It has been foretold that the heavens shall rain fire, the waters will rise and that director Darren Aronofsky shall make a film about Noah, who received visions from God about the end of the world. And so it came to pass in the form of a $130m motion picture, with Russell Crowe in the lead role as the pre-flood patriarch.
The trailer runs to blood and thunder, wheeling birds and orange comets. "He's going to destroy the world," announces Noah after waking up from the mother of bad dreams. "We must build a boat to hold the innocent."
Aronofsky's film is about Noah, but it is not just about Noah. Jennifer Connolly co-stars as Noah's wife, Anthony Hopkins is Methuselah, while Emma Watson either plays Noah's adopted daughter or an ill-tempered camel by the name of Mr Knuckles; the trailer doesn't entirely make clear. Meanwhile the role of villain falls to Ray Winstone, who marshals an army in his efforts to bring Noah back in line. Noah, however, will not be deterred. The rainclouds are massing and the animals of the world need shelter and safe passage. "Snakes are coming too?" asks a fretful Jennifer Connolly. Snakes on a Boat might be the alternative title.
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