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Five negative facts about the new movie: NOAH

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES The following post is a guest post from Dr. Jerry Johnson . Jerry A. Johnson, Ph.D., is President & CEO of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). He's a theologian who has taught on cinema and theology. Find him on Twitter @DrJerryJohnson . This post is about the March 28, 2014 movie Noah . I interviewed Jerry about the film last week at the NRB meeting. In that interview, he mentioned asking Paramount to add a disclaimer and they just did (see the bottom of this post). Last Friday, Jerry shared five positives of Noah , and today he's sharing five negatives. Here are some of Jerry's well-informed thoughts. Note: Spoilers ahead, including the fact that there is a big flood and only a few people make it through the flood in a big boat. But, really, these are big spoilers... so don't complain if you read on. Finally, this is part analysis and part review. There is stuff in the film that is not in the Bible (gasp!) and you are about to fin