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Noah (2014)
This movie wasn't bad.
I know it had taken some liberties from the source material, but that doesn't bother me, because I see this as a re-imagining of the biblical story, not a perfect adaptation. How would you even adapt a story that old 1:1?
The character of Noah here is an interesting one. Not a perfect human, even if he was chosen, through him we can see that even if you are consisered a good natured person, you are still human. There is no man without flaws, and we could see this here perfectly. That scene, where he had to choose between life and death at the end was especially emotional. Anyway, I really like this flawed Noah (character) adaptation.
Ham was also an interesting one. While watching, I thought he'll get what he wants somehow. That scene in the forest with the trap, another great shocker. But not the kind of one that just surprises you and that's all, it influences the plot until the end. Ham helping Tubalcain on the Ark and choosing the right thing, even if he hated his father for his action. So human, or how should I describe it. Not just figures, names, they made these men real, flawed humans.
Methuselah, also an enjoyable old man, his little obsession with berries, his miracles, and don't even get me start with that flashback scene with the sword and the flaming field.
From that we can jump to the scenery. And man, this movie's scenery was just amazing. I would even say it's really underrated by this. Besides the somewhat grim nature of the movie, my favourite part was the scenery. A little side-note, I also enjoyed that it took inspiration from the Apocrypha. Anyway, the barren landscape, the cities, the forest from the seed, the visions, the flood, the army of Tubalcain, all spectacular, and I didn't even mention certain scenes, that one with Noah and his wife at night with their silouttes, the flight of the doves and the path of the river.
Finally, the Watchers. I count them as part of the scenery, but they were really my favourite. A whole different backstory for them, guardians of the children of Adam, really symphatetic dudes. I also really liked their backstory, that scene is also very high up on my "favourites" list, their quick transformation from light to rock, the meteor shower, all fantastic. And their redemption and ascension. God is also rather symphatetic here, to allow his children to go back to home. Also, they are a really good explanation on how did Noah built that monstrosity of a ship.
I also think it's a good explanation in this context, that the extinct animals were killed by the army of men, or by Tubalcain in the Ark.
Anyway, I wanted to see a re-imaging of the biblical story, and I got what I wanted, maybe even more. Would watch again.