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RicOlie_2
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5-May-2014, 6:55 PM

thejediknighthusezni said:

     NOAH

     Well done. Production design, direction, score... all first rate. Cast was spot-on. Connely and Watson were terrific.  

      I was fully engaged by the alternate take on the epic story.

      SPOILERS SPOILERS

      Yeah, the rock giants were quite fanciful. I don't know if there is some basis in folklore for that. Insta-forest was also unexpected. They moved the story from epic towards fairey-tale, which might have been the intent.

     Making the other two unborn girls was an interesting twist. 

    

 Those are from Midrashic (Hebrew legends) sources. They're fallen angels who were trapped in inanimate objects, animating them. The Midrash embellish(es)* the canonical Biblical stories, adding details, and this film borrowed some things from it/them.

*I'm not sure if Midrash is singular or plural (i.e. a single work, or a collective term describing multiple stories).