tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post362656572878786887..comments2024-03-05T17:26:44.559-08:00Comments on Roman's Movie Reviews and Musings: Noah (2014)Roman J. Martelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-10438423517918493482015-05-12T18:59:11.258-07:002015-05-12T18:59:11.258-07:00I agree. I wouldn't put it up there on Aronofs...I agree. I wouldn't put it up there on Aronofsky's top five or anything. But I liked a lot of the concepts and themes in it. My bigger issue was the relentlessly dreary tone. In a way I get it, because we are talking about the end of the human race here. But at the same time, I'm just tired of that dower feeling spreading into so many blockbusters. Not that Aronofsky makes happy films, but this one just seemed so one note all the way through, as opposed to "Black Swan" or "Pi".Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-35653353115979177382015-05-12T18:56:46.960-07:002015-05-12T18:56:46.960-07:00Yeah I'm not sure why the Greek myths get a pa...Yeah I'm not sure why the Greek myths get a pass, it is really bizarre. Maybe because there aren't too many cults of Zeus out there any more. Just cults to Azathoth. ;)<br /><br />I had no idea Vidal worked on the script. That's really neat. And that angle works great for the character of Messala as well as the actors. Thanks for the info!Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-10281193994011187092015-05-12T18:54:50.332-07:002015-05-12T18:54:50.332-07:00The rock creatures remind me a bit of Bay's ve...The rock creatures remind me a bit of Bay's version of the Transformers in visual design actually. But my wife and I kept referring to them as the rock creature that threatens Tim Allen in "Galaxy Quest". Or they could be The Inhumanoids, a 1980s toy!<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InhumanoidsRoman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-59963586406495524222015-05-12T11:39:58.581-07:002015-05-12T11:39:58.581-07:00I still think of Noah and what it may have possibl...I still think of Noah and what it may have possibly been trying to do. It is full of pretty awesome abstract tripped out scenes, but also really bizarre moments, like that whole bit with Ham trying to roll into town and find himself a wife (without a spoiler, it doesn't go so well). On the topic of motivation, I think that's pretty murky for just about every character in this movie. But Methuselah the wacky grandpa was a delight.<br /><br />I'd love to talk about this film more. I'm not quite sure if it was good or not yet. That probably means it wasn't, to be honest, but it doesn't quite deserve its reputation for being total bunkRoderick Allmansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602761271741237589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-16200141357783137592015-05-12T07:28:34.121-07:002015-05-12T07:28:34.121-07:00I haven't seen this, but I know what you mean ...I haven't seen this, but I know what you mean about movies with themes from any mainstream religion. In our tetchy times they irk folks across the belief spectrum for various reasons. I might have gone with Deucalion and Pyrrha for that reason. We seem OK with Greek mythology, and Lucian's version even has the animals.<br /><br />Your mention of Ben Hur reminds me of a story. Gore Vidal was an uncredited screenwriter on the script, but everyone was having trouble with the motivations of Ben Hur and Messala. Messala's initial betrayal and the intensity of their clash are hard to fathom. Gore came up with the solution. "They weren't just childhood friends, they were lovers," he said, which Messala took seriously while Ben didn't; so Messala feels jilted when adult Ben is no longer interested. "We can't show that," Wyler objected. Gore said they didn't need to state it; it just had to be a subtext. Gore said Stephen Boyd got the point at once and incorporated longing looks into his scenes with Heston. Charlton Heston didn't, but that worked fine because Ben was supposed to be uninterested in that way.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801441755423984496.post-32065913817688319942015-05-12T07:15:12.025-07:002015-05-12T07:15:12.025-07:00I'll admit when I first heard about this one I...I'll admit when I first heard about this one I was flummoxed. It seemed sort of out of character or the norm for a Hollywood picture no less from Aronofsky. But I guess if you pause and examine it, it does seem like a superhero/disaster///Clash of the Titans epic. I might have to give it a watch just to see how I feel about it. I wonder if those rock creatures were really the robots in Interstellar in disguise? El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com