From Netflix:
This ambitious adaptation of the story of Noah depicts the visions that led him to voice dire prophesies of apocalypse and to build an ark to survive. As he labors to save his family, Noah asks for help from a band of angels called the Watchers.
Half of this film is somewhat ridiculous. Following a fanciful and jumbled interpretation of the Bible book of Genesis, we meet Noah and his family somehow surviving in a barren middle of nowhere, doing their best to avoid the sinful descendants of Cain (who slew his brother Abel) who have managed to ruin the earth. Due to a series of visions Noah is convinced that humanity will be punished and should be eliminated.
After a forest miraculously sprouts up around him (don’t ask!) , Noah gets help building an arc from a band of outlandishly conceived Watchers who most closely resemble moving rock piles.
We watch in wonder as zillions of birds, snakes, reptiles, and mammals somehow fit into this wooden monstrosity.
So why did I continue watching this Bible-rama?
- Russell Crowe does a pretty good job as an anguished man determined to do what he thinks is God’s will.
- As unsubtle as it is, the idea of humanity producing its own demise is all too realistic. (Advice: take swimming lessons)
- Just how two sons and one daughter-in-law will go forth and multiply is tricky.
Once again, the film was worth watching at least on a seven hour plane ride.