darkghost3400

It is more on the bad side than the good one, but it's watchable enough. The film lacks in a clear storyline and the writing is off.

Having the eagle and the yellow bird tell almost everything makes the story loss the impact and makes them look as narrators. The dialogs are very cheesy. The way Pocahontas tries to woo John at the beginning looks too bland to be convincing, and we saw no chemistry whatsoever. The film doesn't have a solid conflict and just feels like a bunch of events like in the Tarzan and Huncbkack films, even if it's better than both.

The characters are for the most part too bland and uninteresting. Only Pocahontas and the birds are somewhat interesting due to their friendship.

Visually the film is good, with well painted fields and cities.

I can praise the cleanness of the cameras, the good selection of settings and the general dialog, but otherwise the film falls apart.

While I get the film wanted to distinguish itself from other biblical adaptations, the execution was disastrous. The point the movie wants to get across was not clear at all, while the various plot points of the book of Genesis were shown in a messy way that they fail to convey any consistent message through them. The staging is also poor, as it shows Noah floating on water as opposed to being in the Ark, which makes everything look confusing, or Joseph doesn't change at all when he meets his brothers again.

The fashion/costuming is not good in this movie, since it includes buttoned shirts when they appeared after Christ and pants don't look very sensical for that age, even if pants did exist in Ancient Ages. There are some characters with looks that fit 21th century more, like Adam having a perfectly trimmed beard or young Jacob having a modern classic haircut and a perfect shave.

The acting was not the worst thing ever, but I had some problems with Venus not having too much credibility as the mother of Moses due to the lack of chemistry with the baby, while Avery Merrifield looks weird in a bad way when portraying Adam, although his acting improves when Eve enters the scene and his sadness for Abel's death is decently impacting. The dialog was generally alright, but the emotions weren't conveyed too well in the delivery.

It tried to be artistic and have an identity, but the message gets lost and the film looks pointless in the end. You can see potential, but this adaptation was not very effective.

The version itself is entertaining, but obviously pales in comparison to the book or the versions by Disney and Luigi Comencini, which have set a high bar.

The time is wasted a lot on minor scenes and even feels plodding. The new additions were okay characters.

Coco is mildly annoying with her remarks.

The acting is good. Mario Adorf looks sympathetic and the other characters do a fine job.

The problem is that this version is bland and uninteresting. It is entertaining, but not awesome.