Noah: Come under the Arc

Noah
Starring: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, Anthony Hopkins
Rated: 8/10
A  big movie, an ensemble of big actors, a big canvas, stunning visuals and a story from the Bible’s most happening chapter — Noah has no scope to go wrong or limp in any of its 2 hour 15 minute trajectory — and it doesn’t.
Russell Crowe’s sizzling presence, peppered well with his simmering performance as Noah; Anthony Hopkin’s larger than life screen presence and his curry talk with son Noah, showing him a way out of Hopkins choice, skydrop camera work with stunning landscape-capturing meant essentially for religious drama of yore and yet a dash of modern realism to the proceedings in a Holy Book — indeed Noah is the film of the week, despite the little discomfort you may have balancing the 3D glasses with the popcorn and cola.
Actually, there is no time to peep into for eats as the gripping story unfolds before you, steered well by Crowe and marinated by a near magical Emma Watson. To the director’s credit, despite the huge actors, it is the story that comes out as the superhero.
You may know the tale of Noah’s Arc (a shelter instructed by God to house a couple from all the living species to deal with impending apocalypse of a planetary flood), Crowe’s indecisions, his compulsions, his ruthlessness in dealing with the applications for a place under the arc and his very human interaction with his father which shows his vulnerabilities in the face of strength makes it worth the money you will spend on this movie. 
Source: Sunday Pioneer, 30 March, 2014

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