Since we're throwing around anecdata, I'll say that I clicked on TFA just because of this comment, and I don't recall having heard of this movie and have no idea what these scenes are about.
I haven't seen the Noah film either but I did read the book on that one! A bit tough to get through but there were some interesting bits. Rated R for violence, sexual themes and controversial politically charged subject material.
If your narrative was true, we would always see critics scores lower than the audience (assuming statistically significant number of critics reviewing a given movie). But we see so many counterexamples with radically different ratings: Spy kids, Ad Astra, Noah, King Kong (2005), Babe, The Blair Witch Project, Chicken Run, and thousands of others.
You see it occasionally. In the last decade there was Noah, an Exodus movie with Christian Bale, The Shack, and Breakthrough. Probably others. Other than Exodus I think they were generally considered successes.
Go back a little further and you see the Narnia series, which while profitable and generally well received, did not quite turn into the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter level of success that they were shooting for. There were also a couple of Bible mini-series by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett that were huge hits.
The big studios tend to be like investors though; they are looking for content that will turn into smash hits and spin off even more profitable sequels. There are only so many Biblical accounts that fit the bill, and non-Biblical Christian movies are typically more about personal conflict.
There's the short film Noah that takes on a teen's computer screen. You might have seen it -- it was posted to HN. Unfortunately, the creators only put it on YouTube for a limited time.
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Since we're throwing around anecdata, I'll say that I clicked on TFA just because of this comment, and I don't recall having heard of this movie and have no idea what these scenes are about.
I haven't seen the Noah film either but I did read the book on that one! A bit tough to get through but there were some interesting bits. Rated R for violence, sexual themes and controversial politically charged subject material.
I haven’t even seen the movie but I know about that iconic scene. This is a bit like complaining about spoiling the flood scene in the Noah film.
If your narrative was true, we would always see critics scores lower than the audience (assuming statistically significant number of critics reviewing a given movie). But we see so many counterexamples with radically different ratings: Spy kids, Ad Astra, Noah, King Kong (2005), Babe, The Blair Witch Project, Chicken Run, and thousands of others.
You see it occasionally. In the last decade there was Noah, an Exodus movie with Christian Bale, The Shack, and Breakthrough. Probably others. Other than Exodus I think they were generally considered successes.
Go back a little further and you see the Narnia series, which while profitable and generally well received, did not quite turn into the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter level of success that they were shooting for. There were also a couple of Bible mini-series by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett that were huge hits.
The big studios tend to be like investors though; they are looking for content that will turn into smash hits and spin off even more profitable sequels. There are only so many Biblical accounts that fit the bill, and non-Biblical Christian movies are typically more about personal conflict.
There's the short film Noah that takes on a teen's computer screen. You might have seen it -- it was posted to HN. Unfortunately, the creators only put it on YouTube for a limited time.
That Noah movie looks absolutely "epic".