Noah (2014)

Noah had a count of one and two going in. Russell Crowe was strike one. Another Bible movie was strike two. The ball, and it was a big one as in way outside, was Darren Aronofsky. Just the idea of such a director taking on such a project is way outside the norm. The question was whether we’d get another unique Aronsfky vision, or another Hollywood Bible factory film, aimed at the God fearing and devoted. As an agnostic I went in with concern not only about a wasted life, but the very real possibility of the next 2 hours and 19 minutes being utterly wasted.  After viewing Noah I continue to fret about a life wasted, but those 139 minutes were not. (more…)