Larry Madowo’s Critique of American Anti-God “Biblically-inspired” Film Awash with Sarcasm

It’s been labeled an ‘Anti-God’ movie by American theologists with several theologians writing scathing review of Darren Aronofsky’s 2014 movie “Noah”. Over the Easter weekend, “Noah” dropped completely out of the top ten at the box office with the unapologetically Christian “God’s Not Dead” (featuring Kenyan star, Benji Ochieng’) overtaking it.

But that was just the tip as more was on the way.

The official Vatican newspaper, L’Avennire, has labelled the movie a “missed opportunity” which ignores God, but stopped short of calling for a boycott of the controversial biblical epic.

This, despite the movie’s star Russell Crowe lobbying Pope Francis to watch it.

Its reviewer criticised Aronofksy for veering too far from the account of Noah in the book of Genesis in a verdict published last week ahead of the film’s Italian debut. The movie was also labelled “strange” and “perplexing” while admitting that it represented a “visually potent” piece.

“Noah” poster

And now NTV’s Larry Madowo has added his voice to the debate over “Noah” after watching it. In a sarcastic tone, Larry says he “can’t wait for them to correct the Jesus story as well.”

Here’s what he posted;

“I’m grateful to the movie Noah for opening my eyes to the many inaccuracies in the Bible. For instance, Noah was a murderous white American who grew fat and angrier as the days wore on. And he didn’t build the ark either, as was incorrectly written in the Bible. Some ginormous Transformers-like rock creatures basically did all the work while Noah spent his time refusing to let one of his sons Ham get a wife. Oh, and Methuselah was a surprisingly strong grandpa with supernatural powers and an annoying craving for berries. The movie also taught me that the people of the land eventually planned to kill Noah and take over the ark when the flood came but the moody rock creatures kept them away.

Russell Crowe in “Noah”: part-Gladiator, part-Harry Potter. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Though Noah didn’t take any fishes into the ark (but they survived anyway), Tubal-cain the evil leader of the people snuck into the ark, eating the animals inside raw and at will. He was eventually killed by Ham when the rain ended as Noah planned to kill his newborn twin granddaughters. Most of all, I learned from the movie that God’s intention all along was for creation to live alone on earth, without man. I’m eternally indebted to the makers of Noah for revising the Bible and adding all these important elements to a story that honestly always sounded a little improbable before this. I can’t wait for them to correct the Jesus story as well.”