Noah... what a stinker.

marc2003 said:
i just quickly googled this and found:
Darren Aronofsky
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that is reason alone for me to avoid it like the plague.
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Really?!

Requiem for a Dream?
The Wrestler?
Black Swan? (not seen it, but heard it's good)

Noah does look a bit pants, though :p

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Ahh, thread's already covered the Darren Aronofsky angle. As you were
 
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cheesyboy said:
Really?!

Requiem for a Dream?
The Wrestler?
Black Swan? (not seen it, but heard it's good)

Noah does look a bit pants, though :p

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Ahh, thread's already covered the Darren Aronofsky angle. As you were
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In fairness, I'll accept a claim of Requiem being overrated, as for a time everyone went on and on about it. Black Swan is very good, but weird. The Wrestler is one of the best sports films I've ever seen. Absolutely amazing. Pi is pretty good, too. I've not seen The Fountain.
 
I preferred the book.

Sad thing is that a lot of people will view this as the biblical account of Noah. The bible doesn’t actually give us much to go on, certainly not much about Noah’s character portrayed in the film, and to be honest why would it?

The whole Methuselah bit was a bunch of rubbish as he would have been dead by the time the flood came along otherwise he would have clearly been on the boat.

The skin of the snake was tosh and completely taken out of context. Hollywood symbology at its best (at best).

Saying all that, Hollywood aren’t exactly renowned for getting their historical facts right are they?! U571 anyone? Pretty much all the biblical films including Passion of the Christ and even one of the newer secular releases, 47 Ronin is a butchery of a famous Japanese legend.
 
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boxman2000 said:
The whole Methuselah bit was a bunch of rubbish as he would have been dead by the time the flood came along otherwise he would have clearly been on the boat.
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According to the dates and ages given in the Masoretic text and Samaritan Pentateuch, Methuselah died in the year of the flood; possibly just a few weeks before it arrived.

According to rabbinic tradition he died 7 days before the flood.

Calculated by the dates and ages given in Septuagint Alexandrius, Methuselah died six years before the flood.

Calculated by the dates and ages given in Septuagint Vaticanus, he died fourteen years after the flood(!)
 
Evangelion said:
According to the dates and ages given in the Masoretic text and Samaritan Pentateuch, Methuselah died in the year of the flood; possibly just a few weeks before it arrived.

According to rabbinic tradition he died 7 days before the flood.

Calculated by the dates and ages given in Septuagint Alexandrius, Methuselah died six years before the flood.

Calculated by the dates and ages given in Septuagint Vaticanus, he died fourteen years after the flood(!)
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Well there were 8 people on the Ark, Noah, his wife, his three sons (Shem, and Ham, and Japheth) and their three wives = 8.

I think it's safe to say Methuselah was dead before the flood came.

Interesting to note though!
 
I was going to say before a few people did that I was kinda hoping this would be good, a la The Fountain. Since Aronofsky was directing I thought it might have a chance. I was a little disappointed to see Russell Crowe in it, as I despise him, and everything he touches.
Seems he's done a good job of helping this sink too, but I will give it a chance and see for myself.
 
boxman2000 said:
Well there were 8 people on the Ark, Noah, his wife, his three sons (Shem, and Ham, and Japheth) and their three wives = 8.

I think it's safe to say Methuselah was dead before the flood came.
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Or it was only a local flood (not a global one) and he survived.
 
Evangelion said:
Or it was only a local flood (not a global one) and he survived.
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Nothing in scripture supports this view at all.

Certainly not a local flood:

Gen 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Gen 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Gen 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Gen 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Gen 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.

Gen 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Gen 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Gen 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Gen 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Gen 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Gen 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Gen 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
 
Saw it last night, acting was ok, did wonder why some transformers had turned up and general came out thinking it was almost as bad as Robin Hood, just why bother making such a dull film?
 
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