WasAnnon
Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
FirstWitch
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
choccandi4
I can not believe that they canceled this series. I've heard nothing but positive comments. I am very disappointed, could they not at least tie up all the loose ends? I think they owe the faithful watchers of the series at least that. I certainly hope they could give us at least one more season, or a least one more show, to do just that.I was just watching the marathon on Logo, figuring they were doing this because the new season would start next week. Imagine my surprise when I decided out of the blue to go to Christian's web page, to find that it was canceled? I just don't understand. Is there any way that we can get the show back? I'm not understanding how shows can be popular, even win awards and one so-called network person can say that the want it canceled and it just goes?Not fair guys.
Kay Eye
...and for some odd reason, i think thats all the show is meant to do....entertain. I mean it does display some realities in the gay community but breaks away from reality and at the same time....and the writer should be allowed to do that with no penalty, charge, or scrutiny ...why...because its a TV SHOW!!!....not a documentary, not reality TV, but a fictional TV show which touches on realistic issues...(i.e. aids in the black gay community, gay marriage, raising a child in a gay relationship...etc.)Yeah, I'm a straight black woman and like the straight white woman said, what am I doing watching a gay male show...LOL...like her, I ran into it by accident and it too reeled me in...I absolutely love the show, bought season 1 on DVD, and must say I've learned a lot about the gay community just by listening to the commentaries.I've Never watched QAF or the L Word and don't intend to, not because I have issues with it, just not interested....so i can't do a comparison on the two. But, what I have noticed is some ppl look for TV shows to tell the story of THEIR reality and thats not what Noah's Arc was meant to do. It tells the story of Noah, Alex, Ricky, and Chance...4 black gay men in LA, not the story of Black gay men in America. Again, I'm a straight black woman and I thoroughly enjoy Girlfriends, Living Single, & Moesha and not one of those straight black female characters relate to me and because they don't, does that mean discredit and discount the show? Thats stupid. Its just television, and if people would stop looking for their life stories to be told via Noah's ARC, QAF, L Word, Girlfriends, Desperate Houswives, etc. and just take it for what it is, then it would be received much better.If I want my life story to be told...I'll pick up a pen and begin to write, not wait on someone else to tell my story for me.
stseanoftheknife
I understand the need for there to be more visible queer black characters in the forefront of queer media. Even Queer as Folk which broke so much ground in terms of the gay soap opera was still mighty white. So, while I applaud LOGO for their presentation of Noah's Arc, I have to ask, even though there is a need, does this show answer the need? I found the show to be interesting, but the plot holes and lack of structure (ironic considering the titular character is a writer) to be annoying, too annoying to appreciate the more charming moments (but only moments) the show had.Among the annoyances were: *Who IS Trey? Hot guy, but completely under utilized in his role. For all it matters, Alex could be single. And why does he have to be a nurse? He could be a pilot or a waiter or the CEO of Sony or a parrot for all that he does each episode. Same thing with Brandy - what a GREAT character to add to the mix. Someone sassy and all LA Business, but she's just a vehicle for Noah to have a "secret" from Wade.* Why are plot points brought up and then never used again? For example, the guy robbing Ricky's store while he's getting busy in back would make a great plot for Ricky to deal with - calling the police, having to explain where he was, having him come to some realization and grow as a character. Nope - it was dropped. Or Fernando, the HIV+ hustler whose only role was to serve as a vehicle for Alex quitting his job to open a new clinic. What happened to Fernando - he's a character, a character that Alex could have used to grow as a character himself, not a plot device.*The pacing seems all off in the show. For example, when Chance moves in with Eddie we get no information about how they met, what they mean to each other, how they came to the decision to move in together - yet within 5 minutes, Chance is trying to back out of the living together situation. Why? If we assume it's "for the regular reasons" well then this main character is just a shmuck - and a two-dimensional one at that; if there's a more compelling reason, I'd like to see it acted out. Also, what was up with Chance and his landlord? They act like they are very close but we don't know why or if we should even care.*Why does it take less than an episode to solve problems? No problem seems .. well, problematic. Nor do they really seem all that important. Dive an SUV into a house? No problem - it's built like a tank (not a scratch on it) and the resident doesn't want to press charges. Closested boyfriend brings you to meet his straight friends for the first time? No problem - order an apple martini and cut to the next scene. Let the audience figure out what might have happened. Closeted boyfriend jealous of your best friend's playfulness? No problem - ignore what he's feeling and make sure that in the next scene he puts his arms around you first.I blame two things - weak writing and the show's 30 minute running time. If the show were an hour long, there would be much more time to develop not only the characters but conflicts and the resolutions as well. If the writers were stronger they'd be able to navigate the characters' way through real, interesting daily life conflicts and resolutions without such abruptness.The idea behind Noah's Arc answers the need for diversity in queer entertainment and may be "better than nothing", but I think the community deserves "something more". The rub between the need for this show and its sloppy execution of this show makes me hope that others will cry out for better quality in future seasons.
