Noah (2014)

"The end of the world... is just the beginning."

Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Produced by Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Parent, Arnon Milchan
Written by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth, Anthony Hopkins
Music by Clint Mansell
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique
Edited by Andrew Weisblum
Production company: Regency Enterprises, Protozoa Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date: 20 March 2014 (South Korea)
Running time: 138 minutes
Country: United States, Iceland
Budget: $125 million
Box office: $362,637,473

"Noah" is an action adventure drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and inspired by the story of Noah's Ark from the Book of Genesis. The story is about a man who is chosen by his world's creator to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

Cast

• Russell Crowe as Noah
• Jennifer Connelly as Naameh
• Ray Winstone as Tubal-cain
• Emma Watson as Ila
• Logan Lerman as Ham
• Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah
• Douglas Booth as Shem
• Leo McHugh Carroll as Japheth
• Frank Langella as Og
• Dakota Goyo as Young Noah
• Marton Csokas as Lamech
• Madison Davenport as Na'el
• Nick Nolte as Samyaza
• Mark Margolis as Magog
• Kevin Durand as Rameel
• Nolan Gross as Young Ham
• Adam Griffith as Adam
• Ariane Rinehart as Eve
• Gavin Casalegno as Young Shem
• Skylar Burke as Young Ila

The main reasons why I was looking forward to the film were Darren Aronofsky, Russell Crowe, Emma Watson and Logan Lerman. And yes, after watching I stayed satisfied with acting and special effects but not all my expectations came true: at times (for example, when a viewer can see a prehistory) takes looked a little primitive and there were discrepancies between it and its biblical original source.

Advantages

• Russell Crowe as Noah
• Jennifer Connelly as Naameh
• Emma Watson as Ila
• Logan Lerman as Ham
• Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah
• Douglas Booth as Shem
• Darren Aronofsky

Disadvantages

• Some visual effects seem ridiculous (like a snake)

"Strangenesses"

• Vegetarianism propaganda

Clue Moments

•  Noah's Ark
• Childbirth
• Sins

Despite everything, this film makes reflect on conduct of life. Is it right how mankind live today? Certainly not. Everyone sins and usually doesn't think about it. Wrongly. How is it possible to live better if nothing changes? Being kind and living in suit with nature are the purpose. Yes, it's hard and difficult it's worth a try, in my opinion.

As for an origin, Noah's Ark is the vessel in the Genesis flood narrative (Genesis chapters 6–9) by which God saves Noah, his family, and a remnant of all the world's animals from the flood. God gives Noah detailed instructions for building the ark: it's to be of gopher wood, smeared inside and out with pitch, with three decks and internal compartments; it will be 300 cubits long (137.16 m, 450 ft), 50 wide (22.86 m, 75 ft), and 30 high (13.716 m, 45 ft); it will have a roof "finished to a cubit upward"; and an entrance on the side. The story goes on to describe the ark being afloat throughout the flood and subsequent receding of the waters before it came to rest on the Mountains of Ararat. The story is repeated, with variations, in the Quran, where the ark appears as Safina Nuh ("Noah's boat").

The Genesis flood narrative is similar to numerous other flood myths from a variety of cultures. The earliest known written flood myth is the Sumerian flood myth found in the Epic of Ziusudra.

There is no scientific evidence supporting a global flood. Searches for Noah's Ark have been made from at least the time of Eusebius (c.275–339 AD) to the present day. Despite many expeditions, no scientific evidence of the ark has been found.

Soundtracks

1. Clint Mansell - In The Beginning,There Was Nothing
2. Clint Mansell - The World Was Filled With Violence
3. Clint Mansell - The End Of All Flesh Is Before Me
4. Clint Mansell - Sweet Savour
5. Clint Mansell - The Fallen Ones
6. Clint Mansell - For Seasons, And For Days, And Years
7. Clint Mansell - Make Thee An Ark
8. Clint Mansell - Every Creeping Thing That Creeps
9. Clint Mansell - I Will Destroy Them
10. Clint Mansell - Flesh Of My Flesh
11. Clint Mansell - The Wickedness Of Man
12. Clint Mansell - In Sorrow Thou Shalt Bring Forth Children
13. Clint Mansell - Your Eyes Shall Be Opened,And Ye Shall Be As Gods
14. Clint Mansell - The Flood Waters Were Upon The World
15. Clint Mansell - By Man Shall His Blood Be Shed
16. Clint Mansell  -The Judgement Of Man
17. Clint Mansell - The Spirit Of The Creator Moved Upon The Face Of The Waters
18. Clint Mansell - Forty Days And Nights
19. Clint Mansell - What Is This That Thou Hast Done?
20. Clint Mansell - The Fear And The Dread Of You
21. Clint Mansell - And He Remembered Noah
22. Clint Mansell - Day And Night Shall Not Cease
23. Clint Mansell - Mercy Is - Patti Smith

Quotations

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Ila: This is the end of everything.
Noah: The beginning. The beginning of everything.

