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Passion of the Christ was in a different league because it was (1) Jesus and (2) Gibson before his troubles... (more)

Posted by: KalElFan (a.k.a del_TOM_KalElFan) on Feb 04, 10:20 in response to pennystocks2's post I called my cousin, the only devoted Bible Believer I...

The religious market had a very high degree of trust in Gibson. Aronofsky is more of an unknown quantity especially in terms of the direction he might be going with it (e.g. a fantasy with a climate change message).

Crowe is a bigger star than Caviezel was at the time. However, Caviezel was at least equal as a draw to the religious market because he was known to be quite religious. So star power of the lead is at best (for Noah) a wash I think.

What Noah loses in the religious market the movie has at least some potential to gain from the epic, fantasy, disaster movie market. I'm skeptical that many lefties and non-religious will go just for any climate change theme.

Will NOAH movie attract or offend Bible believers? pabruce Feb 04, 08:51

Probably both. {nm} Bubba_Fett Feb 04, 08:52

That should have been a reference to the book of Jasher (not Ahser). I listened to an audio book version on YT. {nm} pabruce Feb 04, 08:59

Indifference is probably the bigger danger for the movie's box office. It'll be interesting to see what it manages to open to. {nm} KalElFan Feb 04, 09:45

I called my cousin, the only devoted Bible Believer I know, and her family is looking forward to seeing it. Now, if she's going to be pennystocks2 Feb 04, 09:51

Passion of the Christ was in a different league because it was (1) Jesus and (2) Gibson before his troubles... (more) KalElFan Feb 04, 10:20

How true this is. I still see no reason for them to take offense to the movie. The trailer looks pretty good and I may go and see it myself, pennystocks2 Feb 04, 11:22

what i found very odd about this movie is that they never once say "God", rather the word used is "creator" {nm} adrenalin112 Feb 04, 12:00

As a "bible believer" (really?), and an Aronofsky fan (The Fountain is one of the 5 best films ever shot)... MrZero Feb 04, 10:15

Are the people who've seen it bible believers, Aronofsky fans, both or neither? {nm} Antibody Feb 04, 10:19

how is this tagworthy? {nm} Moviesnob Feb 04, 11:06

I didn't even notice. Look, sometimes you gotta give newbies a break. {nm} Antibody Feb 04, 11:15