Rabbit Ears: Noah and the Ark
- Video
- 1992
- 25m
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Beautifully crafted
'Noah and the Ark' is one of Rabbit Ears Productions' nine The Great Stories Ever Told adaptations, based on stories from the bible. The story of Noah and the ark was one of the stories from the Bible that always stuck in my mind the most for some reason, most likely because of it being one of the first Old Testament stories read along with the stories of The Creation, Joseph and Moses. And because it is an iconic story.
Cannot recommend the Rabbit Ears Productions adaptations of various literature, whether fairytales, fables, tales from around the world, biblical stories, chapters from collections of short stories and stories of legendary heroes, enough. All are never less than well worth watching and many are outstanding. 'Noah and the Ark' is not one of the best Greatest Stories Ever Told adaptations from them, with preference for 'The Savior is Born', 'Jonah and the Whale' and 'Moses in Egypt', but it is excellent and beautifully crafted still.
It is slight and doesn't quite have the emotional power of those three, but that is very nit-picky really.
So much is outstanding. One thing that really stood out here in 'Jonah and the Whale' was the visual style. Which is incredibly striking and like looking at meticulously crafted oil paintings or book illustrations with an oil painted look. The character design for Noah is commanding and noble-looking while suitably haunted in the early parts and loved the majesty of the ark.
Rabbit Ears Productions often scored well when it came to their choice of music, and the Paul Winter Consort's music is very haunting yet subtle which fits the simple storytelling like a glove. In her second Rabbit Ears Production as a narrator, the first being 1989's 'Thumbelina', Kelly McGillis' narration invites children to stop what they're doing and come and listen further. It helps too that the writing is of the intelligent and sincere kind, the very valuable messaging making its point but not heavy-handedly so and it doesn't come over as too wordy.
The storytelling was simple and approachable, while not being too simple. It was mature but not in a way that goes over the head and also really appreciated how it didn't try to do too much and kept things while keeping the majesty of the tale intact. The characters are engaging and worth relating to, Noah being suitably noble.
Concluding, excellent. 9/10.
Cannot recommend the Rabbit Ears Productions adaptations of various literature, whether fairytales, fables, tales from around the world, biblical stories, chapters from collections of short stories and stories of legendary heroes, enough. All are never less than well worth watching and many are outstanding. 'Noah and the Ark' is not one of the best Greatest Stories Ever Told adaptations from them, with preference for 'The Savior is Born', 'Jonah and the Whale' and 'Moses in Egypt', but it is excellent and beautifully crafted still.
It is slight and doesn't quite have the emotional power of those three, but that is very nit-picky really.
So much is outstanding. One thing that really stood out here in 'Jonah and the Whale' was the visual style. Which is incredibly striking and like looking at meticulously crafted oil paintings or book illustrations with an oil painted look. The character design for Noah is commanding and noble-looking while suitably haunted in the early parts and loved the majesty of the ark.
Rabbit Ears Productions often scored well when it came to their choice of music, and the Paul Winter Consort's music is very haunting yet subtle which fits the simple storytelling like a glove. In her second Rabbit Ears Production as a narrator, the first being 1989's 'Thumbelina', Kelly McGillis' narration invites children to stop what they're doing and come and listen further. It helps too that the writing is of the intelligent and sincere kind, the very valuable messaging making its point but not heavy-handedly so and it doesn't come over as too wordy.
The storytelling was simple and approachable, while not being too simple. It was mature but not in a way that goes over the head and also really appreciated how it didn't try to do too much and kept things while keeping the majesty of the tale intact. The characters are engaging and worth relating to, Noah being suitably noble.
Concluding, excellent. 9/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Sep 15, 2022
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