Review of Noah

This is a daring but flawed film of Aronofsky. Visually it is splendid. CGI is well handled except for the effects on Anthony Hopkins, they look ridiculous. There is a mix of good and bad acting. Some characters are not developed at all, others yes, but I must say I am truly admirative of Noah's character development. It is such an icon that I did not even think the writers would dare to write him a real ark (no pun intended), but they did. It is for me one of the strong aspects of the movie. Otherwise, a villain with great line, but not developped. Some problems in the narrations. The intro is too rushed and the "story scene" that comes later in the scene should have been used at the beginning. A lot of plot holes and things left unexplained. It is not because you make a movie about a godly intervention that it is tolerable to use this excuse as a deus ex machina everytime it helps the plot to go further. The story however is good and I liked the originality with the stone giants. By far not a good movie, but an interesting one without a doubt.