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Noah: You know why I've come?
Methuselah: Yes. Before he walked on, my father Enoch told me that one day, if man continued his ways, The Creator would annihilate this world.
Noah: So what I saw is true? All life blotted out because what man has done? Can it not be averted?
Methuselah: Noah, you must trust that He speaks in a way that you can understand. So you tell me. Can this destruction be averted?
Noah: No.
Methuselah: Oh.
Noah: He sent me here. Why send me if there's nothing I can do to stop it?
Methuselah: Well, perhaps He simply sends you here to share a cup of tea with an old man.

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Noah: A great flood is coming. The waters of the heavens will meet the waters of earth. We build a vessel to survive the storm. We build an ark.

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Noah: Fire consumes all. Water cleanses. It separates the foul from the pure. The wicked from the innocent. And that which sinks from that which rises. He destroys all, but only to start again.

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Naameh: Did He speak to you?
Noah: I think so.
Naameh: Will He help us?
Noah: He's going to destroy the Earth.

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Samyaza: Watchers have learned to fear men.
Young Ham: Then why are you helping us?
Samyaza: The Creator formed us on the second day. They day He made the heavens. We watched over Adam and Eve. Saw their frailty and their love. And then we saw their fall. And we pitied them. We were not stone then, but light. It was not our place to interfere. Yet we chose to try and help mankind. and when we disobeyed The Creator, He punished us. We were encrusted by your world. Rock and mud shackled our fiery glow. Still, we taught mankind all we knew of Creation. With our help they rose from the dust, became great and mighty. But then they turned our gifts to violence. Only one man protected us. Your grandfather Methuselah. We were hunted, Most of us killed. Those who lived were left prisoners in these stony shells, marooned upon this barren land. We begged The Creator to take us home. But He was always silent. And now you claim that you have heard His call. Samyaza cannot accept this. A man? When it is men who broke the world. But I look at you and I see a glimmer of Adam again. The man I knew. The man I came to help.

* * *

Naameh: Snakes are coming, too?
Noah: Yeah. All that creeps, all that crawls, all that slithers.

* * *

Noah: Ham. What are you doing?
Young Ham: It's pretty.
Noah: You see those other flowers? How they're attached to the ground? That's where they should be. They have a purpose. The sprout. And they bloom. The wind takes their seeds and more flowers grow. We only collect what we can use, and what we need. Do you understand?

* * *

Noah: We broke the world - we did this. Man did this. Everything that was beautiful, everything that was good, we shattered. Now, it begins again.

* * *

Ila: You don't have to go.
Ham: I don't belong here. For what it's worth, I'm glad it begins again with you. Maybe we'll learn to be kind.

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Lamech: From Adam to Seth, Seth to Enosh, Enosh to Kenan, Kenan to Mahalalel to my father, Methuselah, then to me. Today, that birthright passes to you, Noah. My son.

* * *

Poacher Leader: What do you want?
Noah: Justice.

* * *

Noah: The time for mercy has passed. Now our punishment begins.

* * *

Noah: Soon everything we knew of creation will be gone. All that is left of Creation will lie within these walls. Outside, just the waters of chaos again.

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Ila: Will he come back?
Noah: Some things cannot be unbroken.
Ila: I have to know. Why did you spare them?
Noah: I looked down at those two little girls and all I had in my heart was love.
Ila: Then why are you alone, Noah? Why are you separated to your family?
Noah: Because I failed him, and I failed all of you.
Ila: Did you? He chose you for a reason, Noah? He showed you the wickedness of Man and knew you would not look away. And you saw goodness too. The choice was put in your hands because he put it there. He asked you to decide if we were worth saving. And you chose mercy. You chose love. He has given us a second chance. Be a father, be a grandfather. Help us to do better this time. Help us start again.

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Tubal-cain: When I heard talk of miracles, I dismissed them. But then I saw the birds with my own eyes, flying here, and I had to come.
Noah: There isn't anything for you here.
Tubal-cain: No? This all belongs to me. This land. This forest. That stronghold of yours. Did you really think you could protect yourself from me in that?
Noah: It's not protection from you.
Tubal-cain: Then what is it?
Noah: An ark to hold the innocent when The Creator sends his deluge to wipe out the wicked from this world.
Tubal-cain: The Creator does not care what happens in this world. Nobody has heard from Him since He marked Cain. We are alone. Orphaned children, cursed to struggle by the sweat of our brow to survive. Damned if I don't do everything it takes to do just that. Damned if I don't take what I want.

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You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 7/10

Entertainment: 7/10

Acting: 7/10

Originality: 7/10

Music and Sound: 7/10

7/10