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Looks interesting. Will probably see.

Doesn't look very Arky. Noah's box?

Not sold on the cast, seems to be a lot of big names for no good reason.

I remember reading an article about pre-screenings and people getting up and walking out of the theater. Apparently the films makes some big breaks from the traditional story and obviously the assumed target audience wasn't pleased.

Can't say I saw any of that in the trailer though. I do find Russel Crowe as Noah a little weird XD. Will we be getting a speech about freedom and idealism before the big battle

 Medium of Death wrote:

Not sold on the cast, seems to be a lot of big names for no good reason.

I had the same problem after seeing the trailer. The movie just looks too Hollywood-ish with Crowe and Watson running around. I think I would have preferred unknown actors in order to further suspend my disbelief.

Yeah, the big name thing is a good point.

Skeptical, but when Arnofsky does it right, it's quite good. Will probably end up seeing it at the second run pub theater.

That was uh.... interesting? I think.

I have my doubts about that craft's seaworthiness.

How the hell does one guy get two of every land based animal aboard a wooden box when tidal waves of such size and strength would level it in like 2 or so mins.

Wait, how do they feed the animals?

Wait, how do they dispose of the waste?

Wouldn't they just eat each other?

See, if this was a move about Noah's ark in a realistic style, where only the carnivores are left in a desperate battle for survival inside a rapidly sinking wooden box, then I'd be interested.

Talk about being on a fence in seeing it....I'm leaning into "not"

 Imposter101 wrote:

See, if this was a move about Noah's ark in a realistic style, where only the carnivores are left in a desperate battle for survival inside a rapidly sinking wooden box, then I'd be interested.

Isn't that Life of Pi in a nutshell?

Well THIS movie looks terrible.

SkavenLord wrote:

 Imposter101 wrote:

See, if this was a move about Noah's ark in a realistic style, where only the carnivores are left in a desperate battle for survival inside a rapidly sinking wooden box, then I'd be interested.

Isn't that Life of Pi in a nutshell?

That's just the surface of Life of Pi. It's actually quite deep and open to all kinds of interpretations. Here's a good primer > http://ricochet.com/main-feed/What-is-the-True-Meaning-of-Life-of-Pi

~Tim?

 Medium of Death wrote:
Doesn't look very Arky. Noah's box?

Well, it's not like the guy is a master shipbuilder, cut him some slack

Imposter101 wrote:How the hell does one guy get two of every land based animal aboard a wooden box when tidal waves of such size and strength would level it in like 2 or so mins.

I imagine they made it to be sturdy more than anything, and they get the animals in it before the waves of that size come around, not after.

Imposter101 wrote:Wait, how do they feed the animals?

Wait, how do they dispose of the waste?

I suppose one would have to see the movie to see how they answer those questions. It is just a trailer and not a documentary after all.

Imposter101 wrote:Wouldn't they just eat each other?

I imagine whatever drives them to the ark peacefully (hint: it's god) as shown in the trailer would also be able to control the animals beyond just asking them to walk there.

Imposter101 wrote:See, if this was a move about Noah's ark in a realistic style, where only the carnivores are left in a desperate battle for survival inside a rapidly sinking wooden box, then I'd be interested.

That actually sounds wholly uninteresting. Darren Aronofsky doesn't have a track record of hacky movies, and when Crowe wants to be he can be incredibly good.

Turning this into a movie ... may have been a better idea in the 50s.

As of now, it smacks of desperation -- like producers are looking anywhere for a story to process through the Hollywood machine.

When Crowe said "it begins" with all that Gladiator-esque intensity, I burst out laughing.

How the hell does one guy get two of every land based animal aboard a wooden box when tidal waves of such size and strength would level it in like 2 or so mins.

Estimated Divine Beer math and lots of ropes....lots of ropes and sinew. Wondering who the poor SoB was to clean out the stalls.....or man the bilge pumps..well bucket brigade at the tie...

 Seaward wrote:
I have my doubts about that craft's seaworthiness.

Yeah, just look at 2.14. Not only does the water line seems awfully high, but that ship is so long, it spans the lenght of 3 pretty mean-looking waves. I'm thinking a boat that size, in those materials, would break pretty easily from going over one of those monsters.


