History Film / Noah

* DesignatedVillain: Noah comes across as this. Many of his villainous actions seem to revolve around debt, guilt and complexity. And the scene of him speaking to God progmatic over what he has to do to survive.

* BattleInTheRain: The battle between the Watchers and the Cainites happens when rain is pouring down. It is the deluge!

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. Adapting the Literature/BookOfGenesis, the Kaballah, and other sources, it is a retelling of the story of Noah who after seeing visions of a horrifying deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause for a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

* MenActWomenAre: The women don't really have a purpose in this film other than being wives and mothers, nor do they do much of anything. Best example of this in the film is when [[spoiler:Noah is trying to kill Ila's daughters.]] Both she and Noah's wife both stand there and watch, instead of even trying to fight him. Ila doesn't even try to run away. [[spoiler:If he had decided to go though with it,]] they would have just let him do it.

%%* GentleGiant: The Watcher Og

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. Using Literature/BookOfGenesis, the Kaballah, and other sources, it is a retelling of the story of Noah who after seeing visions of a horrifying deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause for a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

* DrowningMySorrows: [[spoiler:Noah, after they land and he basically gets depressed over almost killing his granddaughters.]] Crosses over into BingeMontage as he spends a long time in a cave binging on home-made wine. [[spoiler:Points for creativity, because he literally gathers the grapes and ferments them on his own due to the lack of any wineries, breweries, and bars.]]

* HeroKiller: Tubal-Cain proves to be a pretty efficient one. In addition to killing Noah's father at the beginning, he's also the first one to take down [[spoiler:one of The Watchers]] and nearly defeats Noah in the climax.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Tubal-Cain is only briefly mentioned in Literature/TheBible, listed as one of Cain's descendants, and plays no part in the Noah story. Here, he's leader of the Cainites and Noah's antagonist.

* KickTheDog: Tubal-Cain's pretty okay with killing animals and making them go extinct. At one point, he casually grabs an eel-like creature [[spoiler:on board the Ark]] and bites its head off to regain his strength. He justifies his actions because he thinks The Creator made man the most superior being and all others are nothing compared to the ultimate creation.

* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Watchers.

* {{Pun}} One of the six-armed Watchers assures Noah that his family is in good hands.

* RealMenEatMeat: The belief of Tubal-Cain and the Cainites.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Drawing from the Biblical story of Noah, [[spoiler:the binding of Isaac]], some non-canonical Biblical sources ([[http://badassdigest.com/2014/03/28/the-history-of-noahs-watchers-the-creatures-that-scared-the-hell-out-of-ilm/ such as the Book of Enoch for the Watchers/Nephilim]]), and Aronofsky's graphic novel. The origins of the Watchers even draws some parallels to the story of [[Theatre/PrometheusBound Prometheus]].

* ProtagonistTitle

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. It is a retelling of the story of Noah, relying more on Kaballah than the Bible, who after seeing visions of a horrifying deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause for a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

* ActionBomb: [[spoiler: Killing a Watcher, or one willingly tearing open their own chest, results in a golden explosion]].
* AdaptedOut: Genesis clearly states that all three of Noah's sons already had wives before the Flood, although the movie's connection with the source material is pretty loose to begin with.

** Methuselah, in his youth, is presented as a OneManArmy who took down a massive horde of Cainites with his FlamingSword. Although in The Book of Enoch Methuselah does have a magic sword.

* TheArk

* CoolOldGuy: Methuselah.

* ErmineCapeEffect: Tubal-Cain has some long whitish furs decorating his cloak. It [[{{Narm}} doesn't look as imposing as he'd like]].

* ExpressDelivery: [[spoiler: Ila announces that she's pregnant,]] and just a couple of scenes later, she is visibly pregnant, and then gives birth. It's probably the movie failing to make clear the passage of time, a problem the movie has a lot as you can easily miss the fact that it took Noah over half a century to build the ark if you're not familiar with the source story, instead of any action on God's part.

* GenreThrowback: To biblical epics.

* GentleGiant: The Watcher Og
* AGodAmI: Tubal-Cain states this in his ultimate moment of [[RageAgainstTheHeavens hubris]]:

* TheGreatFlood: Obviously.

* HumansAreBastards: Most of The Watchers (save for Og) and Noah, later on, share this viewpoint. [[spoiler:Like The Watchers, after helping him make his Ark, Noah loses this viewpoint upon viewing Ila's children.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: The extreme of the last Cainites' hunger leads to this.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] and [[DefiedTrope defied]] by Ham. He kills [[spoiler:[[TheCorrupter Tubal-Cain]]]] who approves, thinking he [[CorruptTheCutie passed on]] [[ARealManIsAKiller his legacy]] to Ham. After the deluge, Ham is resentful of his father, but expresses hope that humanity will learn to be kind and leaves in peace.

* AManIsNotAVirgin: When Noah decides not to get wives for his sons, Ham asks how he is supposed to become a man.

