It’s time for a pretty big epic. This is easily one of the longest films that I’ve ever seen and as a result it is able to cover an impressive amount of content. It starts from the actual start of the Bible and covers 22 entire chapters. Most impressive I have to say and it’s rare to see films be so long even nowadays so the length still holds up. It’s a great way to continue to spread the gospel and hopefully get more people to tune in and experience the events.

Of course the first big event involves Adam & Eve as they were in the Kingdom of Paradise but ultimately Eve gets tempted by the servant and then tempts Adam into sin. With the two of them thrown out, human history is really able to begin. We get to see the Earth flooded during the days of Noah, Sodom getting obliterated along with the lady who ended up looking back, there’s the Tower of Babel where humanity was scattered, and of course the offering where God tested Abraham to see if he would slay his only son.

A lot of pretty heavy subjects here and the movie isn’t really toning any of it down. So it keeps the same amount of power you would expect to see here. The movie did a good job of staying very faithful to the original source material and it’s easy to understand so even if you haven’t read the Bible you will know what is going on. Of course in that case the ending isn’t exactly definitive as there would have been sequels to cover more ground. Regardless you would need to read the Bible at some point so this could be the launch pad into doing that.

Of course that also means this film can be a little on the violent side, some parts can be a bit disturbing, etc. Films based on true events are often treated very leniently on the ratings scale. A documentary in particular could be rated G when it’s got more content than would ever be allowed in a PG-13 for example. This one isn’t like that but just to say you always want to keep your guard up for those films. The message is important so it’s worth watching regardless but if it does sound too intense you could always just use the Bible. That way you avoid all of the other extra details and keep things as simple as possible. After all in the end there is no source better than simply reading the Bible itself.

The most focus here is probably given to the events of Noah or at least it felt that way. We really see what effort it took to get all of the animals onto the ship and then to take care of them. They all behaved rather well but it’s still a ton of manual effort as you have to get the food and drink ready and do this at a good time for all of the different species which have different eating habits and everything. Throw in the fact that you’re all trapped in a boat and it will also fray the nerves after a while. No matter how big the boat is, you will want to rest on solid ground after a while. Noah’s faith was ultimately found to be strong enough to get past this though, he never wavered.

All of the greats had one thing in common which was an unwavering faith in God. They would serve him no matter what and never questioned the orders. Abraham had the toughest challenge by far in having to prepare to murder his own son as well. Even across the whole Bible there aren’t many challenges or trials that were more difficult than that. Abraham came out on top though and he is remembered very concretely for that reason. Even many books later he would still be mentioned which shows just what a pivotal role he had in the Bible.

Overall, I definitely haven’t seen a film that dove into Genesis in quite as detailed as this one did. It really held nothing back and made full use of the long run time. It’s a film you really want to absorb so don’t hesitate to pause or take a break whenever you need to do so. The writing is on point and while the film will get really intense at times, it’s the kind of thing you need to know since these are all very important events from the past. Hopefully some day they will be able to make a Movie series that covers the entire Bible. It’s so long that it would certainly be a daunting task but surely at some point someone will be able to pull it off. In the meantime at least we have had a lot of movies over the years covering different parts so that is a blessing in itself.