Edit: Also, what is the name of those pyramid waves you get a lot around Cape Horn? It's been bugging me for a while now...

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 Medium of Death wrote:

Not sold on the cast, seems to be a lot of big names for no good reason.

I had the same problem after seeing the trailer. The movie just looks too Hollywood-ish with Crowe and Watson running around. I think I would have preferred unknown actors in order to further suspend my disbelief.

It's just a result of recent low(er) budget biblical based movies doing quite well in theaters due to the Christian crowd wanting to see wholesome Bible or Christian value based movies.

Now Hollywood is just trying to cash in on this by making these kind of movies themselves and throwing big names into the mix.

Of course it is easier to make profit on a biblical movie when it's low budget and handled by a small studio/director that can keep control of the subject. I have my reservations about big studios getting their hands into the mix and changing things around.

This is a movie about an all-powerful being destroying all (non-aquatic) life on the entire planet. It is the original, and ultimate disaster movie. The only thing that surprises me is that it took so long for someone to make a big budget version of it.

Not sure why it needs all this seemingly extra stuff with kings and battles though. Two hours of the world being destroyed by the fiery hand of God with occasional cuts to Russel Crowe looking grim and stalwart would make it better than Deep Impact, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow, and Armageddon combined.

 Badablack wrote:
Not sure why it needs all this seemingly extra stuff with kings and battles though.

I imagine to show the whole "people have gotten so bad I feel like I need to start over" part of the story.

Maybe with the battles the idea is to show the depravity the world had sunk to.

Sigh, where's charleton Heston when you need him? I actually liked all of his old bible movies. Russell Crowe as Noah? Ummmm...not quite sure.

It looks like a great big steaming pile of .....

You know, the stuff they'll spend all their time shovelling over the side...

I'll be passing on this one for sure.

That trailer highlights something that always bugs me...

God spoke to me therefore I shave my head.

Why? I don't think god hates hair, he's always portrayed as having a goodly head of hair, so why does 'he talks to me' lead to 'now I shave my head'

The idea is a good one but it looks like their execution totally flopped. It's a shame really because I quite like that story.

They should have asked Bill Cosby to play Noah.

Voopa, voopa, voopa....

I think the trailer looked pretty interesting.. and I wonder if it is not the subject matter that is what creates all the animosity for it.

I'll probably rent it when it comes out on Blu-Ray (As I can't get to the theatre with the kid and all). Looks to be a better telling then John Voight's outing in the TV version.

If they keep these up, I'd be interested to see David and Goliath, or even a Moses re-make.

Even if you don't believe in the stories within the Bible, I think they could make some solid films. Thanks for posting it up Ahtman... been waiting to see the trailer for this.

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
Well THIS movie looks terrible.

SkavenLord wrote:

 Imposter101 wrote:

See, if this was a move about Noah's ark in a realistic style, where only the carnivores are left in a desperate battle for survival inside a rapidly sinking wooden box, then I'd be interested.

Isn't that Life of Pi in a nutshell?

That's just the surface of Life of Pi. It's actually quite deep and open to all kinds of interpretations. Here's a good primer > http://ricochet.com/main-feed/What-is-the-True-Meaning-of-Life-of-Pi

~Tim?

Yeah, I saw the movie (thanks for the link by the way! Looks interesting!), I meant if you ignore the fact that it's so open to interpretation and look at it more as someone trying to survive on a boat with a tiger, it's kind of like that.

About the movie though, yeah, I have a bad feeling about this one too but then again, if it really is bad, it would be fun to laugh about it right?

 Bromsy wrote:

 Medium of Death wrote:
Doesn't look very Arky. Noah's box?

Well, it's not like the guy is a master shipbuilder, cut him some slack

NEVER!

Well I'm thinking if you're building something on orders of the guy who made planet, you're going to get cut a little slack in the engineering department. Yes that rickety boat is gong to hold together Dorothy, now quit your yappin and have over the shoes!

The Bible people wore Polo shirts back in the day? o.O

It looks like garbage but it has Emma Watson in it so I'll probably watch it.