn't attach itself strictly to Christianity. Instead, it seems to agree with me that the core of all religions in general is morality.
There's also a great bit of symbolism involving a snakeskin.
It's a movie that acknowledges both the good and the bad at the roots of human nature, putting both the two in constant battle, and ultimately reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
My rating: 75%
