The film brings a book next to a lot of advantages also the necessary risks with it

The film brings a book next to a lot of advantages also the necessary risks with it. Of course, the film has already advance to a wide audience of fans who are guaranteed to see the movie. But in addition, these fans are very critical, which can cause the necessary backlash. make a film based on a story from the Bible is certainly not a formula for success and certainly not the story of Noah's Ark.

For a long time it seemed not verfilmbaar story of Noah, but with a lot of CGI director Darren Aronofsky seems to have made the impossible possible. Noah is one of the most ambitious and risky Hollywood films of recent years, but if Aronofsky is successful we will tell you now in his epic project.

You're probably familiar with the story of Noah, a man who is commanded by God to build a huge ark to save two animals of each species of a great flood. This description is still the premise of the movie but Aronofsky's version adds more. As the film focuses more on the family of Noah, his wife Naameh, Noah's children Ham, Shem and Japheth, and Ila, an adopted girl who falls in love with Noah's eldest son.
The film introduces a villain in the form of Tubal-Cain, who is the leader of a large community who have renounced the faith in the creator. When the flood comes closer, however, Tubal-Cain decides to storm the ark to bring his people to safety.

The Noah writers had a difficult task of adapting the biblical story of the film and they are therefore only partly succeeded. Aronofsky has caught the essence of the story and build on this, but at the same time he tried to make the film attractive to a wider audience. So Noah is assisted by rock samples that seem to have walked away from the Lord of the Rings, and ensure the CGI battles and floods the necessary action in the film. These elements make the film more exciting, but sometimes feel a little misplaced.
The story of Noah lends itself just not as good of a movie of two hours. The first half of the movie is mainly about how Noah begins to work on the ark and his clash with Tubal-Cain. In the first hour of the film is very fast and it's full of spectacle. At the time the ark goes into the water, you're only half way.

After this the momentum of the story is significantly reversed and the emphasis is more on the obsessed Noah at all costs the "will of God" will perform. This provides some interesting moral dilemmas, but it's such a conversion that this section soon feels very slow and tedious. The film reaches its climax at the half and by the end the film is much longer than is actually good.
Where the film succeeds in it, the imagination of obsession / slight insanity of Noah. Through visions sees Noah what he has to do, but he has no direct contact with God. As the film progresses, Noah becomes increasingly obsessed with the performance of his duties, which he is capable to do anything.

Aranofsky in his previous films such as Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream, already shown that he knows how to portray quite psychotic and obsessive characters. In Noah he succeeds. You see Noah slowly deteriorate and become insane. Despite the fact that the viewer understand why Noah thinks he is chosen by God, you start slowly pulling his actions into question. Especially as the villain Tubal-Cain raises some very rational arguments and seems to have a noble pursuit. Also, the many visions which Noah has perfectly mapped and deliver stunning images.
As for acting is a great job in the film. Russell Crowe doing fine as Noah and the ark shows how slowly changes its character. In addition, Ray Winstone delivers as Tubel-Cain a decent villain off and Anthony Hopkins has a nice supporting role as the father of Noah.

Especially Jennifer Connelly put down a good role as the wife of Noah and in the second half of the film some very strong moments. The young characters are unfortunately the weaker links of the film. Both Logan Lerman and Emma Watson are not knowledgeable enough to support their role and this character had perhaps be better accepted by older actors.
The cinematography is, as we are used to Aronofsky, exceptionally high level. The epic landscapes are beautifully portrayed, especially the scene in which the creation of the earth is told, you will soon forget. Unfortunately, the CGI is not always good. The rock samples and see the ark itself fine, but the herds of animals know unfortunately less convincing. However, this is less of a problem than you might expect, because the animals have unfortunately been given a small role in a movie about a boat full of animals.