LAST night Erin travelled to Gloucestershire to spend a night at Mark’s parents.
We’re very lucky to have almost every Saturday night to ourselves thanks to mine and Mark’s parents. If we’re not opting for a quiet one, the cinema and a curry always sounds the most sensible route!
Last night’s film of choice was Noah, Russell Crowe’s latest blockbuster, based on the biblical story of a man with a boat, lots of animals, and a pretty rainy month or so.
Despite having spent years going to church and in Sunday school this rather brief summation was, until last night, the best detail I could offer for Noah’s story, with the exception of some ‘animals went in two by two’ facts, and a vague recollection of a dove finding a leaf on dry land at the end.
So, aside from being an impressive cinematic experience, with cracking acting, great special effects, lots of lovely animals, and Russel Crowe, I was also enlightened to the actual story of Noah.
Everyone has their own opinion of course, not everyone will have enjoyed the film as we did. But, I wasn’t sure the rather gobby, middle aged gentleman - who’s wife is clearly looking for a younger model, but couldn’t possibly achieve that, so has attempted to find a half way house by taking her husband to Topman - agreed with our review, in fact I’m certain
His incredibly loud review on leaving the auditorium: “What a complete load of Tosh!”, closely followed by loud guffawing and some references to ‘f***in boring bible cr*p’, did make us giggle (at him, not with him).
Perhaps the title of the film didn’t make it clear enough that it may feature some reference to ‘boring bible cr*p’. Perhaps living in a Christian country, this man who has been on the earth at least 25 years longer than I have, had somehow missed the name Noah as a reference to a rather famous bible story?
I was raised as a Christian, but I haven’t read the bible from cover to cover, and now don’t attend church through choice. But there’s a few of the old classics - the Nativity, David and Goliath, Noah, Moses, the Easter story, that regardless of my time in Sunday school, I had come across in mainstream school lessons.
How this man - in the tight fitting Barbour jacket, low slung jeans, pointy shows, far too much gel in his hair, and wearing about a litre of Joop - had missed this fact is beyond me. But he had, so I feel I should offer a warning to all.
The film, appropriately named Noah, is about Noah, from the Bible. If this fact offends you to your very core, then please save yourself and don’t go.
However if you’re just interested in a great story, incredibly well portrayed, with action, romance, tragedy and Russell Crowe, then I strongly recommend you go and see Noah.
That’s Noah, you know, the one from the Bible.
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