What a total waste of time, money and viewers licence fee. The Ark must qualify as one of the most boring underdeveloped 'Made for TV' films ever. And what was with those accents?. We didn't see the flood, got a CGI shot of a few 'wild animals' in the background and saw a lot of sheep and goats. 90 minutes of my life wasted watching this trash.
shareI watched the first ten minutes, decided it wasn't for me, so viewed my recording of the latest episode of "Indian Summers", then switched to the conclusion of "The Ark". I too wondered about the absence of animals going on board. There were a few seconds of, presumably, the Ark floating off, then all the water had drained away. I suspect that I didn't miss much by skipping the intervening hour or so.
shareSo subtle was this film that I thought the 'flood' was a dress rehearsal. I'm still waiting for the real thing.
No animals- I thought Noah was instructed to "Take with you seven pairs--male and female--of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others." Where were all these animals?
Where were the raven and the dove?
And, finally, why were the 40 days and 40 nights condensed to 40 nanoseconds?
I agree this was terrible. It is a pity because I like David Threwliss.
The accents were all wrong. I understand they can't speak in Hebrew or jewish, but they should have attempt an accent which wasn't British.
they should have attempt an accent which wasn't British.Trouble is, accents are very specific. What non-British accent would have done the trick for you?
Most definately something less Northern sounding LOL
shareWell I agree that the accents were very Northern, but then again, the script was pretty Brookside, so I suppose it fell into place.... though not really the right place. More Merseyside than Mesopotamia.
Accents are a real problem in historical dramas - especially when you want to use different accents to distinguish, say, geographic origin or social class. Different viewers from different countries or different parts of the country, hear differently. Accents have very different associations for different people, and what might seem to work on paper often doesn't work at all on screen.
Call me Ishmael...
This was really bad. I expected much better.
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