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Noah (2014)
Great story...but little of it from teh Bible
This was touted within my church and across Christian media as being a story to see...a good and wholesome flick. I suppose so...unless you happened to have actually read the biblical account in Genesis. The "watchers"...while mentioned in the book of Daniel...are not the fallen angles as these are portrayed. Real and good angles do not ever disobey GOD as some of these say in the movie and remain good angels. Lammech does not get on the ark in Genesis.
If you've gotten this far...feel free to enjoy this flick as a pure fairy tale that shares little with the Bible. The scenery is good and some of the effects are pretty neat. The story line works for the movie. Kist remember that after you've seen this film you'll need to read the account of the flood in Genesis to learn what really happened.
The Story of Ruth (1960)
Good film but NOT much Bible in it
The story they present is a great story...full of romance, intrigue, lust, danger, scenery...but aside from the names and places bears little to the story of Ruth and Boaz found in the Bible. It would not be so bad if they just stick to filling in the missing pieces. But...they changed what the Bible says happened. All the events that tale place in Moab are in the realm of fine, theatrical license. The biggest miss in the rest of the film is the interaction with Tob--the nearest kinsman. In the Bible, there is not a word that he wanted Ruth. And, there is not a word about love-talk between Ruth and Boaz when she goes to him on the threshing floor. They would've done well to keep the dialogue in the book of Ruth. Read the book of Ruth for yourself and see. This is like another so-called "based on the Bible" movie that came out in around 2014: Noah's Ark. Read the real story of those events in Genesis.