In the advertisement they call it the most epic story ever told. Really?
The review doesn’t seem to bad. Might be worth seeing on the big screen.
I just go to movies because I love movies. I really don’t pay much mind to “issues”. I am there to be entertained not to have a political or religious discussion.
I suppose no matter how literal one takes a Biblical story and translates it to the silver screen, it will miss it by an inch (best case, highly unlikely) or a mile or several miles (most likely case). As much as the film industry attempts to reverently (rare in more recent decades)present these wonderful depictions, the word of God is best understood straight from one’s own reading of it,from the pulpit or as read by family members or friends. My two cents. God Bless.
It looks like a very interesting movie, and I’m curious to see how they handle the story. I believe they might even bring ideas from “The Epic of Gilgamesh”, which is another, and similar, flood story from, I believe, the ancient Sumerian culture.
If it is as I seem to recall hearing somewhere an environmental flick, I probably won’t like it.
But I am not expecting it to be an OT “Jesus of Nazareth” so I might enjoy it as my expectations are pretty low.
The solution to this ‘problem’ is far better catechism and far better Pre-Canna instruction.
The root of the problem is the very poor leadership of the local bishops and their instructions to the parish level priests as to what is truly relevant to the weekly sermon and religious instruction. Couple that with the abandonment of the Catholic Schools by many of the diocese and we leave exposed more and more Catholic souls to the spiritual death that is the secular schools and their societal teachings.
It is difficult to combat hours of highly secular and sinful teachings a week in a single hour every Sunday. That is IF the ‘Catholic’ actually bothers to show up every Sunday. We already KNOW that fewer than forty percent actually do.
This is NOT a problem with the ordinary Catholic it is the direct result and problem caused by the terrible leadership and almost every level of the Church hierarchy.
Simply put: Actions and decisions have consequences. To get remarried after a divorce that is not subject to annulment is to live in a state of sin. It is committing fornication. It is no less a mortal sin than homosexual sex or bestiality. They are all sins of the flesh. All cut a person off from God’s grace and expose them to the terrible truth of an eternity in Hell without the benefit of being in the presence of God.
A hodgepodge of thoughts: Greatest biblical epic: The 10 Commandments. I don’t go to movies expecting ‘literal’ interpretation of the Bible; However the closest is probably “The Gospel of John.”
We, as Christians, should use biblical movies to further the spreading of our faith.
And, most importantly about this movie: “will it reveal the true reason why Noah didn’t make sure a pair of unicorns didn’t get on the Ark.”
From what I understand the “Noah” movie is nothing but left wing environmentalist propaganda. But then, as Alex said, Catholics don’t believe the events in the Noah story ever happened anyway.
I’ve been looking forward to the Noah movie but am disappointed that it might only focus on environmentalism. The central theme of the Flood must be God’s displeasure with sin and human wickedness. As John Paul, Benedict, and Francis have all pointed out, disrespect for human life devastates creation. Isn’t this common sense? If people don’t respect and defend human life, why should they care about the inanimate earth it dwells upon?
“Worship of the natural always leads to the unnatural.”
-G.K. Chesterton