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Biblical epics are nothing new in Hollywood — if anything, they're practically a tradition, dating back over a hundred years and spanning well over a hundred movies. But a biblical epic that departs from tradition — well, those are few and far between. And that's exactly how some may categorize director Darren Aronofsky's take on the biblical story of Noah, which courted controversy earlier this year for its interpretation of the well-known parable. Noah doesn't mark the first time the story has been brought to the big screen, but Aronofsky's vision will certainly go down as being the most memorable.
Angels encased in stone, post-apocalyptic ruins that litter Pangaea, a magical old man, and infanticide on a boat – these are the eclectic elements that appear in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. While the film may appear to be a random amalgamation of fantasy, horror, family drama and Biblical epic, the genius of the film is that it unites its disparate parts into a compelling thematic whole. Aronofsky’s genuine exploration of the ethics of free will lends the film a sharp focus that provides a core sense of humanism to an otherwise short and didactic Old Testament story.