Christopher T. Chase
It really bugs me that with all the hype surrounding BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and the performances of Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, very little love is being shown the landmark series that is NOAH'S ARC. Not to take anything away from the performances of the cast, Ang Lee's note-perfect direction or the milestone that this movie represents, but hey, NOAH "ain't nuthin' to sneeze at", either! So, "what's the 'T', gurl?" as one of the livelier characters says as his trademark catchphrase. The "T" is a funny, silly, sometimes slap-sticky and very soapy, yet remarkable series for presenting something that mainstream TV (and the media in general) has yet to realize: black gay men not only do exist, (=GASP!=), but the foibles, failings, flings and frenetic friendships that they have are universal - not just to other gay men, but to everyone in general! Presenting the lives of BGM's in a positive light NEVER seen before on television, NOAH bids us watch as the story of four friends unfolds. Noah (Darryl Stephens), is a cute screenwriter living and working in Santa Monica, CA., crushing heavily on the straight-but-curious hunk Wade (Jensen Atwood), who is also a writer. This raises the eyebrows and the concern of his three closest friends: Chance (Doug Spearman), a buttoned-down English lit professor who is just entering into a monogamous relationship (or so he thinks); Alex (Rodney Chester), the sassy, brassy, divalicious group "mother hen" who works as an AIDS counselor at a local clinic and has been in a LTR with his impossibly gorgeous bodybuilder hubby, Trey (Gregory Keith) for seven years, and finally, hard-bodied and hard-partying Ricky, (Christian Vincent), who considers the concept of monogamy about as necessary in his life as a bad case of leprosy, and sleeps with different men about as fast as Anna Nicole Smith plows through a bag of Lay's potato chips. (Think a black counterpart of Brian on QAF, but with a better body and a bigger...LIBIDO, and you're there!) Okay, so the 411 on Season One: it has a tendency to lean towards melodramatic exaggeration, but no more or less than any prime-time soap does. The remarkable thing, besides having an all-black cast playing gay black characters as (mostly) positive role models, is that even after all these episodes, I still LIKE them all immensely, for all their faults...even Ricky, who at the end of Season One is nursing a broken heart for maybe the first time in his life, (but you'll have to watch the reruns for the "how" and "why".) And just getting back to the BROKEBACK accolades for a moment...where's the back-slapping and congrats for THIS cast? True, most of these actors have limited credits, though are definitely not limited in the talent department, and most of them are STRAIGHT! So why aren't they being lauded for their "bravery," for keeping it real in every scene they play, ESPECIALLY the love scenes? It could be said that because NOAH is the first major project for many of them, that they have nothing to lose in giving it their all for these characters. So, what was the excuse for the actors on QAF? For me, the thrill was gone when I reached the end of Season Two for that show. Not only could I not get enough of spending time with Noah and his friends, but I can't WAIT to see what will happen to them next! Being a GBM myself, I have to admit to some bias, but I still think that no one has achieved what writer/director/creator/producer Patrik-Ian Polk has here, and that's even with a non-black cast! In other words, if you've been waiting for the "black" QUEER AS FOLK, it's here, it's most definitely queer, but you won't mind "getting used to it." Because in a lot of aspects where QAF failed, NOAH succeeds with flying colors. Now I hope that the cast, crew and creator can take the surplus of goodwill and the rep they've built, and run with it right into Season Two!