Biblical Films Again–Why Now?
After about a 50 year break, we are resurrecting (pardon the pun) religious movies–mainly based on the Bible. Why would these come back to our screens now? Do the studios think that another generation is ready for Noah and Moses stories? Why are they causing such a controversy? With all the polarizing views in America, why wouldn’t they cause a controversy? The Christian conservatives will say that they do not depict the Biblical stories accurately. The secular group will look at it as a film, either a good story written well for the screen and performed well or another Hollywood computer generated special. The Muslims will probably not show it as their belief is you cannot (should not) have any images of God or the prophets (Noah is seen as one of the prophets in the Muslim faith).
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