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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Aronofsky’s Noah Deserves an Oscar For Best Comedy of the Year

by Erik Erickson Tuesday, 01 April 2014
 
I just saw Noah. The film is a remarkable display of special effects. It is also one of the funniest comedies I have seen in a very long time. Aronofsky deserves a great deal of praise for turning a serious subject into a non-stop laugh fest of techno-electro music, orchestral scores, blasting special effects, and even rock monsters.

The ad campaign tried to ease Christians' nerves that all would be well, artistic license was taken, but the movie would be faithful to the story. If they hadn't tried to con Christians into the movie, I wouldn't have a problem. It was a pretty awesome sci-fi spectacle complete with Ent-like rock monsters, a super-powered Methuselah, Adam and Eve as glow in the dark space aliens, and Hermione Granger. "God" is never mentioned. He is referred to throughout as the "Creator."

The premise is pretty straight forward. Noah descends from the line of Seth. The serpent in the Garden of Eden shed its snake skin, which had magical properties that flowed from father to son. As Noah's father was about to pass the magical powers off to Noah, Noah's father is attacked and killed by Cain's descendent, and Noah runs away. Cain's descendent, soon to be King Cain, takes the snake skin unaware of its magical properties……To Read More….

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