Noah- The Movie

Okay folks, I know there are other blogs, statuses, reviews, and whatever else already written about this movie (which I haven't read yet, didn't want to accidentally write something of their's in mine). However, a few people said, "after you watch it let me know what you think", and so I shall. *Warning I will be telling about the movie, so this is the "SPOILER ALERT"*

There are few key ideas I would like to start off with. First, I did not go to this movie with the idea that the movie was going to be a super biblical/accurate account of the truth written in the Bible. I have no delusions that Hollywood is going to keep close to God's word. That would be exactly what I just wrote, a delusion. Second I watched it because the previews looked intresting to me, I didn't go to "learn more about God", "get more information that the Bible "can't offer", or anything like that, I went to go watch a movie- plain and simple. Just like when I go to see any movie. Now when I go I am alert to anything that might try to change my view of God or what the Bible teaches, which for any Christian is a good idea. 

So lets get into it. There are a few things they did a good job on, which I want to admit. I like Russell Crow's acting for one. Another is they do show the fall of man pretty well for Hollywood. They say once, "The Creator will provide" and that sentence is true. Small things like that,  they are here and there in the movie and match up. They are done well and make me happy. Everything else, doesn't go so well.  Artistic license, poetic license, etc. was taken. The definition for that, that I quickly found on Wikipedia is this, "...used to denote the distortion of fact...". Pretty accurate definition I thought, because that's exactly what they did. Now remember what I JUST wrote? I said I didn't think it would be accurate, I didn't think it would be "in line" with Bible. However, I had no idea just how much "artistic licsence" they would take. (In full disclosure a few friends told me to read reviews before I watched it, but I declined. I wanted to "see it for myself") From giant rock/fallen angle creatures, Ham, Shem, And Japheth not having wives, ( Japheth not even OLD enough to have a wife yet - he was a small boy), magical glowing rocks, Mathushael having..I guess..powers, and Noah wanting to kill his two grandchildren and ALL of them on Ark, it's honestly hard to wrap your head around that this movie was suppose to be about the Noah in the Bible.  I suppose in my mind I thought, "yeah it won't be close to the Bible, but the main ideas will be there". I thought the movie would have shown, by the end, as least this: Noah, his wife, his three sons and their three wives, mankind being wiped from the earth because of the amount of sin taking place, an Ark, rain, animals, the whole family on the Ark with the animals BECAUSE God has seen that Noah was righteous and wanted to save them and start anew. Seems simple to do, and yes in the movie there was Noah, a wife, his three sons, rain, and a couple others things, but it in no way is close to the Bible account. It reminds of what I told my friend, "I bet his name being Noah and the Ark will be right", sadly that was true and there wasn't much else that was. The most upsetting thing I think from all of this is I heard "Christian" radio stations promoting it, saying "while artistic license has been taken, we feel it holds true to the point of the story" or some such nonsense. As Christians we should call it out for what it is, which is not even close to anything that the Bible teaches. Christians shouldn't turn to movies to teach them about the Bible ever, but sometimes there are some "okay" movies out there, but this, to me, is not even a little okay. When Noah and his family get on the ark, all Noah can think about is everyone dying, "when we get off the ark the oldest will bury mother and I, second oldest will bury the oldest son and his "wife", and then the youngest boy will bury the second eldest brother, then the youngest will die and no one will bury him" (something like that) all because they all need to be punished like everyone else.  He believes only the animals should live in this new "Eden", and in the movie it's portrayed as if God believes this as well. So much in fact that when Shem's wife gets pregnant Noah says, "If it's a boy he can bury my youngest son, then no one will bury this new grandchild, but if it's a girl the moment you birth it I will kill it". Which he almost does, but finally realizes he cant- "defying God's will".  First there is no twin girls born on the Ark mentioned in the Bible, second them dying/being killed because they "deserve punishment as well" is not God's plan at all. Genesis 6:9-10, Genesis 7:1. This is the account of Noah and his family.Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.  The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation."  Genesis 9:1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth."  Also in the movie a descendant of Cain gets on the Ark  he "out does God". Water doesn't stop him, the (barf) rock creatures don't, he's unstoppable and gets on the Ark without Noah knowing. Ham knows, but at this point Noah had let the girl Ham hoped to be his wife die with everyone else, and Ham is ready to kill his father,  Noah , and help this evil man on the Ark- I won't even go into that. If you are a Christian you know the idea of someone getting around God's will is absurd.  Genesis 7:13, 16 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in."  The LORD shut them in, how false that someone could get "past God, and sneak on His Ark. I could go on and on, there are huge things that are wrong, like a giant scene depicting evolution *along with creation,  to little things that are just dumb to even add in my opinion. In the end the only TRUE account of God and Noah and the flood can be found in Genesis 6- 9, because let me assure you it cannot be found in that movie.