Comments | roga: DID WE KNOW ABOUT THIS

roga

DID WE KNOW ABOUT THIS

Oct 01, 2013 12:39

Let me remedy that, *I* DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS:

Noah (in theaters March 2014)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Emma Watson ...Ila
Logan Lerman ...Ham
Jennifer Connelly ...Naameh
Russell Crowe ...Noah
Anthony Hopkins ...Methuselah
Kevin Durand ...Og
Douglas Booth ...Shem

Exodus (in theaters December 2014)

Director: Ridley ScottAaron Paul ... ( Read more... )

bible, jewish, movies

Comments 4

shinetheway October 1 2013, 09:53:18 UTC

About the only thing about these cast lists that doesn't make me cringe is John Turturro as Seti. :/ I really hope I'm proven wrong.

shinetheway October 1 2013, 11:27:08 UTC

I am totally pro Emma Watson as a biblical character... if only I knew who Ila was seriously who is she.

roga October 1 2013, 11:51:16 UTC

Uh that was me below, apparently not logged in.

shinetheway October 1 2013, 12:18:00 UTC

I am pro-Emma Watson just generally, and she's a great actress. But I refuse to believe there isn't a single competent non-white actress anywhere in the world who could also play the role well.

And at least Aronofsky's trying to go for a non-literal interpretation, the Ridley Scott movie looks like they're trying to be true to canon (why else would they need 4000 extras) and they cast a white Australian to play an Egyptian pharoah and Christian freaking Bale as Moses. :(

The only reason I'm okay with John Turturro is because his particular brand of batshit crazy surpasses all other considerations of plot and character. :)

Anyway, I really hope that I am pleasantly surprised by how well the movies are done.