Just got my second Covid vaccine shot today. I feel fine so far, but we'll see how the weekend goes. Noah (Russell Crowe) receives a vision from God saying that humanity has ruined the Earth and there will be a flood to wash them all away. Noah consults with his grandfather, Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins), and begins work on an ark to hold two of every innocent creature. All is going well until his middle son, Ham (Logan Lerman), does some math and realizes that there are three sons and only one woman not genetically related to them (Emma Watson) getting on this boat, and she suffered an injury as a child that left her barren. Noah thinks this is a sign that his family is to take care of all the animals, then kill themselves so that humanity can't fuck it all up again. His wife (Jennifer Connolly) disagrees. Meanwhile, the leader of the children of Cain (Roy Winstone) is making plans to attack the ark and save himself.
Y'all know I love me some Aronofsky, even the batshit crazy religious ones. This is not his finest movie (the third act could have been pared down significantly, in my opinion) but it does make a great companion piece to Pi and mother!, sort of like an auteur canon. Noah is currently streaming on Amazon under their IMDbTV collection, which means it's free with ad breaks. There were nine breaks when I watched it, and they were very jarring.
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