There has been alot of different reviews I have seen these past few days of the movie Noah ! I see that many people refuse to even watch it , but that being said my son Noah wanted to see this movie , so I had to watch it first to see if it was acceptable for a kid to watch !
The book of Genesis tell us in the chapters of 6 -9 about a man named Noah who was the only perfect and godly man in his generation ,who walked with God. God told Noah he was going to destroy the whole world with a flood due to the fact of the evil and violence that was upon the earth and that Noah was to build an Ark ( God gave him all the specifications on how to build it and how big it was to be), and that Noah his wife and their 3 sons and their sons 3 wives were to enter the Ark along with 2 of every unclean animals and 7 of every clean animals, so they would be able to reproduce after the flood and start over .
Noah builds the Ark , the rains come , they enter the ark along with all the animals that God said to take , God shuts the door and it rains for 40 days and nights! Every living thing that was on the earth or in the air ceases to exist. God brings a mighty wind and the waters begin to recede and go down , a few months later the Ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Noah sends out a raven during this time who comes back and forth while the waters recede he also sends out a dove to check if there is dry land yet, who comes back the first time with nothing , 7 days later Noah sends the dove out again and it comes back with an olive branch. Noah waits another 7 days and sends out the dove again, who does not return . Soon after Noah opens the door and they all leave the Ark along with tons of animals.
Noah builds an altar to the Lord and God promises never to destroy the WHOLE earth again with a flood and God tells them to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth. God then puts a rainbow in the sky as a covenant and promise to us that He will never destroy the earth and ALL living things with a flood again.
Awesome story from the Bible and if that is what you think the Biblical MOVIE Noah is about, well be prepared to go and watch a movie about a man named Noah , who supposedly dreams about a coming disaster/Apocalypse that will destroy the earth ( first he thinks its fire and then finally figures out its a flood later on) and sets out to protect his family to go find his grandfather Methuselah to help him figure his dreams out. While traveling his family comes upon a little girl Ila who's family is all been killed by the wicked people of the land ,but shes just wounded, they go to help her and see that Tubal Cain and his wicked people are beginning to descend upon them, this awakens the monster rocks ( The Watchers )who soon takes Noah and his family. They are put into a pit full of bones and skulls and they cant escape but soon after one rock monster who are called The Watchers, feels sorry for them and helps them escape and goes along with them on their journey.
You soon learn that The Watchers are fallen angels thrown from heaven . Ok at this point I see that this story is more like a Transformers/Lord of the rings movie combined together into a story to make a movie . This is not about a Biblical Noah !
From The Watchers soon befriending and protecting Noah and his family from the evil world and their leader Tubal cain ( who killed Noah's father in the beginning ) , to helping them build the boat , Noah's sons not having wives and the one girl Illa that they rescued becomes Shems girl .
Noahs grandfather Methuselah is like a wizard of magic and eventually heals Shem's girl Illa from being barren from her injuries as a child and she gets pregnant ! Ham is jealous that Shem has a girl and wants to take a wife , ends up going into the wicked city right as the rains soon come and then coming back with a girl but she ends up trampled to death by the wicked people when the rains start to come, due to the fact of being caught in a animal trap. Tubal cain becoming a stowaway on the Ark once the floods come and Ham helping him, Illa letting Noah know that she is pregnant and he goes crazy and says God has commanded him to kill the innocent baby ( which turns out to be twin girls) . Noah is actually like a crazed zealot in this movie .
In the end Tubul cain is discovered and killed , Illa has her baby girls and Noah does not kill them , but Noah 's family is very angry with him and at the end they are reconciled as a family.The Flood recedes and they leave the Ark. It makes for a good and interesting movie and there are tons of other things that you just have to see for yourself. So if you going to see this movie be aware that it's just that a Fiction story with SOME truth in it !
I would not recommend this movie for kids if they have never seen Transformers , Or the Lord of the Rings movies etc. Its quite much for a younger child to take in and they may be running to your bedroom for the next few nights , but otherwise I would take my 13 yr old to see this . Its quite entertaining, interesting and the cinematography in the movie is breathtaking and awesome.
Please remember though this is my own personal reviews and thoughts on this movie and In the beginning of the movie it does give you the " In the Beginning " of how God created the earth in 7 days. Anyway I am glad that I got a chance to see and critique it for my family .
Gigi
