Rating: Summary: A dissapointment for the whole family Review: My son and I rented this movie in hopes of educational entertainment. The only entertainment and education we got was from thumbing through Genesis and discussing the historical inaccuracies of the film. In the words of my eleven year old son, "it was a horrible movie."
Rating: Summary: One of the Worst!!! Review: Although I'd like to recommend this movie, I cannot. Hallmark Hall of Fame produced this "new" version, which is totally out of whack with the biblical narrative. Jon Voigt as Noah may be fine, but when suddenly the men of Sodom and Gommorrah arrive on the scene to have a battle with Noah, you know there's something wrong. Sodom and its companion city of the plain wasn't even in existence at the time. And there are other blatant errors as well. I couldn't even recommend this for the entertainment, but if you want a couple of laughs, this may be it for you.
Rating: Summary: ABOMINATION Review: Should never have been made. It was a evil attempt to confuse the Bible like it is just a book of stories. The Bible is the living word of GOD. Those who make a mockery better beware.
Rating: Summary: YET ANOTHER TITLE FOR BAD MOVIE NIGHT... Review: Religiously, this movie is so way off-base that your jaw will drop in disbelief at what goes on within the script (such as God abandoning Noah during the flood because He needs time to "think" about the fate of the human race, or admitting to Noah that He sometimes makes mistakes, too). But, hey, the movie's been made and the damage is already done. As a putrid piece of celluloid fluff, this one ranks up there with other bad movies like "Can't Stop The Music" and "Xanadu". It's perfect for Bad Movie Night, if you're into that sort of thing. The plot line is flimsy, the special effects are cheap, and the acting is bad. The movie did elicit a few chuckles, but I don't think that was the producers' intention. Some scenes are downright ludicrous, such as when Noah and his wife try to find one good person in Sodom. They settle on Lot who, although he participated in a drunken feast and orgy earlier in the movie (offscreen, thankfully), is chosen ONLY because he's Noah's best friend. This is how they pick people to be saved from the wrath of God! Or when Noah gets help from God after complaining that he'll never get the Ark finished in time for the flood; he wakes up with what looks like the lumber yard at Home Depot (didn't know they had 2 X 4's in those days?...you do now!). Or why Noah and his wife have American accents, while their three sons have British accents, which they still have well into their early 20's! The inaccuracies go on and on. One thing that must be mentioned is that this is a heavily edited version of the original that appeared on TV: gone are the flood-surviving fireball-throwing pirates (fireballs in a wooden ship, go figure!), the anti-pre-marital sex gorilla, the obnoxiously stupid talking puppet made from an orange, and the (unintnetional) hysterically funny pooping koala blooper scene. So what's left is a story that rushes through everything and gets nothing accomplished.
Rating: Summary: One of the Worst!!! Review: Although I'd like to recommend this movie, I cannot. Hallmark Hall of Fame produced this "new" version, which is totally out of whack with the biblical narrative. Jon Voigt as Noah may be fine, but when suddenly the men of Sodom and Gommorrah arrive on the scene to have a battle with Noah, you know there's something wrong. Sodom and its companion city of the plain wasn't even in existence at the time. And there are other blatant errors as well. I couldn't even recommend this for the entertainment, but if you want a couple of laughs, this may be it for you.
Rating: Summary: Incoherence throughout Review: Absolutely atrocious!!!that's not to say the worse to qualify this movie. I don't comprehend how a movie that has as its name a biblical chapter, can be produced without a minimum understanding of Genesis. In order to make the movie longer, passages that have Abraham as the main character, are impersonated by Noah. A lot of the scenes were taken out of one's imagination and not from the actual Bible. A total discredit to Genesis.
Rating: Summary: Debbie is Totally Correct! Review: The video is worse than a waste of time! We could not even finish the movie it was so idiotic and inaccurate. There were several failed attempts at comedy. What a disappointment! We rented the video and we're getting our money refunded. Incidentally, the lowest rating this form allows is one star, otherwise I would have rated it a zero also.
Rating: Summary: Zero Stars! Review: This is the worst movie I've seen in years. Whoever wrote the script must have only read the book of Genesis once, because he got all the characters mixed up. For instance, it was not Noah who saved Lot from Sodom, but Abraham. Of course the women on the ark with Noah's sons were married way before the ark took off, so that whole scene of 'rescuing' them from the flood never happened. And whatever viewer it was that quoted Genesis 27:40, (the only person on here who liked this movie) you made that up. The scripture has nothing to do with Noah, he's already dead by then! It has to do with Esau and Jacob. "You will live by the sword and you will serve your brother, But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke frokm off your neck." One scene truly puts this in the fantasy category, is when the ark is floating, the people of the earth have been destroyed, but they meet up with the peddler of goods on his boat. THEN we have all the characters speaking American English, but Noah's sons speak the Queen's English. Pitiful.
Rating: Summary: Holy Smoke! Review: Good God, i was actually an extra in this movie in Melbourne and i could not believe just how bad it was until i watched it! Sets were good, food good, pay good, movie ATROCIOUS!! Do yourself a favour and buy Barney instead!
Rating: Summary: Strong showing from God. Review: Finally a movie that has the courage to tell the REAL story! I found the movie's unabashed historical accurancy to be quite refreshing. It offers a necessary corrective to the biased one- sided account that Genesis has been stuffing down our throats since 54 A.D. Jon Voight, although a little young for his part (though only by 540 years), gave a performance that was Oscar-worthy, his presence electrifying, both on-screen and off. God's confused and feeble voice really gave him a human touch. The decision to include the oft overlooked insanity of Noah's family's was a welcome and refreshing interperation of what went on those long 150 days of the prevailing waters. To its credit the movie did have some pirates, but it could have used about 20-25 more, approximately. The question is not whether this movie will change the way people read the Bible, but when. "And He did suffer Noah to wear a parrot on his head and evil spirits did infest Noah's soul with insanity for 20 days and 20 nights." (Genesis 27:40).
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