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"Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?"
Believe it or not, they actually tried to incorporate a message into this.. but for me it just didn't come out like it was expected to. I don't understand how they can have this so called 'comedy' and expect to have a message like this come through. A lot of people are saying, and I completely agree, that this is nothing like Bruce Almighty. That movie I actually laughed out loud at, a lot of times.. the only funny jokes in this I just smiled at. Nothing outrageously funny like some people would expect from Steve Carell. It's like a more biblical version, though the story has no similarities. I even noticed that Steve Carell's character, Evan Baxter, was quite a lot different than we see in Bruce Almighty. So I found myself comparing this to Bruce Almighty, maybe not such a great idea.
It's actually quite a funny, yet stupid idea for the plot. Evan Baxter moves to a new town, leaving his career as a News Reporter. He becomes a congressman when he movies to his new house with his wife and three kids. It's not long after they movie that Evan is approached by God, who suggests that Evan builds an Ark in preparation for a flood. First Evan thinks it's all a joke, but soon two of every animal start to follow him to work and everywhere he goes.. and he works out that in order to get rid of them he must build the ark. Apparently, it's also a great way for his family to bond building it together... And so Evan Baxter becomes Noah.
Steve Carell was no where near as funny as you'd expect.. not that it's completely his fault. The script gave him only a few chances to make his part entertaining. I would have liked to see Morgan Freeman in more of this flick, he was great for his 'small' part. Lauren Graham was worse than average, unconvincing and made some scenes with her character seem just.. stupid. Wanda Sykes and Jonah Hill were some of the more interesting characters, Jonah made me smile the most out of anyone in this.
So this was a slightly less than average film.. if you do see this, don't expect to see anything like Bruce Almighty.
4/10
