The Ark

If you're looking for a Godly Bible based movie this isn't it. It would do better as someone heard the story of Noah's Ark and made a movie off the tail end of the grapevine. I'm totally fine with adding plausible scripting for depth, story and/or length of movie, but not this. Consider, Satan in the garden of Eden removed one word and added one word, and that was enough to start the cycle of sin. So what is this? After watching this, I had to go back and make clarifications, reading from the Bible, with my son so that he wouldn't be confused after watching this. The trailer seemed fair enough to give it a go, but in the end it was a waste of family movie night for us.

I liked the idea of it. Great cast. But I'm not sure why they did not stick to the original story. It could have been so powerful. I mean NOAH had three sons, not four. In this TV movie there is a younger son Kenan. Kenan in the Bible according to Genesis 5:9-14, is Kenan was a son of Enosh and a grandson of Seth. However, I really enjoyed this version for what it was. Making them Northern was fantastic so relatable. The fact that Noah had such faith to do as he was asked is amazing to me. It's such a great piece of our history. I am proud to believe it and have faith in the same God Noah had faith in. His story is mentioned in the New Testament as a warning to us today. Love it All the acting was really good. Great casting.

Noah only had three sons, not four. Before the flood, there was a moisture circling the earth. The earth was not a desert before the flood. There are so many discrepancies. At the end of the movie it showed Noah back at the same place he built the Ark. After the flood that place would be totally unrecognizable. Plus he landed on Mount Ararat. The only people on the Ark were Noah and his wife, his sons and their wives. Not hundreds of other people too! Shameful movie.

While not completely biblical with the amount of people on the ark, this movie is not about the details because the added script is to build characters. I think it portrayed what you could see as a real Noah with real challenges. Some good one liners... "To say if you don't know there's a God, is honest. But to say there is no God you would have to say you know everything, and if you were to say you know everything, you're an idiot."

I would of given it a 10/10 if they stuck to the scriptures. So cannon I could over look to a point as he is in the scriptures but as the son of Ham not Noahs son but adding people into the ark that where never ever there is just over stepping the mark, only 8 people which where Noah and his family entered the ark and where saved no one else except animals entered. Also why did you not include the nephlim? But I will give credit where it is due except those two things it was very well written, great acting, camera work, costumes, ect. You did a much better job than the Noah film with Emma Watson in that film was straight up blasphemy.

I just watched this movie, not knowing about it 2 years ago when it came out. I really enjoyed the humour and 'real-life' story line of a family who might wonder where Dad (Noah) got his direction from, and how the people who live in the 'city' were a depraved society. Once I was finished watching it, I read Wikipedia accounts of Noah and it was interesting to find out the Qur'an's version of Noah has this 4th son, and the Baha'i faith's version apparently indicates the extra human (40 or 72) occupants in the Ark. Regardless of this extra 'non'-Christian content, I agree that the ending was too abrupt (I find many Christian movies this way) but up to the ending, it was a good, entertaining, enjoyable movie.

The biggest miracle in this Bible story is...... just WHERE did Noah get all that wood.... Gopher, or otherwise??? This version is set in a vast desert wilderness - not a sign of a tree for miles and miles; and yet, we see old Noah gallantly struggling home with just one branch. Regardless of where he got it from, it would take him a couple of days just to get that one branch back, let alone the very LARGE pieces we later see he's managed to install. At this rate, I reckon it would have taken him about 20 years to float his boat. Later on, the kids relent and start to help a bit but ???? The cast are excellent but, sadly, the writing and the planning of this one let them down badly. If you want a traditional Noah's Ark story, stick to 1966's "The Bible....in the Begining.". There you will find John Huston doing a fine DIY job, complete with animals going in, two by two, torrential rain and a proper flood..... not to mention a cracking score by Toshiro. Mayuzumi.

This movie and everyone who participated in its development gets an (F). No star for you. Disappointed, Angry, Sad, Hurt, Deceived. WARNING If your looking for a religious movie that's TRUE to the Bible DON'T WATCH THIS! its full of lies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...is the basic sin of this bizarre film. it is a lesson of a boring teacher, it is a preach from a not brilliant pastor but it is not a real film about Noah and the flood. and, sure, many religious films are made for a precise and small public. but, in this case, more details are different. first, the story. who is just a sketch. second - the too obvious moral message,, mixing contemporary social problems with the period of the flood. not the last, the effort of Joanne Whalley and David Threlfall to save a lost cause. it is not a bad film. only an anonimous one. un convincing. and soulless.

I feel like this TV movie could have been condensed into 60 Minutes as the middle section felt like it dragged on just a bit too much and i found the end not very satisfying, as someone said in the comments below, 'blink and you'll miss it' has never been so true with regards to the flood, some heavy rain followed by a cut back to show the Earth from space followed by them walking on dry land again, i found that very anti climactic. It features a mish-mash of different accents and ethnicities, i understand this is the 21st century but as this drama was set so long ago i feel the BBC didn't need to be so politically correct as it takes you out of your suspension of disbelief. They tried hard to give the characters some back story in a vain attempt the make us care about their fate, and i wouldn't say it failed completely, David Threlfall put in a great performance as did his wife but their children didn't have any individuality or personalities, they were all very wooden and seemed to be reading from a script quite obviously. They were quite cheap on the effects like the storm itself and the boat didn't look particularly durable but then again this isn't a blockbuster movie, if you're willing to overlook that and the mixture of characters and accents then you'll find it to be watchable if not memorable.