Crowe does his best but Noah confuses with

NOAH, the movie by director Darren Aronofsky, does not come across as careful given the importance of the story to people of many different faiths.

There are a number of changes, additions and CGI effects added to the traditional story that may confuse, upset or even offend many viewers.

Within the first half of the movie Noah comes across as an extreme vegan who does not allow his family to cut flowers (God’s creation), and sees the rest of humanity’s industrial civilisation as the source of all evil in the world.

This despite the fact that Genesis 9:1-4 clearly states that God commanded Noah directly to eat vegetables and meat, as soon as it did not have “its lifeblood still in it”.

I had always thought the most important task for Noah and his family was keeping the animals, but this important detail is simply bypassed by an unexplained trick that puts every bird, mammal and reptile to sleep, and the whole issue becomes a minor detail.

It does not get any better when Noah’s family is helped by “fallen angels” that look, talk and move too much like Transformers.

The fact that Methuselah – played by Anthony Hopkins - becomes a source of comedy and a magic does not look very appealing either.

Other changes radically alter the original story, but we must save the details as they would spoil the only surprises available.

After the flood hits the story becomes dark, twisted and very sad.

Despite all the CGI, the star-studded cast and the millions of dollars dedicated to it, the story fails at this point.