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. It is a retelling of the story of Noah, relying more on Kaballah than the Bible, who after seeing visions of a horrifyingc deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause for a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

** Noah's Flood is described in three religions; Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. None of these religions' narrations of Noah's Ark include an army trying to storm the ark, nor an environmental message, nor does Noah try to [[spoiler:kill some babies]] in any of Abrahamic Religious traditions, [[spoiler:he knew from the beginning that his descendants were to replenish the earth.]] In all three religions, God does not give Noah vague dreams as warning. God tells Noah about the Flood Directly. Also, the Watchers don't really have anything to do with anything in the story of Noah, and no [[spoiler:stowaway is ever mentioned.]] Basically, the movie embellishes a lot to add conflict and because the original story is so short. Some reviewers have described the movie as a modern [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash#Forms_of_Midrashic_literature midrash]], an elaboration and interpretation of the bare bones of the Biblical story.

* ArmorIsUseless: The Watchers: despite being 12-feet tall angels made out of stone, they could be killed quite easily with spears and swords.

* DuelingMessiahs: An interesting example in which both Noah and Tubal-Cain both count as both [[DarkMessiah dark ones]]. Noah wants save the world, but by dooming all mankind to drown, while Tubal-Cain wants to save his ruthless and bloodthirsty people so that their empire will continue to survive.

* ExpressDelivery: [[spoiler: Ila announces that she's pregnant,]] and just a couple of scenes later, she is visibly pregnant, and then gives birth. It's probably the movie failing to make clear the passage of time, a problem the movie has a lot as you can easily miss the fact that it took Noah over half a century to build the ark if you're not familiar with the source story, instead of any action on god's part.

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. It is a retelling of the story of Noah, relying more on Kaballah than the Bible, who after seeing visions of a horrifying deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause for a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

-->'''Creator/RussellCrowe:''' The funny thing with people being, they consider Noah to be a benevolent figure, you know? Because he looked after the animals: "oh, Noah! Noah and the animals!". It's like, are you kidding me? This is a dude who stood by and let the entire population of the planet perish! He's not benevolent; he's not even nice! At one point in the story, his son says "I thought you were chosen because you were good" and he goes "I was chosen because I could get the job done, mate."
* DarkIsEvil: Tubal-Cain and his followers wear a whole lot of black hoodies,armor and robes.

* AGodAmI: Tubal-Cain states this in his ultimate moment of [[RageAgainstTheHeavens hubris]]:
--> '''Tubal-Cain''': I give life, I take life away. As [[{{God}} you]] do! And I am just like you, am I not?

''Noah'' is a BiblePunk film directed by Creator/DarrenAronofsky and starring Creator/RussellCrowe, Creator/JenniferConnelly, Creator/LoganLerman, Creator/EmmaWatson, Creator/RayWinstone, and Creator/AnthonyHopkins. It is a retelling of the story of Noah, relying more on Kaballah than the Bible, who after seeing visions of a horrifying deluge, is inspired to build an ark to preserve life on Earth. Along the way, he faces resistance from fallen angels known as the Watchers (who later help Noah's cause at a shot of Redemption in the eyes of [[{{God}} The Creator]]), human armies led by the villainous king Tubal-Cain, as well as tension within his own family and self-doubt about the worthiness of mankind to survive.

* CrapsackWorld: Earth prior to the Flood due to the sinful nature of humans.

** Methuselah, in his youth, is presented as a OneManArmy who took down a massive horde of Cainites with his FlamingSword.

* DuelingMessiahs: An interesting example in which both Noah and Tubal-Cain both count as both [[DarkMessiah dark ones]]. Noah wants save the world, but by dooming all mankind to drown while Cain wants to save his ruthless and bloodthirsty people so that their empire will continue to survive.

* GreenAesop: In this version of the story, Man's reckless behavior towards the Earth is as much a provocation of the Flood as his murderous nature towards man. The Cainites are characterized by their industry, which is described in terms like a cancer spreading across the world. They are ironworkers, in spite of the ancient, ambiguous timeframe, and even wear helmets that resemble welder's masks. Noah, on the other hand, does not eat meat and instructs his children not to even pick flowers without need. [[spoiler:The good demons are literally made of stone, part of the earth, to push this point further.]]

* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Creator/EmmaWatson. And not only does she stand out against much of the rest of the cast, but her character supposedly grew up with Noah's family since she was six and the child actress didn't have anywhere near as much of an accent.
** In fairness, she isn't the only offender on that charge - apparently Noah and his father are from [[Creator/RussellCrowe New Zealand]] and [[Creator/AnthonyHopkins Wales]] respectively.

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Noah's Flood is described in three religions; Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. None of these religions' narrations of Noah's Ark include an army trying to storm the ark, nor an environmental message, nor does Noah try to [[spoiler:kill some babies]] in any of Abrahamic Religious traditions, [[spoiler:he knew from the beginning that his descendants were to replenish the earth.]] In all three religions, God does not give Noah vague dreams as warning. God tells Noah about the Flood Directly. Also, the Watchers don't really have anything to do with anything in the story of Noah, and no [[spoiler:stowaway is ever mentioned.]] Basically, the movie embellishes a lot to add conflict and because the original story is so short. Some reviewers have described the movie as a modern [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash#Forms_of_Midrashic_literature midrash]], an elaboration and interpretation of the bare bones of the Biblical story.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Nephilim/Watchers. They help Noah build the ark and protect it from the Canaanite armies. This is in spite of the fact that in the Biblical narrative the Nephilim and the evils they perpetrated were one of the major reasons that God wanted to "reset" life on Earth in the first place.