Geee Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Washington Examiner: Early reviews of the new Biblical movie “Noah” describing star Russell Crowe's character as dark, drunk and obsessed with overpopulation are driving Christians away from the movie six weeks before its premier, possibly robbing Paramount Pictures of tens of millions of dollars spent by so-called faith consumers. One group that charts the $1.75 trillion spent annually by faith consumers has already started polling Christian reactions to the movie, out March 28, and the results are not good and could lead to a protest of Noah. The group Faith Driven Consumer, which helped orchestrate the return of "Duck Dynasty" after liberals and gay groups protested star Phil Robertson's condemnation of homosexuality, found that 98 percent of 5,000 supporters in an online poll said they are “not satisfied” with a biblically-themed movie “which replaces the Bible's core message with one created by Hollywood.” Sign Up for the Paul Bedard newsletter! The poll came after the Hollywood Reporter found that Christians asked to participate in screenings were flooding away, upset with the studio's break from the Bible's version of the story about saving mankind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Rough Seas on 'Noah': Darren Aronofsky Opens Up on the Biblical Battle to Woo Christians (and Everyone Else) Kim Masters 2/12/2014 "I was upset of course," the director says of Paramount testing alternate versions of the $125 million epic as he and the studio break their silence on efforts to appease a small but vocal segment of the faith-based audience: "Those people can be noisy." (Snip) More than three decades later, the 44-year-old director is completing his epic take on the Noah story, a project he's contemplated ever since he made his breakout indie film Pi in 1998. At that time, he says, he talked to producer Lynda Obst about the idea, prompting her to ask, "Do you realize what you're getting into?" He didn't. The making of Noah, with Russell Crowe as the lead, turned into a head-on collision between an auteur filmmaker coming off a career-defining success in Black Swan ($330 million global, five Oscar nominations) and a studio working to protect a major investment that is intended to appeal to believers of every religion as well as those without any faith. Paramount Pictures, in partnership with New Regency Productions, is shouldering a budget on the March 28 release of more than $125 million, by far the costliest movie Aronofsky has made. (His previous high was $35 million for The Fountain, which foundered for Warner Bros. in 2006. Black Swan was independently financed and cost just $13 million.) The trouble began when Paramount, nervous about how audiences would respond to Aronofsky's fantastical world and his deeply conflicted Noah, insisted on conducting test screenings over the director's vehement objections while the film was a work in progress. (Snip) http://youtu.be/oW4UTH4I_9w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I have always had little interest in Hollywood's version of Biblical events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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