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Noah
Mar 26, 2014 21:20:18 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2014 21:20:18 GMT -5
I wasn't sure whether to post this here because of the graphic novel or in another thread because its a movie, but did anyone pick up the Noah hardcover that came out last week? I'd had my doubts about the movie for a litte while for no apparent reason. But then I started hearing about the religious uproar and critisism and, as a religious person, I always find I end up disagreeing with them more than usual. So for some stupid reason I thought well instead of buying a $10 movie ticket to see the movie I'll spend $30 on a hardcover graphic novel to see if I'll like it.
Before I get into how much I loved the story, it is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. I read the whole thing in one 3 hour sitting just because I was staring at the images on the pages. From a story point of view I just don't understand the religious critisism as the story, while deviating heavily from the original story and introducing characters that were nonexistant in the original story, did so in a way that complimented other themes and events from the bible. But also on the complete opposite of the spectrum, it is just a great story.
I think people get so hung up when biblical tales are adapted that they get offended at changes or what is used more from one religion than another but I think it should be treated just like mythology. Regardless of anyones beliefs or truth or lackthereof, they can be treated just like Greek, Norse etc mythology, even like comics. We get movie after movie based on characters and events from the comics but they are never EXACT adaptations. And I think that anybody doubting seeing this movie should at least pick up this book because it is beautiful to look at and such a great twist on the story.
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Noah
Mar 27, 2014 9:16:33 GMT -5
Post by CaptainSuperior on Mar 27, 2014 9:16:33 GMT -5
I read this in two sittings and the only reason I gave it a shot was because of the artwork. I'm very curious to know if this GN and the movie are going to be similar? The giants were a rather odd surprise, but I liked their back story. My only major gripe with the story is in the later portion of the book Noah's actions seem to become very unfounded and eradic. Overall I would the book a rating of 3 out 5.
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Mar 27, 2014 15:56:00 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2014 15:56:00 GMT -5
I read this in two sittings and the only reason I gave it a shot was because of the artwork. I'm very curious to know if this GN and the movie are going to be similar? The giants were a rather odd surprise, but I liked their back story. My only major gripe with the story is in the later portion of the book Noah's actions seem to become very unfounded and eradic. Overall I would the book a rating of 3 out 5. I saw it last night and it is almost identical. Besides the obvious change in character appearance, there is an added scene where you see Tubal-Cain killing Noah's father in the very beginning of the film setting up that whole "evil villain" backstory and the giants have changed in look. In the GN they look more like LOTR trolls, but in the film they look like... well twisted versions of the Neverending Story rock monsters. But it makes more sense as there is a more clear reason for this given than why they just look like trolls in the GN. Its funny as the giants are the biggest change from the original story, where the fallen angels just took on the form of men but were larger in size and were actually the villains of the story. So I thought it was a clever twist to make them the heroes of the story almost. I agree with you on the end section too. Even though all is forgiven in the end it still feels like it takes his character almost too far into madness to actually be forgiven. If it fell more on the line of "doubting faith" rather than "this guy is mental" it would have better serviced the story. The film definitely spends more time on his redemption in the end. And that point in the story is worth it just for the acting. Everyone in the film does a great job and I've had my mind completely changed about Jennifer Connelly as I've never liked her. She's amazing in this. There are some scenes where the book is almost frame for frame storyboard, especially the animals (reptiles especially) arriving. And the section where he's telling his family the story of how the universe began is incredible. Aronofsky found a way to incorporate the Big Bang and evolution in a really clever visual way so it is familiar for all people rather than just "God created everything the end", which I guess is the reason why so many people have negative feelings about the film. But honeslty I think the most important message of it isn't the religious side but the environmental. This movie made me consider becoming a vegetarian. But only consider, I just love chicken too damn much. After this I picked up The Fountain as I hadn't seen or read it. Much more of a vague story, but the artwork is equally amazing. I'm interested to see what the film is like as after reading the book I just can't imagine Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz as these characters. |
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Mar 27, 2014 16:09:48 GMT -5
Post by CaptainSuperior on Mar 27, 2014 16:09:48 GMT -5
I read this in two sittings and the only reason I gave it a shot was because of the artwork. I'm very curious to know if this GN and the movie are going to be similar? The giants were a rather odd surprise, but I liked their back story. My only major gripe with the story is in the later portion of the book Noah's actions seem to become very unfounded and eradic. Overall I would the book a rating of 3 out 5. I saw it last night and it is almost identical. Besides the obvious change in character appearance, there is an added scene where you see Tubal-Cain killing Noah's father in the very beginning of the film setting up that whole "evil villain" backstory and the giants have changed in look. In the GN they look more like LOTR trolls, but in the film they look like... well twisted versions of the Neverending Story rock monsters. But it makes more sense as there is a more clear reason for this given than why they just look like trolls in the GN. Its funny as the giants are the biggest change from the original story, where the fallen angels just took on the form of men but were larger in size and were actually the villains of the story. So I thought it was a clever twist to make them the heroes of the story almost. I agree with you on the end section too. Even though all is forgiven in the end it still feels like it takes his character almost too far into madness to actually be forgiven. If it fell more on the line of "doubting faith" rather than "this guy is mental" it would have better serviced the story. The film definitely spends more time on his redemption in the end. And that point in the story is worth it just for the acting. Everyone in the film does a great job and I've had my mind completely changed about Jennifer Connelly as I've never liked her. She's amazing in this. There are some scenes where the book is almost frame for frame storyboard, especially the animals (reptiles especially) arriving. And the section where he's telling his family the story of how the universe began is incredible. Aronofsky found a way to incorporate the Big Bang and evolution in a really clever visual way so it is familiar for all people rather than just "God created everything the end", which I guess is the reason why so many people have negative feelings about the film. But honeslty I think the most important message of it isn't the religious side but the environmental. This movie made me consider becoming a vegetarian. But only consider, I just love chicken too damn much. After this I picked up The Fountain as I hadn't seen or read it. Much more of a vague story, but the artwork is equally amazing. I'm interested to see what the film is like as after reading the book I just can't imagine Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz as these characters. I'm pretty limited in my knowledge on the original story, outside of generalities, but I never knew there were giants or the mystical men in the original story. |
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