Noah : An Open Letter to Hollywood Filmakers

Is what we know about the story true or not and why does hollywood not stick to the letter when they make a biblical movie? 


I really thought about going to see the blockbuster-to-be, “Noah” at the movies this weekend, but I’m on the fence about whether or not I should support a film whose director is atheist and is one who brags about how the movie is “the least biblical film ever made”. Should I wait until the hoopla dies down and pick it at Redbox or wait until one of my friends buys it when it’s released on Blu Ray?

For those of you who've seen the controversial flick; did Darren Aronofsky miss the whole reason for the story?

If you haven't read the story, from Genesis chapter 5 to 10,000 generations later in chapter 6, the world was so corrupt. Much like some of the corruption we see in our world today, except then, God felt that the Earth needed to be to cleansed and that the evil on the face of Earth be washed completely.

If the film is about Noah, as it was appropriately named, and not necessarily about the ark, then shouldn't the movie be about the relationship God had with Noah, who along with his family and pairs of animals, were endured destruction, was favored and given a chance to live and repopulate the all-consumed wicked Planet?

Although I really love the film “The Fountain”, also directed by Aronofsky. It’s one of my favorite heart-wrenching love stories with the beautiful Rachel Weisz, who Aronofsky was engaged to at one point. It’s a movie that deals religion as well as reincarnation. But it is fiction. In my opinion, fiction should be told as such and non-fiction should also be portrayed and directed in the same manner. I understand it is called “entertainment” for a reason, however I do believe that if you're given the opportunity to bring such an epic story to life (and spending nearly $125 million to do it) should have come as close as possible to the actual written story. I mean, I really did enjoy fictional literature like “The Wizard of Oz”, “The Chronicles of Narnia” and “The Lord of the Rings”, but shouldn't biblical accounts or holy scripture be told to the letter?

Regardless of what you may or may not know about my religious views, if I were given half the chance to produce a film about a historical event or apocrypha, I’d accurately create the story AND make it a bestseller. Why can't Hollywood do the same?

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