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When they go on the trip to see crazy old grandpa Methuselah and his cave of wonders they pass by a mine and Russell Crowe delivers a little sermon about how they ran out of the minerals because they overmined, then Beowful...er, Tubal-Cain is shown using that same unobtainium to forge weapons, etc. And he mentions several times that the Earth is there for him to use, because HE IS A MAN, blah blah blah. I'm not saying it's a terrible message, it just wasn't a subtle one.

I dunno, we aren't really surprised when comic fans complain about alterations like The Mandarin in Iron Man 3 or Electro not wearing a green suit with a lightning bolt cap in The Amazing Spider-man, are we?

Really? Jeez, I thought he couldn't have beat the audience over the head with it any harder. The evil king is a strip-mining meat-eater who constantly goes on about how he has every right to the resources of the Earth. Honestly, he went so far with it that at times I thought I was watching some kind of parody.

Probably true. I just sat there trying to figure out who the movie is meant to appeal to. I mean, it clearly won't appeal to fundies, but I don't really see how it could appeal to non-religious people, either. The 'hero' of the movie is a raving lunatic. I did laugh at Gladiator Noah slicing people's throats. Oh, and then there's Methuselah and his magical ability to make women fertile and horny. The eco message was pretty muddled too, especially when Noah (who we see previously had reprimanded his son for just picking one flower) proceeds to clear cut the magical forest to build his ark. I don't know, the more I think about it this movie actually had a quite a few WTF moments totally separate from the basic framing story. On the positive side, I did think the story of creation was absolutely gorgeous. It just felt like it came from a different movie.

Honestly, the Rock Biter is a much better effect than the rock ents. The CGI in Noah is all over the place.

Oh, I imagine it would rile up even casual church folk. Russell Crowe's Noah is a straight-up psychopath.

And if anyone is in doubt, I'll simply throw out these two words: Rock Ents.

The only problem is they'd have to watch it again, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Ok guys, just got back from seeing this one. I take it all back. This thing is just...oh boy. Unintentional comedy throughout. It deserves roasting.

ITS BEEN some time since I read it, but I thought it was that the spirits wanted the boy all along *because* of his shining ability (which somehow amplified their influence) and they just used Jack because he was vulnerable? I might not be remembering that correctly, though.

A Gladiator movie written by Nick Cave?

All of those things are also why it would make for a good episode.

IIRC in the book there is no ambiguity - Jack is definitely *not* evil, just warped under the demonic influences of the hotel.

I want to bump this one back up because I still feel like this would make for a legitimately fun episode.

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A big part of why King had a real resentment about The Shining was that the book was a really personal thing for him. It was partly autobiographical, as he was dealing with alcoholism at the time. I think because of that he couldn't view Kubrick's movie as a separate but legit interpretation. He's softened on it a lot in recent years.

I kinda liked this. It's not great, but it wasn't exactly The Host, either. Shailene Woodley definitely carries the whole thing.

Actually looks like this is getting solid reviews and will probably do pretty well at the box office. I'm kind of into it, we haven't had a big Biblical epic in a long time. It sounds like Arronofsky is sticking with Jewish traditions more than Christian ones, storywise. Kind of fascinated to see what he produces. If you're going to do one of these, the Great Flood seems like a good pick since the Biblical account is pretty sparse and you have a lot of room for interpretation/creative license.

Oh, he will find a way.

And just to lighten things up a bit...

There were definitely dark undertones to this episode. Weird energy.

My fav substitute Ku! Yay for April!

I'LL ALLOW IT