10 Movie Moments That Pissed Off The Fanboys In 2014
6. Noahs Reinvented Story
Whatever you do, never, EVER piss off the Jesus fanboys. They're the worst. You get the sense that not too many of the super religious types would have been really interested in going to see a secular telling of one of their most famous stories, because of all of the blasphemy and the heresy for the sake of cinema thrills, but it would appear that they were irresistibly drawn like moths to the flame. And inevitably, rather than accepting the film as an entertaining take on a familiar story, the Bible fans did what every fanboy who champions the sanctity of the source does and criticised all of the changes. And of course, because the Bible is held as testament, some of the more religiously devout reviews read like the ravings of a lunatic to more secular eyes: arguing that Noah's kids weren't supposed to be young in "real life" and criticising the magical elements of the plot because they didn't match with the other magical elements of the Bible, is a bit like criticising the Harry Potter franchise for its unrealistic portrayal of unicorns. The film wasn't great, but criticising it from a theological stand-point is folly. Which is about as redundant a moral lesson as ever conceivable given the inevitably reaction.
